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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Its domains include Service Delivery, Workforce, Financing, and Leadership and Governance o Setting or Dataset o Population Studied: The study is set in Sparkbrook in inner-city Birmingham (UK), one of the most ethnically diverse and poorest areas in the UK with high levels of deprivation and unemployment.

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‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warns

Physician's Weekly

Tianeptine is sold in a number of countries as a government-approved treatment for depression. .” And, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that they pose similar risks of addiction and life-threatening side effects. Amid a rise in calls to U.S. But the FDA has never approved it for any medical condition in the U.S.

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NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, where the derailment occurred, have pressed the government to do more to answer questions about the mental and physical health effects of the disaster — from post-traumatic stress to cancer. Allison also praised the decision to involve the community in shaping the research.

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Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

The list of activities that you need to coordinate are daunting: financial accounting, work, cohabitation and the creation and maintenance of a home, health issues, family responsibilities, sex and romance, and possibly childcare, elder care and religion. It doesn’t really SOUND fun, but here’s the thing. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

It led to revocation of the elder Geier’s medical license and disciplinary action for David Geier for practicing medicine without a license. In a 2005 article for Rolling Stone that was later retracted, Kennedy claimed government officials had buried data showing a link between vaccines and autism, The Wall Street Journal said.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

Well, on today’s podcast we invite Monica Gandhi to sum up the evidence to date about how best to prevent getting COVID (or at least the severe outcomes of the disease) and how to treat it, including the role of Paxlovid in symptomatic disease. A good twitter criticism of the CDC 1 in 5 COVID survivors have long COVID study. Transcript. Alex: Great.