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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

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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988 Contacted More Than 16 Million Times From Its Launch to December 2024

Physician's Weekly

. “The past-year 988 contact rate of 23.7 per 1,000 is less than half that of the rate of adult emergency department visits that include a mental health diagnosis (53.0 Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

“Our hope is that using the childhood asthma passive digital marker in clinical practice will improve the early detection of asthma risk in high-risk children, allowing for earlier interventions that could improve asthma control and lessen the future risk of hospitalization,” Owora said in a statement. All rights reserved.

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DASH Diet for Diabetes With Low Sodium Reduces BP in Those With Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

The effect of sodium reduction appeared stronger than the effect of the DASH4D diet. For each diet, adverse events were infrequent. “Most people in this study were taking more than one blood pressure medication, but we found that you can lower it further with dietary change,” coauthor Lawrence Appel, M.D.,

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

Physician's Weekly

More than a dozen needed intensive care. “That’s what tends to get people into trouble,” Dr. Hannah Hays of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said. ” She emphasized that people dealing with depression, anxiety, pain or opioid addiction should see a health care professional to get an approved treatment.

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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

The pill is available in a standard dose, as well as two low doses, and can be used in those initiating treatment. The FDA approval is based on positive results from two international phase 3 trials that compared Widaplik to dual combinations of its component drugs as well as to placebo.

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Considerable Proportion of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Claims Involve Cost-Sharing

Physician's Weekly

. “Study findings emphasize the need for consistent enforcement of ACA (Affordable Care Act) compliance in health plans and for payer practices to align with evidence-based bowel preparation guidelines in order to support effective screening,” the authors write.