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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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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults? How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access? Structured exercise programs can help in both regards.

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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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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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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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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It is feasible to use electronic health record (EHR) data in the Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) to accurately predict childhood asthma risk, according to a study published in the June issue of eClinicalMedicine. Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D.,

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

It’s “going to streamline it in some incremental ways only,” Dr. Adam Gaffney , a critical care doctor and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, told NBC News. An industry group called AHIP (formerly known as America’s Health Insurance Plans) said the updates could help as many as 257 million people.

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