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Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care (PC) practices that implement Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) can identify, reduce, and prevent problematic alcohol use that otherwise could go undetected. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice.

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Low Lumbar Muscle Mass Linked to ICU Mortality

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Exploring the association between computed tomography (CT)-derived skeletal muscle mass and short- and long-term mortality in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the June 2025 issue of Critical Care by Maluf et al.

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Is too much screen time bad for kids? It's complicated

Medical Xpress

During school breaks and holidays, children tend to increase their recreational screen time. As parents, we tend to worry, but do we need to?

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A Call for Engagement Outside of the Exam Room

Physician's Weekly

There is robust data regarding the importance of patient connection and engagement in the hospital and clinic setting. Physicians can often literally meet patients where they are and address the broader social determinants of health, such as housing, education, and income, which significantly impact patient well-being and illness prevention.

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5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses. Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from.

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How Mental Health & SUD Bias Impact ED Physical Care

Physician's Weekly

Patients with documented mental illness or substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to encounter a mixed—sometimes starkly divergent—quality of emergency department (ED) care when they present with chest pain, abdominal pain, or other non‑psychiatric complaints, according to a patient‑interview study published in Health Services Research.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital.

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