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What Is Nutrition Counseling and How it Can Help You Achieve Your Weight Management Goals

Dr. Michael Bazel

Maintaining a healthy weight is essential for your overall health and well-being. Yet, for many people, weight management feels like an uphill battle. Together, you and your counselor evaluate your current eating habits, pinpoint areas for improvement, and design a strategy that fits your lifestyle and health objectives.

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system.

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The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

As a leading family medical practice in Upland, CA, we champion evidence-based approaches that empower patients to take control of their health. Unlike traditional medicine that often focuses on medications, lifestyle medicine emphasizes preventive and curative strategies tailored to the individual. What is Lifestyle Medicine?

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Sleep Disorders: Improving Rest For Better Overall Health

Center for Family Medicine

Sleep apnea leads to poor sleep quality and potential health hazards like cardiovascular disease. Stress, alcohol use, caffeine, mental health challenges, or unhealthy work hours are typical risk factors. Studies show that exercise helps individuals fall asleep faster while improving sleep quality.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Noelle Marie 01:24 I think it really speaks a lot to my own personal journey and I’m pretty sure a lot of trans and gender diverse individuals also resonate with and it really speaks about our transition, celebrating our authentic selves, how society views us and how we view ourselves when we stand in front of a mirror.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Maybe we’ll get to talking about that today. Jessie: Thank you.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. It was around helping communication, and really focused on our nursing manual, and particularly around these guidelines for assessing and managing symptoms. So, the training was largely around… It was different for the nurse.