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Activated Charcoal for Detoxing: How It Works and Why It Helps

AMMD

From there, blood or lymph receives these nutrient molecules and carries them to the cells via cellular transport (1). You may also have seen the growing trend of using activated charcoal for detoxing. Is there any truth to this, or is it simply a passing fad? Hospitals have been using activated charcoal to address cases of acute poisoning.

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Risks and Needs: Lessons Learned from Assessing Patients Willingness to Receive Help for Social Risks in Primary Care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument: The intervention includes a short survey to determine patients’ needs with respect to transportation, food insecurity, financial difficulty related to utility payments, and housing. Objective: To assess the impact of a question on need for assistance with social risk factors identified through routine screening.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

PEMBlog

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. It is also episode 4 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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New York's subway now has a 'you do you' mask policy. It's getting a Bronx cheer

NPR Health - Shots

Image credit: Metropolitan Transportation Authority ) Millions of New Yorkers embraced an "all in this together" motto during the pandemic — and many are roasting the city's transit agency over updated signs explaining its newly relaxed masking policy.

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Maternity Care: Why It’s Important and Where You Can Get It

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

For example, some women don’t have insurance, and some women don’t have access to transportation. Plus, we offer transportation services and can help moms who qualify apply for Medicaid. At Center for Family Medicine, we noticed that often pregnant women face several barriers when it comes to getting prenatal care.

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A podcast on the evaluation and management of penetrating neck injuries in children

PEMBlog

I wouldn’t necessarily do this in a Level 1 trauma center — I have surgeons available — but it might be useful if you have to transport a kid quickly to a trauma center. If there’s an impaled object — leave it, transport intact, and remove it in the OR. Is the patient’s airway patent? Are they protecting and maintaining it?

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

We’ve all been through this as a kid and childhood memories stick with us, just recalling this might send a shiver down your spine. No one likes to go to the dentist although everyone knows how crucial oral health is and how strongly it is connected to our overall health. For patients, it promises more accurate care and better outcomes.

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