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Online Management of Menstrual Irregularities in Canada

Dr. Zaar

If necessary, physicians order lab tests through local partners. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Top Virtual Clinics for Women’s Health in Canada Several reputable services specialize in women’s health: Maple : Offers same-day virtual appointments across provinces.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. Eric: So we’re calling this a deprescribing super special. We’ve done some deprescribing episodes before, but never a super special. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2. Summary Transcript Summary.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

They’re due for cervical cancer screening, that they get that if they are due for a lab test, they get that. So pointing people in the right direction sounds like an easy task, but it’s actually very hard as we begin to really segment our services and get real specialized in what we do.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. We have tons of labs and you never hear, “I don’t want to order a CBC because I don’t know what to do.” Do you worry about that? We actually have the majority.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider: Yeah, this is a special song. And in some ways I have this special responsibility in part, along with others, to pass those teachings along to a new generation who may never get to talk to him in the middle of a day on a landline. We’re going to be talking about pain and your book. But my editor cut it, to my dismay.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

So that’s one special population with a complex febrile seizure, even two in a 24 hour period that deserves special workup. And use lab tests, and especially CT scans of the brain judiciously. So let’s end with the last and perhaps most important question. How do we talk to families about febrile seizures?

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