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Alcohol Free for Five Years Today

Mere Mortal MD

“Sobriety is about freeing yourself from any behavior that enslaves you and keeps you from being present in life.” It’s that I no longer turn to a toxic substance daily to manage my stress and emotions. ” So the question wasn’t whether I labeled myself an alcoholic, but rather, was I free?

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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. And, as the NEJM article points out, there are no financial incentives to have nurses or other non-providers manage routine problems like hypertension in our current system.

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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

The organization now employs a single psychiatric nurse practitioner for medication management. These are some examples of conventional doctorspeak and suggested alternatives from the video presentation we watched by Alexander Blount, Ed. Six years later, about 10 years ago, none of them remained. No counseling is offered.

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Discussing Weight Management in Real-world GP-Patient Consultations: Video Analysis of Australian Primary Care [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

The highly individualised experience of living with obesity, coupled with the challenge for GPs to deliver healthcare messages in non-stigmatising ways, makes the role of a GP in obesity management complex. This study aimed to explore discussion strategies used in real-world GP-patient consultations when discussing obesity.

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Advancing Biomarker Validation for Drug Hypersensitivity

Physician's Weekly

Biomarkers for drug-induced immune reactions aid clinicians in diagnosing, risk-stratifying, and managing diseases. But the varied mechanisms and clinical presentations of drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) can make diagnosis and treatment challenging, and most biomarkers still require validation.

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Nurturing collaboration between non-profit organizations and primary healthcare partners: An instrumental case study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population studied: Key informants involved in intersectoral collaborations: people with complex needs (n=2), healthcare and social services professionals (n=10), managers (n=7), board of directors’ members (n=2), support staff (n=1). Outcome measures: Challenges and facilitators influencing intersectoral collaborations.

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The Unseen Influence: How Your Past Shapes Your Leadership Today

Intuitive Intelligence

When dealing with workplace conflicts, especially those involving colleagues, I invite you to reflect on your sibling relationships at home. Is it a peer relationship? Remember, anything unresolved from your past has a knack for resurfacing in your present, often in the most unexpected ways.