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Tobacco use down in high schoolers; Over 40% unaware they have high cholesterol; Music as a painkiller - Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in primary care today.
Medicaid and health equity: Community health resources
Community health centers and workers need support and expansion.
Mississippi partners with Uber Health; DocDefender removes personal information from internet; Global COVID vaccine campaign saved 2.4 million - Morning Medical Update
First flu cases in New Mexico; Infant death rate rises; Pig heart recipient dies - Morning Medical Update
Medicaid and health equity: Population-based models
Explaining a population-based model in Medicaid.
Sitting is the new smoking; Pharmacist walkout; AI “companion” robots - Morning Medical Update
Private insurance to pay for COVID pills; First pharmacy sales of medical marijuana; Heat death record in Arizona county - Morning Medical Update
Medicaid and health equity: How are states involved?
State and federal regulators can work together to improve primary care.
A Who's Who of Fictional Doctors
Here are some famous (and not so famous) examples of fictional doctors.
7% of adults have gotten new COVID shot; Infertility definition expanded; The push for paid leave for pregnancy loss - Morning Medical Update
Which health care professionals are leaving their jobs?
The categories of health care workers experiencing the biggest losses.
Medicaid and health equity: Strategies to start, part 2
A continuation of the contents in a new report on Medicaid and health equity.
Medical school on Cherokee Reservation; Third of chocolate products high in heavy metals; Doubtful Alzheimer’s blood test - Morning Medical Update
Medicaid and health equity: Strategies to start, part 1
The new report, “Access & Equity in Medicaid: Robust Primary Care is a Must,” offers solutions for physicians, patients, and equity in health care.
Suicidal ideation common in most transgender youth; Pig heart transplant update; Move to ban solvent linked to cancer - Morning Medical Update
Medicaid and health equity: Why primary care must be involved
Flu vaccine at home; 14-year-old invents cancer-treating soap; NP inappropriate prescribing levels no higher than physicians - Morning Medical Update
Medicaid and health equity: A plank of Better Health – NOW
The new report, “Access & Equity in Medicaid: Robust Primary Care is a Must,” and the Better Health – NOW Campaign.
Lack of diversity in donor sperm; AI can flag skin cancer with almost 100% accuracy; 12 DNA variations linked to suicide - Morning Medical Update
Medicaid and health equity: Meet the Primary Care Collaborative
Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, introduces the organization.
Yellow fever may return; Childhood obesity medicine trials; CVS pulls cold medicines with phenylephrine - Morning Medical Update
$1400 for Paxlovid; Amazon drone prescription delivery; Hitting snooze could have benefits - Morning Medical Update
The top five specialties prescribing Ozempic and Wegovy
Weight-loss drugs are all the rage, but who is actually writing the scripts?
Columbus hospitals relieve $335M in debt; E-bike injuries jump 21% in one year; Trigger warnings are ineffective - Morning Medical Update
Banning menthol cigarettes; Abortion info hidden on hospital websites; Black patients 42% more likely to die
Rite Aid files for bankruptcy; Elf Bar finds a way around ban; New mouse study could combat multiple sclerosis - Morning Medical Update
The top 10 diseases killing Americans
Recent data shows 75% of American deaths were from these diseases.
Most detailed brain map published; 2022-2023 flu season ‘highly severe’; Walgreens eyes $1 billion savings plan - Morning Medical Update
Patients offer reasons why they are not getting COVID-19 vaccine boosters
Survey examines slow uptake of vaccines among adults.
New guidelines for brain death; Cleveland Clinic masking again; Clinics anxious for COVID vaccines - Morning Medical Update