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Want to get vaccinated for a trip? What to know about travel clinics.  The Washington Post Source link

Many people lightheartedly joke about “having PTSD” (posttraumatic stress disorder) after unpleasant life experiences. But those who live with this debilitating condition know that it’s anything but a joke. The American Psychiatric Association states that PTSD “is a psychiatric disorder that may occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Exactly two months after President Donald Trump signed his policy megabill in a July 4 celebration at the White House, a Virginia health care company blamed the law for the closure of three rural clinics serving communities along the Blue Ridge Mountains. The closures, Augusta Medical Group said in its statement, were part of the company’s …

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is set to open cognitive clinics to screen individuals displaying symptoms of dementia – a degenerative disease that impairs daily functioning, including memory loss, difficulty with language and thinking, and changes in mood and behaviour. In an interview with The Sunday Gleaner, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton revealed that there is currently …

An aging population, still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, is seeking more treatment for dizziness and imbalance in Minnesota. Clinics specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness have opened or expanded across the Twin Cities, and their appointments are filling up. Associated Hearing Care hired a specialist and installed a rotating diagnostic chair last year at its St. Paul …

Long Islanders suffering from sleep apnea inundated the sleep center at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson with phone calls earlier this year after the Food and Drug Administration approved Zepbound, one of the new weight loss medications, as the first drug to treat the condition. “Patients were really curious about this,” said David Warkentin, system director for Catholic Health Sleep Service. Six months …

Allina Health is closing three suburban medical clinics plus one on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, where a different health system earlier this year also announced a clinic shutdown. The Minneapolis-based health system said the closures are driven by efficiency concerns, since Allina has underutilized space across its network of more than 60 primary care clinics. Patient preferences are evolving …

Study Cites Urgent Care Clinics for Inappropriate Prescribing  MedPage Today Urgent Care Linked to High Prescribing Rates  Medscape Urgent Care Often Hands Out Inappropriate Prescriptions, Study Finds  U.S. News & World Report Urgent care visits often linked to inappropriate prescribing  Medical Xpress Inappropriate Prescriptions for Antibiotics, Glucocorticoids and Opioids Common at Urgent Cares | Newswise  Newswise Source link

Last Thursday, leaders in Santa Barbara’s sprawling network of low-income health care clinics — also known as Federally Qualified Health Centers, or “FQHCs” — were put on notice by the federal government they had to begin verifying proof of their patients’ citizenship, effective immediately. Without such verification, the feds made clear, there would be no reimbursement for any services provided. …