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Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Drawings From Detention: Assisting Asylum Seekers
Anita Ravi, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P., recently visited the nation's largest family detention center to help asylum seekers. She shares her experience in words and drawings in the Fresh Perspectives blog.
Posted at 03:21PM Jul 17, 2018
by Anita Ravi, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P.
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Monday Jul 02, 2018
Why I'm Optimistic About the Future of Primary Care
In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., shares lessons she has learned from the students and residents she trains, saying they give her hope for our future.
Posted at 02:49PM Jul 02, 2018
by Natasha Bhuyan, M.D.
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Tuesday May 08, 2018
Moms Need Support, Not Legislated Medicine
A bill in the California Assembly would mandate postpartum depression screening. Margaux Lazarin, D.O., M.P.H., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that without proper support systems, the proposed legislation won't improve outcomes.
Posted at 09:00AM May 08, 2018
by Margaux Lazarin, D.O., M.P.H.
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Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Let's Start by Treating Gun Violence as Public Health Issue
Granted, harm is caused by individuals, not the objects they wield. But even so, treating gun violence as a public health issue could make our society safer.
Posted at 11:19AM Feb 21, 2018
by Lalita Abhyankar, MD, MHS
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Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
New Year, Same Issues. Why Does Health Care Cost So Much?
We asked our new physician bloggers what issues concern them for their practices and patients in 2018. The cost of care to patients tops the list.
Posted at 05:31PM Jan 02, 2018
by Peter Rippey, M.D.
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Friday Sep 29, 2017
Up in Smoke: Western Fires Pose Public Health Hazard
Melissa Hemphill, M.D., writes that the wildfires scorching the Pacific Northwest are a public health hazard, and the threat is getting worse each year.
Posted at 04:16PM Sep 29, 2017
by Melissa Hemphill, M.D.
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Monday Sep 25, 2017
How a Bill Becomes a Wall
Through words and drawings, Anita Ravi, M.D., illustrates how the Graham-Cassidy bill currently under consideration in the Senate could make health care worse.
Posted at 04:46PM Sep 25, 2017
by Anita Ravi, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P.
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Monday Aug 14, 2017
I Had to 'Unlearn' Medicine to Treat Vulnerable Patients
New physician Anita Ravi, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P., relates in words and spare drawings why some of the advice she was taught to give doesn't apply to the patients she is expected to help.
Posted at 04:32PM Aug 14, 2017
by Anita Ravi, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P.
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Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Start by Viewing Transgender Patients as People -- Not 'Burdens'
Discrimination against transgender people is precipitated by viewing patients with dollar signs over their heads, rather than simply seeing them as people.
Posted at 05:20PM Aug 03, 2017
by Natasha Bhuyan, M.D.
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Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Primary Care Needs -- and Deserves -- More Research Dollars
More research is needed in primary care, but proposed federal budget cuts threaten to make evidence-based resources and guidelines even harder to come by.
Posted at 12:14PM Jun 28, 2017
by Natasha Bhuyan, M.D.
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