By Douglas Woodhouse It is hard to escape bad news about wait times in health care these days. Across the developed world, health systems are under stress as populations age, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic that created long backlogs for care. Similarly in Canada, wait times that have been increasing for years are now severely limiting access to essential health services. In response, we are increasingly turning to triage, hoping to prioritize our use of scarce health-care resources. Gone are the days of being referred to a cardiologist, a psychiatrist, a gastroenterologist ..read more

As a clinician treating addicts and alcoholics over the past thirty years, I’ve heard people say that relapse is part of recovery oft-repeated and to be honest, it bugs me. A lot. In my experience, it’s directed at clients and their families as an explanation for a recent relapse. In that context, it’s used to soften the blow when someone loses their recovery. All part of the process it’s said, and while relapse certainly is a common experience, is it inevitable? I think not, and I would add it’s a dangerous message to send to clients grappling with addiction and especially so in the con ..read more

The most recent data on medical cannabis use found that enrollment in medical cannabis programs increased overall between 2016 and 2022, but enrollment in states where nonmedical use of cannabis became legal saw a decrease in enrollment. Combined with the data from a previously published analysis, the number of patients using cannabis for medical purposes has increased more than 600 percent since 2016. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “These findings indicate the growing use of cannabis for medical purposes, but also that adult use laws may decrease rates of patient ..read more

  (Sacramento, CA) – On Tuesday, April 16 physicians, patients, and food equity experts met at the State Capitol to express their support for Assembly Bill 1975, authored by Assemblyperson Mia Bonta. This bill would make California the first state in the nation to provide medically supportive food and nutrition interventions, such as medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions, a permanent Medicaid benefit. “Too many Californians, particularly Californians of color, are living with largely preventable chronic illnesses and conditions”, said Bonta. Making these interventions p ..read more

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  By Tracy Hampton | MGH Communications | Harvard Gazette Just talking to other people can stimulate different brain functions among socially isolated older adults, even when the interactions are internet-based, according to a new clinical trial out of Massachusetts General Hospital. The results are published in The Gerontologist, a flagship journal of the Gerontological Society of America. “We initiated the first proof of concept behavioral intervention study in 2010, nearly a decade prior to the COVID-19 pandemic drawing attention to the detrimental effects of ..read more

  BY TUFTS UNIVERSITY Looking at multiple dental health conditions and behaviors paints a clearer picture of long-term health and mortality, researchers report. People who report having poor oral health are as likely to have negative long-term systemic health outcomes as those previously diagnosed with periodontal disease, or gum disease, according to the new study. The study appears in The Journal of the American Dental Association. The researchers examined whether self-reported oral health questions, which are commonly used in the surveillance of periodontal disease, had the same ..read more

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