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Effect of a Professional Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2740206 Comment; Coaching and counseling can help. Successful people often focus so intently on their chosen area, that they don't get enough of a rounded, balanced lifestyle. Burnout happens, a...
Recovery From Opioid Problems in the US Population Prevalence, Pathways, and Psychological Well-Being
https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/Abstract/publishahead/Recovery_From_Opioid_Problems_in_the_US.99342.aspx Comment; The first year is the hardest, the first attempt at recovery is the easiest--a gift, every subsequent attempt is progressively more...
Binge Drinking Among Older Adults in the United States, 2015 to 2017
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.16071 Comment; Good article on what elder amerian heavy drinkers are like demographically, race, gender, tobacco, pot use etc. Risky behavior especially for this age group. Benjamin H. Han MD, MPHAlison A. Moore MD,...
Cigarette smoke exposure redirects Staphylococcus aureus to a virulence profile associated with persistent infection
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47258-6 Comment; Yet another reason to stop smoking, cigarette smoke worsens the virulence profile of Staph aureus causing increased biofilm production (among other things). Biofilms shield bacteria from antibiotics. Smoke...
Rates of New Persistent Opioid Use After Vaginal or Cesarean Birth Among US Women
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2739048 Comment; The only surprise here is "filling a prescription before delivery". Unsure why this would be necessary, could there be over-zealous prescribers involved? Alex...
Parenting When Children Have Lyme Disease: Fear, Frustration, Advocacy
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/7/3/95 Comment; Interesting progression, sad situation in which families are disrupted, possibly ruined by Lyme. Once Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) takes hold, there's a higher incidence of divorce/fractured families....
TOUCHED BY LYME: New source of financial aid for Lyme patients
https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-treatment-grants/ Comment; Financial aid for Lyme patients to cover their out-of-pocket (often substantial) expenses for medical care--what a great service! Back in 2011, a young Florida woman named Wendy Phillips traveled to Vermont...
Ticks and Tularemia: Do We Know What We Don’t Know?
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00146/full Comment; So much to keep in mind! 10 organisms can be a fatal dose for 60% of those infected--that's amazingly dangerous! It has so many different clinical presentations as well. Briana...
Research on Babesia: A bibliometric assessment of a neglected tick-borne parasite [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 not approved]
https://f1000research.com/articles/7-1987/v2 Comment; This is an under-recognized, under-reported, under-appreciated illness group. Introduction Babesiosis is a zoonotic disease with a global distribution; it is mainly transmitted by ticks from different genera...
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Tick-borne Disease Prevention in Endemic Areas
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X18305120?via%3Dihub Comment; Sad to know that folks are not paying more attention to the risks that are present; "it won't happen to me" is a common ailment!...
Lyme Disease Guidelines: www.lymediseaseguidelines.org is your 2019 site for guideline response. Devoted to transparency in Lyme diagnosis and treatment Guidelines
https://www.lymediseaseguidelines.org/ Comment; This is a pretty comprehensive 2019 update of guidelines, not standards for the care of Lyme disease patients and those suspected to have had exposure. History Historically, Medical Guidelines have been established by...
Opioid painkillers: Alarm bells are ringing
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48297011 Comment; The opioid epidemic is expanding "across the pond" into the UK. There's a lot of money in illicit drugs and very little conscience among criminals--only a matter of time... Hugh PymHealth editor@BBCHughPymon Twitter 16...
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