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Cleve Clin J Med
April 2024
Department of Subspecialty Care for Women's Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Professor, OB/GYN and Reproductive Biology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Vasomotor symptoms (VMS) are associated with adverse health consequences and can cause significant morbidity for postmenopausal women. Although hormone therapy remains the gold standard of VMS treatment in menopausal women, some women have contraindications to or may choose not to take hormone therapy. This article provides an up-to-date overview of the current evidence-based nonhormone therapies available for managing VMS.
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October 2023
University of Nevada Las Vegas, William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, Box 456021 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89154-6021, USA.
COVID-19 has changed many aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry, including technology-oriented and contactless solutions. Despite the increasing number of service companies using robots on their premises, most of the previous attempts and practices of adoption have remained unsuccessful. Prior research hints that socioeconomic factors could influence the successful adoption of these emerging technologies.
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April 2023
Psychology Division, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Objective: Epilepsy is one of the most common reasons for referral for a pediatric neuropsychological evaluation due its high prevalence in childhood and our well-established clinical role in tertiary care settings. Emerging evidence indicates that racial and ethnic minority populations experience increased epilepsy burden compared with White peers. Although there has been heightened recognition in our specialty regarding the dire need for culturally and linguistically responsive evaluations, the scientific evidence to support effective neuropsychological service delivery for bi/multilingual and bi/multicultural youth with epilepsy is comparatively scant and of poor quality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMany health care centers make so-called VIP services available to "very important persons" who have the ability to pay. This article discusses common services (eg, concierge primary care, boutique hotel-style hospital stays) offered to VIPs in health care centers and interrogates "trickle down" economic effects, including the exacerbation of inequity in access to health services and the maldistribution of resources in vulnerable communities. This article also illuminates how VIP care contributes to multitiered health service delivery streams that constitute de facto racial segregation and influence clinicians' conceptions of what patients deserve from them in health care settings.
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July 2022
Director, Unger Primary Care Concierge Medical Group, Cucamonga, CA. Email:
The prevalence of diabetes is growing in the United States at an alarming rate. Early and intensive diagnosis and management of diabetes can reduce the economic burden and improve the societal burden of long-term diabetes-related complications. Healthcare providers practicing in the primary care setting are on the front line of screening, diagnosis, and managing a large majority of persons with diabetes.
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