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Transgender Reproductive and Sexual Health

WEBFor the patient with a transgender gender modality (TG), obtaining reproductive and sexual health care can be arduous. Multiple challenges and …

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Transgender-Inclusive Health Care Environment

WEBThis article summarizes guidance on best practices for essential system-level, transgender-inclusive healthcare practices. Policies for patient nondiscrimination, safety, …

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Behavioral Health in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

WEBMembers of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and other as sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) patient population are at higher risk for …

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Sexuality Counseling for Women’s Health Providers

WEBThis article discusses the physician assistant (PA) role in sexuality counseling and the importance of recognizing sexual health as part of the overall health …

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Deferring Puberty in Transgender Adolescents and Associated …

WEBThis article introduces three clinical case scenarios involving peripubertal transgender adolescents in primary care settings with varied circumstances. The history …

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Health Disparities and Access to Care in the United States

WEBHealth care disparities exist in many different entities including, but not limited to, age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, technology, and …

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The Historical Landscape of Mental Health Evaluation and Treatment

WEBThe history of mental illness is a saga of misconceptions, cruelty, and mistreatment. Early humans recognized mental illness but did not understand it. Today, …

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Behavioral Health: The Need, the Solution, and the Gap Between

WEBI hate being in groups with the bipolars. You can never get a word in edgewise.—VA patient with schizophrenia discussing mental health groupsMental …

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Diabetes Prevention

WEBGreater awareness through public health strategies has improved diabetes screening, leading to improvements in early identification of prediabetes in at-risk patient …

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Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease

WEBNutrition and Cardiovascular Disease: An Update for Clinicians Erin L. Sherer, EdD, PA-C, RDa,*, Ahmad Hakemi, MDb, Andrew Lundahl, PharmDd, Teresa L. Armstead, MA, …

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How to Identify Human Trafficking Victims in a Clinical Setting

WEBLAYERED HEALTH SYMPTOMS. The 4 most common reasons that present in a victim of human sex trafficking are sleep deprivation or sleep disorders, workplace injuries, …

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Diet Strategies for the Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease

WEBChronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing rapidly against a background of widespread obesity, diabetes, chronic inflammation, and oxidative stress. Metabolic diseases trigger …

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Primary Care Issues in Rural Populations

WEBRural populations have different demographics and health issues compared to their metropolitan counterparts, including higher mortalities from ischemic heart disease, …

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Hepatic Function Testing

WEBEvaluation of hepatic function testing is crucial to the detection and diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease because specific patterns of elevations in the basic hepatic …

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The Mental Health of Disaster Responders

WEBIt is suggested that collateral behavioral health damage in disaster responders may owe to being unfit mentally or physically prior to the disaster, as well as inadequate training, or …

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Prognostic Tools in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

WEBPrognostication is a misunderstood tool in medicine. When most patients, families, and medical providers hear the term prognostication, they are generally referring to life …

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Identifying Patterns

WEBThere is one thing in medicine that has not changed over the millennia and that is the human body. Likewise, the most important instrument in medicine that a …

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Military Medicine Outside Four Walls

WEBMany medical advances have stemmed from the casualties of war and have changed civilian medicine in concrete ways. Each military service is responsible for a …

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International Humanitarian Aid and Physician Assistants in Global

WEBInternational humanitarian aid has been in existence since the nineteenth century. However, with the increasing numbers of displaced populations due to conflict, …

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Mental Health and the Law

WEBMental Health and the Law Brenda S. Fisher, PA-C, JDa, Kerrigan LeBoeuf, BSN, RNb,* INTRODUCTION Mental illness and the law governing the criminal who invokes “mental …

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Emerging Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism

WEB3. International epidemiologists need further funding and support. 4. Testing for pathogens and chemical agents needs to be fast, reliable, and streamlined. 5. Treatment also …

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