What to do with a patient who smokes

Article Abstract:

A brief description on the various ways used by physicians to help their patients quit smoking is presented. The benefits of quitting, smoking cessation interventions, cessation options like counseling and pharmacotherapy, and treatment costs are discussed.

Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Antismoking Programs, Health aspects, Methods, Medicine, Smoking cessation programs, Smoking cessation, Medical practice

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Childhood obesity: what it means for physicians

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The article discusses about childhood obesity, an alarmingly increasing ailment and discusses how physicians can help to treat as well as prevent it by suggesting alternative life-changing good health measures.

Care and treatment, Prevention, Risk factors, Obesity in children, Childhood obesity

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Justifying patient risks associated with medical education

Article Abstract:

The article presents the ways in which patient risks related to medical education can be overcome.

Public affairs, Ethics, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Ethical aspects, Patients, Patient care, Medical education

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