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#November2022 #November12 #WorldPneumoniaDay #LungCancerAwarenessMonth #LungCancerScreeningDay
#Cigarettesmoking

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"Lung Cancer Awareness month- Nov"
"World Pneumonia Day- Nov12"
"National Lung Cancer Screening Day- USA: Nov12"
(1/21)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is taking the opportunity this November, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, to highlight the burden and principal risk factors of lung cancer around the world.
1.8 million (18 lakh) people died in 2020 due to this cancer (2/21)
This count is almost double the number of deaths caused by the 2nd most common cause of cancer deaths - colorectal cancer!!

Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer

Smoking in public places exposes those who are not interested in smoking .. (3/21)
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Hey! I'm a #FamilyPhysician and I personally know at least 10 other mid-career Family MD's in Ottawa who have left comprehensive (cradle-grave) family medicine recently... I have thoughts on this.
#MedTwitter #Health @OntarioCollege #LifeWithoutADoctor
ottawacitizen.com/news/sutcliffe…
First off - it takes years to train a Family MD. There are SO many reasons why we aren't training enough of them. But before you talk recruitment you need retention. My colleagues haven't left Ottawa - they still doctor, they just don't do comprehensive family medicine anymore!
They work in all sorts of specialized areas of medicine / focused-practice like long-term care, in hospitals, in ERs, in palliative care, sexual health, psychotherapy, urgent care, sports med, walk-in clinics - you name it! but not in comprehensive Family Medicine. Why?!!!
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The government’s removal of the time modifier is aimed at saving $200 million, which is about half of the #healthcarecuts government is looking for. (1/13) #ABdocs4patients
#Healthpolicy research and basic economics both suggest that the government’s proposal is in the wrong direction. It will not save money; it will damage health. (2/13)
The incentive is toward the short visit, with physicians spending less time with patients. #10minutemedicine (3/13)
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