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Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority: The Nuts & Bolts Physicians Need to Provide a Recommendation

Author/s: Heater, Buffy

Overview

  • Provide a brief history and the current status of the program
  • Provide an overview of the regulatory framework regarding physicians
  • Described the physician recommendation and patient application processes
  • Questions and Answers...
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cannabis medical marijuana

Opioids and Marijuana: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Author/s: Kupiec, Thomas

Objectives

Discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the following:

  • Opioids
  • Marijuana
    • THC
    • CBD
  • Combination of opioids and marijuana
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opioids marijuana cannabis analgesics

Pediatric Healthcare Update

Author/s: DeLeon, Stephanie

Pediatric healthcare update from OUHSC Family Medicine Grand Rounds.
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infant toddlers pediatrics

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Investigation

Author/s: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CDC is concerned about AFM, a serious condition that causes weakness in the arms or legs.
  • From August 2014 through August 2018, CDC has received information on a total of 362 cases of AFM across the US; most of the cases continue to occur in children.
  • Even with an...
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AFM Acute Flaccid Myelitis myelitis CDC

Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines

Author/s: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

Groups Recommended for Vaccination

  • Routine annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged ≥6 months who do not have contraindications.
  • A licensed, age-appropriate influenza vaccine (IIV, RIV4, or LAIV4) should be used. Consult package information for age...
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influenza vaccination

Healthy Oklahoma 2020

Author/s: Neuwald, Sharon, Hadden, Shelagh K.

A host of organizations in Oklahoma are concerned that the health status of Oklahomans ranks near the bottom of all states in the United States. In a significant effort to improve health status, the Oklahoma State Board of Health convened a broadly based group and charged it with developing a...

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public health oklahoma

Screening for Cervical Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.

Author/s: US Preventive Services Task Force

IMPORTANCE:

The number of deaths from cervical cancer in the United States has decreased substantially since the implementation of widespread cervical cancer screening and has declined from 2.8 to 2.3 deaths per 100 000 women from 2000 to 2015.

OBJECTIVE:

To update the US...

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cervical cancer screening

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