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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

Pain was recognized as a common and early symptom of PD, though changes in analgesic use over time had not been previously described. They analyzed data from 15,763 individuals diagnosed with PD between 2001 and 2014 and 62,907 matched controls without PD and calculated the opioid initiation rates in 6-month intervals and compared both groups using (..)

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AMPLIFYâ„¢ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

Typically, the way to diagnose 22q prenatally is through chorionic villus sampling or an amniocentesis. For example, Driscoll (2001) wrote on the benefits of early 22q detection: Couples can opt to pursue diagnostic testing. Genet Med   3 , 14–18 (2001). Such is the case with the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in the SMART study. 

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 2: Walk Softly

PEMBlog

She was seen at an urgent care the day prior to presentation, diagnosed with a viral exanthem, and discharged with oral prednisone. Papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome The patient was diagnosed with papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome (PPGSS). Am Fam Physician 2001 ; 64:419. IgA vasculitis D. Gu SL, Jorizzo JL.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

And even up to a year out across diagnoses, every diagnoses including neurodegenerative diseases, costs less for those enrolled in hospice compared to not. Overall it was 3.1% billion in one year hospice saved Medicare, and that was by focusing on what matters to people, to patients and families.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

Medical errors caused by missed diagnoses, drug errors, hospital infections, and other factors kill and maim tens of thousands of Americans each year. One of Schiff’s current AHRQ projects involved interviewing late-stage cancer patients to determine whether they could have been diagnosed earlier. Now, the naysayers have triumphed.