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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

The study published in the June 2025 issue of the European Journal of Pain used data from the Finnish nationwide register-based study on Parkinson’s disease (FINPARK) to examine opioid use incidence from 5 years before to 5 years after a Parkinson’s disease (PD) diagnosis, comparing it with a matched control cohort. Pain was recognized as (..)

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AMPLIFY™ 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 Such is the case with the 22q11.2

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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. The diagnosis can be made clinically.

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

GeriPal

For others, this piece, while painful to read, gave voice to what they have been feeling over the last decade – hospice has in some ways lost its way in a quest of promoting profit over care. If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. Is it you, Ira?

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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. Haskell, of Columbia, South Carolina, has done research and helped write AHRQ-published surveys and guidebooks on patient engagement for hospitals. Without AHRQ, we’d be doing even worse.”