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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

This difference began 3 years before PD diagnosis with an IRR of 1.33 (1.16–1.53) Mild opioids, including tramadol and codeine, were most frequently initiated, with the largest gap seen 6 months before diagnosis. In contrast, stronger opioids showed increased use only after diagnosis. compared to 31.2% in those without PD.

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Rash Week! My aching feet!

PEMBlog

Just look at the rash – then scroll down to reveal the diagnosis. N Engl J Med 2001; 345:335-338. That’s it. And oh yeah, she did spend time in a hot tub during a recent trip. The nodules on the platter surface of the feet are painful. She is systemically well appearing. It’s Pseudomonas Hot-Foot Syndrome! aeruginosa.

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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

For example, Driscoll (2001) wrote on the benefits of early 22q detection: Couples can opt to pursue diagnostic testing. Prenatal Diagnosis. Prenatal diagnosis of the 22q11.2 Genet Med   3 , 14–18 (2001). Such is the case with the 22q11.2 2 Maternal age does not affect the likelihood of the 22q microdeletion.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 2: Walk Softly

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. The diagnosis can be made clinically. Am Fam Physician 2001 ; 64:419. This is the second of the four cases. 4 days earlier, she developed rhinorrhea, cough, and fever to Tmax 101F. Am J Med Sci 2019; 357:411.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines in 2001 as a safety precaution. Scientists say the rise may owe to several factors, including better diagnosis, older parents and genetics, The Wall Street Journal said. It’s unclear if he has regained access. It added that “HHS will follow the science — wherever it leads.”

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

Physicians News Digest

On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ — and fired roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department. Without AHRQ, we’d be doing even worse.”