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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In an Op-Ed about his nascent reform plan that appeared in the Boston Globe in November 2004, Governor Romney proposed applying "carrots and sticks" to persons who could afford private health insurance but had chosen not to purchase it. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

13 Here is some evidence: From 2004-2020, 8,718 GLP-1 analogs-associated tumors were reported to the FDA. Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. 10 , 9 In patients with uncontrolled or potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy, treatment with semaglutide 2.4

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Body Mass Index versus Percent Body Fat as a Predictor of Mortality in Men Aged 20-49 [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset: NHANES 1999-2004 linked to the National Death Index which provides population estimates of the US population. Context: Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used as a risk marker for mortality and cardiometabolic disease, but its predictive ability has come into question. Other body composition measures may have more utility in practice.