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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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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. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. mg is not recommended. 9 The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers more information here 11.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

In 2024, I had another scare. My annual mammogram picked up calcifications again. After speaking with the radiologist, she said, best case scenario, it’s nothing, and worst case scenario, it is DCIS. She again recommended an MRI with contrast and another breast biopsy. Well, invasive cancers grow into other tissues and metastasize.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

Management of Congenital Lung Malformations. 2004 Nov;49(4):302-9. The CT also showed normal pulmonary venous return via the left lower pulmonary vein. Additionally, the CT revealed findings most consistent with necrotizing pneumonia within the sequestered portion of the lung and a small left pleural effusion. Pediatr Ann. 2022.08.003.