Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

Demand for new obesity medications like semaglutide (GLP-1 analogs) is high, but availability is low. So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. What are the true benefits and side effects? Does the rebound effect really exist?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

1:06:20 Takeaways and conclusions 1:08:51 Outtakes Takeaways Medical Mistrust in the Black Community is More than Tuskegee Framing medical mistrust solely around watershed incidents like the U.S. It treats mistrust as an isolated construct, when medical mistrust is intertwined with broader societal injustices. The Lancet.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 23, 2023

For patients with cancer, lengthy delays in treatment can decrease their chances of survival. In  In an analysis of 2004–2017 information on patients with breast cancer in North Carolina, Black patients were more likely to experience such treatment delays than non-Black patients.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 9, 2021

Roberts JD For the patient I see tomorrow: Beyond recognizing that race is not a proxy for biology, we can all ask ourselves “What way is structural racism affecting my patient and what can I do about it?” For example, GFR- race correction for Black patients.

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For this reason, medical experts classify DCIS as noninvasive. This is why conventional physicians treat DCIS in patients with surgery, radiation, and sometimes chemotherapy. Medical experts also call these calcifications. A simple blood test to screen for cancer risk in patients is growing in demand. What Causes DCIS?

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

Gonzalez There has been increased enforcement against medical device companies that engage in the pervasive practice of paying third party sales agents based on their volume of sales. Physicians had ultimate control and exercised independent judgment over their patients healthcare decisions. Walsh & Sophia R. Mallory , 988 F.3d

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

FDAs interpretation of several threshold criteria for eligibility (serious condition, available therapy, unmet medical need) will continue to rely upon the 2014 Guidance. Moreover, it was also interesting to see how FDA discussed the concept of unmet medical need in the limited fashion that it did in this new guidance.

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