Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A new study has found that patients are increasingly likely to discuss mental health concerns with the doctor they often know best: their primary care physician.

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Noreta Family Medicine

JANUARY 29, 2024

As a family doctor, I hear my patients talk about their “medicine cabinet full of old medicines” all the time. A research study from 2006 showed that 50% of the people surveyed incorrectly flushed their meds down the toilet (read more HERE ). It’s ok to admit it.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5th, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. Cunqueiro A, Durango A, Fein DM, et al. Pediatr Radiol 2019; 49:240.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. 2006 Oct;99(10):501-5. ” An et. The Meckel’s scan is the preferred diagnostic modality, and prompt surgical consultation may be necessary for symptomatic cases.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Shapiro — Last summer, FDA published a draft guidance, Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Lasers – Patient Labeling Recommendations (July 29, 2022) setting forth a proposal for new recommended patient‑directed labeling. The approved devices already have patient‑directed labeling that FDA has approved. By Jeffrey K.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Indeed, recent jurisdictional developments suggest that a wide of array of stakeholders could have standing to challenge the Agency’s attempt to restrict access to commonly used LDTs, including individual laboratories, hospitals, physicians and healthcare providers who routinely use these tests, and patients who depend on them.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A US-based study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found 69% of patients reported avoiding discussions about death, but 92% reported feeling somewhat comfortable talking to a heath care provider about EOL wishes. Of the 11 patients with PPD documented as home, 5 (45%) died at home.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

They candidly discuss the unique challenges and opportunities health care organizations face in meeting patient expectations. Today we are talking about the patient care experience specifically here at Kaiser Permanente, but also in general. I joined SCPMG straight from residency in 2006. AM: Thank you so much.

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The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 14, 2013

However, when one of those guidelines suggested that spinal fusion surgery was unnecessary for most patients with acute low back pain, AHCPR found its budget under attack. Citing John Wennberg's pioneering geographic analyses of medical practice variations and potentially inappropriate use of health services across the U.S., Phillips, Jr.

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. These medications are truly life-changing for many patients.”

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, and colleagues examined changes in patients’ internalized weight stigma before and after MBS. Patients aged 18+ who underwent primary bariatric surgery from 2006 to 2019 were identified (5,749 patients). Justin Dhyani, M.D., versus +46.9

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 29, 2025

million men and women aged 50 to 75 examined the outcomes of a Kaiser Permanente Northern California initiative begun in 2006 to increase colorectal cancer screening rates. Deaths per 100,000 for Hispanic, white, and Asian patients decreased to 20 during the same time period. The study of 1.1

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 2006 Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Annals of IM. Tasce: Yes.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

The MQSA was passed to ensure, among other things, that nationwide, patients have access to quality mammography services. See Government Accountability Office, “ GAO-06-724 Mammography: Current Nationwide Capacity Is Adequate, but Access Problems May Exist in Certain Locations ” (July 2006).

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Platelets 134 × 10 9 /L Alk phos 470 U/L AST 84 U/L ALT 40 U/L VBG pH 7.320, pCO2 81, HCO2 22 Urine Drug Screen positive for cannabinoids The patient had chest x-ray without any notable pathology. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with tyrosinemia type 1, an autosomal recessive disorder of amino acid metabolism. mg/dL Hct 30.7%

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. Healthcare staff were afraid of patients with HIV because there wasn’t clarity on how it was transmitted. Michele: Yep. And then they entered. We did a MoCA on one.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database that includes vaccine safety information from millions of patients, according to multiple sources. The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. Results of that work are expected this fall. Geier, meanwhile, is trying to gain access to a U.S.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. And just going back to that patient, I’ll tell you, before I started this role, I would have probably looked at the handout box in our clinic and been like, oh, okay.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

And so the patients who had been admitted there to die, essentially most, if not all, got better and HIV became much more of a chronic condition. It is kind of weird that my first publication was in jama, part of the Care of the Aging Patient series. And I think patients too, don’t always people. Meredith 11:29 Yeah.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 23, 2025

Nonetheless, its work has often been politically unpopular and unheralded outside of a small community of health services researchers and patient advocates. Despite this deliberately circumscribed mandate (I lost count of the number of times during my tenure as an AHRQ medical officer from 2006-2010 that I was told, "We don't make guidelines.

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