Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Healthcare System Preparedness (DAC-SP) aims to catalyze global healthcare system transformation, providing Alzheimer’s patients and their families quicker access to life-changing innovations and therapies. Setting Primary care settings in the DAC-SP early detection program.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

What started as a small adventure and challenge from my writing group, with my first posting on November 19, 2009, turned into quite an amazing ride throughout the literary and social media world. I think many ER doctors have shut themselves off from the feelings of their patients. The number of friends I met was staggering.

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent Permanente Medical Groups who partner exclusively with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide care for their patients in Oregon, southwest Washington, and Northern California. Senior care: Both medical groups are dedicated to improving care for older patients.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Sasinowski — In 2009 — 15 years ago — the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) announced the first U.S. NORD’s announcement followed in the footsteps of European rare disease patient organization, Eurodis , who had celebrated the first Rare Disease Day the year before. By Frank J. recognition of Rare Disease Day.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In 2009, Catalyst’s drug Firdapse (amifampridine phosphate) received Orphan Drug Designation for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (“LEMS”), and FDA subsequently approved Firdapse in November 2018 for the treatment of LEMS in adults with 7 years of Orphan Drug Exclusivity.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

19:05 Clarifying the “ethics vs science” argument and critiquing research techniques 22:00 Resurgence of race-based speculation in COVID-19-related research 25:57 Implantation of ideas about innate racial inferiority within medicine 28:32 Will removal of race from algorithms potentially harm our patients?

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PEMBlog

MAY 11, 2023

Some general recommendations to reduce pain during LP include: Comfortable Positioning: The patient should be instructed to lie on their side with their knees drawn up to their chest and their chin tucked in, or sit upright with their head and upper back forward (often on a bedside table with a pillow). for the lidocaine group and 4.8 (0.5)

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

CRCC also requests such guidance should explicitly protect patients using cannabis for medical treatment. CRCC Letter, 3.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease The patient was diagnosed with Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease (NTED). This patient was hospitalized for 4 days where he remained well-appearing. Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease E. References Takahashi, N., Nishida, H.,

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CDOCS

APRIL 14, 2021

& When I began practicing in 2009, I joined a practice that had a Redcam in the corner collecting dust.& & Although the Redcam may have left a lot to be desired, my patients and I loved it.& & We explained the need for replacement of the restoration to the patient, and she agreed.</span></p>

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Dr. Unger transitioned to the Office of Drug Evaluation-I in 2009, and became its Director in 2012. Drug development attorney (and guru) Frank Sasinowski commented: “We are honored to have Dr. Unger join us in aiding patients, researchers and sponsors bring new therapies to those in need of them.

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PEMBlog

JULY 17, 2023

this is an updated version for July 2023 Replace a G-tube Gastrostomy tube dislodgment and malfunction are top causes for G-tube related ED visits in pediatric patients so it is important to understand how to replace a G-tube. Guage this based on ease of insertion and patient comfort. 11, 2009, pp. Pediatric Emergency Care, vol.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Importantly, the orphan drug designation, awarded in 2009, had been for LEMS generally—not LEMS in adults. FDA later approved another amifampridine NDA for the treatment of LEMS, called Ruzurgi and sponsored by Jacobus, but only for certain pediatric LEMS patients (i.e., 6 to less than 17 years of age).

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

FDA also approved two NDAs on the same first day for micafungin (MYCAMINE)—NDA 021506 for prophylaxis of Candida infections in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and NDA 021754 for the treatment of esophageal candidiasis. In that case, the NDA sponsor applied for two PTEs based on these approvals—one for either U.S.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 3, 2021

It is worth noting that DEA headquarters is actively involved in establishing annual workplans for the DEA local offices identifying certain “non-practitioner” registrants (manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, narcotic treatment programs) for local diversion groups to inspect during the year within their geographic region.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 3, 2021

It is worth noting that DEA headquarters is actively involved in establishing annual workplans for the DEA local offices identifying certain “non-practitioner” registrants (manufacturers, distributors, importers, exporters, narcotic treatment programs) for local diversion groups to inspect during the year within their geographic region.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 25, 2025

By building an integrated, patient-centered colorectal cancer screening program, we doubled screening rates, cut deaths by 50%, and made major strides in closing racial disparities in outcomes. The approach was simple: consistently alert patients that it’s time to get screened and make getting screened as easy as possible.

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 29, 2025

Early screening helps erase racial health disparities The study showed a significant reduction of colorectal cancer deaths among Black patients, which decreased from 52 per 100,000 in 2009 to 23.5 Deaths per 100,000 for Hispanic, white, and Asian patients decreased to 20 during the same time period.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

If the purpose of initiating dialysis is improving function – our complex, frail, older patients are likely to be disappointed. Are we seeing people like more older adults, more nursing home patients starting dialysis, and even at a higher gfr? So I wonder if I could turn to either of our nephrologists.

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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. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs.

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. 2009 Nov;27(4):655-67, ix. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department. 2009 Jun;21(3):196-202. The combative multitrauma patient: a protocol for prehospital management. Coburn VA, Mycyk MB. 2009.07.003.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

And, who within ASPE guides aging policy and connects policy to every day health challenges experienced by patients and clinicians? Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

I’m very proud of the work that we do every day and we take care of patients and families no matter where they live or who they are to help them meet their end of life goals. I am passionately against bad care and there is a lot of bad hospice care that preys on highly vulnerable patients and is unnecessary. Eric: Great.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

29, 2009)). In Gulf Med , DEA emphasized that “[r]ed flags are circumstances surrounding a prescription that cause a pharmacist to take pause, including signs of diversion or the potential for patient harm.” Some patients choose to pay cash to avoid insurance rejections that would alert pharmacists of potential abuse or diversion.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. But in the end, I see these as my patients and I’m trying to define what is the right model. I wonder, is this only for patients in hospice?

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Many years ago for the first study; I believe it was in 2009, 2010; I met with Susan Mitchell at the Institute for Aging Research, and told her that I wanted to study the use of feeding tubes for people with advanced dementia. Nursing homes are subsidized by their Medicare, by their rehab patients. How did this project get launched?

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

I asked some ID experts and we haven’t broadly assessed our rate, and we could do this, but it would take really a manual query of state vaccine records for any patient that doesn’t have vaccine status in the EMR. of their patients were fully vaccinated, five and a half percent were under vaccinated, and 3% were unvaccinated.

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