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Cervical Cancer Screening Differences Between Black and White Women: An Examination of HPV and Pap Test Utilization. [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context The introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test and the 2012 Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) guidelines expanded the way providers offer and interpret screening for their patients. However, higher cervical cancer mortality is well-documented for Black women, creating a health disparity.

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Q&A: Cannabis Use Tied to Reduced Working Memory

Physician's Weekly

Gowin and his colleagues analyzed data from 1,003 adults between 22 and 36 years of age who had functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), urine toxicology, and cannabis use results collected at one academic site between 2012 and 2015 as part of the Human Connectome Project. The cohort (mean age, 28.7

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. This again illustrates how DPC is an escape fire.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Simon stresses the importance of educational efforts to dismantle biases and calls for greater research attention to this group. He points out that historically, some community spaces have also been sources of harm, so intentional engagement and mental health education are essential. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(8):e2013100. 2015.0465 7.

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Prescribing Red Flags: Pharmacists Be Wary of What the Doctor Orders

FDA Law

As the Walgreens Amended Complaint notes, Pharmacists are professionally educated and trained to recognize and assess red flags and to determine whether a prescription is valid. The Amended Complaint, MOA and Corporate Integrity Agreement provide sound framework for identifying and not filling prescriptions exhibiting red flags.

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New Legislation Would Cut Off Access To The Courts And Immunize FDA Actions From Timely Judicial Review

FDA Law

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (“Senate HELP”) is scheduled to take up legislation that could significantly limit access to the courts and immunize critical FDA decisions from timely judicial review. 112-144 (2012). Karst & Michael D. Shumsky — On May 2nd, the U.S. That bill is S. The fact that S.

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Does transitional care management improve outcomes after discharge from the hospital?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.