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A New Outlook: How Carrier Screening Shaped One Family’s Future

Myriad Genetics

Ashley’s journey to a diagnosis for Christopher probably felt like forever to their family. From symptom onset until diagnosis, searching families visit an average of more than seven specialists and spend 4.8 1 , 1–15 (2013). But in the world of rare genetic diseases, it was relatively short. years getting answers.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. 2013-0421 Tighe M, Afzal NA, Bevan A, et al. Now, in the pediatric emergency department, the diagnosis of reflux is primarily clinical. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Pediatrics.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 3: The Only Thing We Have to Fear

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. No medication exposures. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now. It’s complete in its descriptions and treatments which can also be used by medical professionals of all types. Searchable by symptoms, signs, and patient factors, it represents the fastest path to a customised differential diagnosis.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

Alex: We are honored to be joined by Barbara Jones, who is professor and associate dean for Health Affairs at the School of Social Work at UT Austin and chair of the Department of Health Social Work at Dell Medical School. Barbara: Oh, I think it was 2013. What does this diagnosis mean to you? Alex: And we’re also-.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

This is like, back in 2013, and I joined the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. So when I joined Sinai In 2013, I was in a different form at that time. And so I think that my growth and discovery of celebrating who I am as a woman of trans experience didn’t really happen until when I came to New York City.

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Impact of home care on healthcare use after a first diagnosis of dementia in older adults living with severe mental illness [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To describe individual characteristics and healthcare use in older adults with SMI across home care services (HCS) profiles before and after the first dementia diagnosis. Group 1 showed greater HCS use after the index date, both compared to itself before the diagnosis and to Group 2.

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