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Access to health care and services for the Deaf: A scoping review of reviews [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Additional searches included searches on Google Scholar, manual searches, citation tracking and reference list screening. Popay et al.’s ’s (2006) narrative synthesis was used to analyze and report the results. A consultation was conducted with eight members of the Deaf community to complete the results.

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Intersections Between Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Marital Status Associations with Depression Symptoms [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Data were derived from a survey dataset obtained from NHANES, specifically cross-sectional data from the 2013 to 2018 waves. Instrument: The NHANES assessed depression using the PHQ-9, a nine-item depression screening tool.

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AAA screening rates in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at UNMC [Clinical research (other)]

Annals of Family Medicine

The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (B Setting: Criteria Time Frame: 2013-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Outcome Measures: Whether or not a screening study was ordered on the patient per guidelines. cm or larger.

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

Myriad Genetics

We went through the pediatrician, the physical therapist, and none of those people brought up carrier screening. A carrier screen is a genetic test that looks at a couple’s DNA to see if they are carrying any genetic mutations that could be inherited by their baby. “We started asking questions because he still wasn’t walking.

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San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

Greenough’s private cell number; patient advocacy and enhanced coordination with specialists and other health providers; and a comprehensive annual exam with customized screenings for each patient. She graduated from UCLA School of Medicine in 2010 and completed her residency at the University of Michigan in 2013.

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Delivery of healthcare provider’s lifestyle advice and lifestyle behavioural change in adults who were overweight or obese in pre-diabetes management in the USA NHANES (2013–2018)

BMJ

Our study sample included 1039 eligible adults who were overweight or obese and reported prediabetes from pooled NHANES (2013-2018). However, screening diabetes and prediabetes management delivery are still a challenge in practice for the entire US population. Of those, 76.8%

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Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and NT-proBNP for mild cardiac dysfunction among long-term breast cancer survivors [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: A dataset was used, consisting of 350 long-term female breast cancer survivors included between 2013 and 2016 in general practices in the Netherlands. Conclusions ECG and NT-proBNP are inadequate diagnostic tools to screen for mild LVSD among asymptomatic long-term breast cancer survivors. and a specificity of 66.6%