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Validation of an Administrative Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Index in a Veterans Health Affairs Cohort [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

However, it is unclear whether results would generalize to other healthcare populations. The first OA diagnosis in record must occur from 2009-2014 and index date is OA diagnosis date. Results: Overall, average age at OA diagnosis was 64.0 Final sample size was 435,731. Outcome Measures: Time to TKA. SD 1.5).

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

The average age of a breast cancer diagnosis has statistically been around 65. My first breast cancer scare was in 2014, when they discovered calcifications for the first time during a routine mammogram. If you’ve recently received a DCIS diagnosis or know someone who has, what are your options? Don’t worry!

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. Searchable by symptoms, signs, and patient factors, it represents the fastest path to a customised differential diagnosis.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.” Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. Is this our role? Emmy: Yeah.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

This is back in, I don’t know, like 2014 maybe. Eloise 10:29 Yeah, I think what we saw in California was, prior to legalization, there was curiosity, but also a lot of their healthcare professionals didn’t know enough about it, so they didn’t discuss it with them. laughter] David 04:24 That’s what they all say.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. Get an expert diagnosis, advice, and prescriptions — all available 24/7 from your home.

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Private Equity Gobbling Up Hospices plus Hospice and Dementia: Melissa Aldridge, Krista Harrison, & Lauren Hunt

GeriPal

Second, Hospice was originally designed for patients with advanced cancer, but the fastest growing admitting diagnosis is dementia. Eric: Whenever I hear about for-profit, non-for-profit, the differences between them, mostly everybody turns to, I think, your 2014 paper looking at the differences between for-profit and non-for-profit.

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