Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In 2018, 63.1% Population Studied Patients with obesity enrolled in the Méta-Santé clinic. Setting The North of Lanaudière University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) Intervention Upon referral from their family doctor, patients attend a group course on nutrition and metabolic health.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Nurse Practitioner Family 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 12, 2025

Although on the surface these are unchanged from the 2018 version —recommending screening in all women 65 years or older and postmenopausal women younger than 65 years at increased risk for an osteoporotic fracture and finding insufficient evidence to screen men—an accompanying editorial noted a small, but significant, difference.

Screening 52

Screening Family Physician Clinic Community 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only.

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 23, 2025

This post first appeared on March 6, 2018, during the first Trump administration's failed attempt to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Update: the NGC ceased operating in 2018.] Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Illness 52