Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 12, 2025

In the two years since publication of the latest American Family Physician review article on osteoporosis , new guidelines and research studies have enhanced management of this common condition. Not only is it difficult to clinically predict osteoporosis risk, fragility fractures can occur in patients without osteoporosis.

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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.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

million people in 2018), shows that the longer you know your GP, the better off you are. On average, twice as many patients have contact with GPs than with all specialists (in offices and/or outpatient clinics) combined. of healthcare costs in the EU 2018. A fantastic study from Norway 12 (based on 4.5

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