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An Additional Physician from Leading Sarasota Cardiology Practice to Now Offer the Hybrid Choiceâ„¢ Concierge Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

Managing heart health often requires a level of trust between a doctor and patient, something can take time to build. “I look forward to practicing this personalized style of medicine and guiding my patients toward their best health. This special program allows for that time,” says Dr. Caruso.

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Episode 86: Racial Disparities in COVID – Student Dr. Paul, Dr. Essien & Dr. Manning

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dereck Paul Dereck Paul is a 4th-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and applying into residency this fall. He was a 2018 Student National Medical Association David E. Dr. Kimberly Manning Kimberly D.

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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

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. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

Insurance companies have promised changes like these before, in 2018 and 2023, but many didn’t follow through, Dr. Mehmet Oz , head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said.

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Texas Governor Blocks THC Ban, Keeping Gummies and Vapes Legal

Physician's Weekly

Supporters said it was meant to close a legal loophole created in 2018 when a federal law allowed states to regulate hemp, a plant that can be processed to create THC. The proposed law would have made it a misdemeanor to own, make or sell THC products. Abbott, a Republican, waited until the final deadline to reject the bill, the AP said.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. It was amazing. Alex: Yeah.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

GeriPal

That could include a robust home care plan to manage his symptoms. In fact, the Right to Try act signed into law in 2018, allows patients with life threatening illness to access investigational drugs. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicines (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.