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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

million people in 2018), shows that the longer you know your GP, the better off you are. Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. of healthcare costs in the EU 2018. Also, systematic reviews on ‘continuity’ found mortality reductions in most included studies.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. 2018 Nov;142(5):e20181009. Epub 2018 Oct 8. Vaccines don’t cause autism, but they might cause febrile seizures. The absolute risk is small, and genetic susceptibility likely plays a role in seizures after vaccines. Pediatrics.

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