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Outcomes associated with timing of screening for gestational diabetes [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) at recommended times, based on a pregnant woman’s risk for GDM, is important in order to initiate and optimize the management of GDM as early as possible, thus mitigating the risk of several adverse outcomes for both pregnant women and their offspring.

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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. in 2019, with 78% receiving radiation therapy and 22% undergoing surgery.

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Factors Associated with Annual Vision Screening in Diabetic Adults: Analysis of the 2019 National Health Interview Survey [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: Determine the association(s) between receiving an annual eye exam and various economic, social, and geographic factors assessed in the 2019 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) among adults with diabetes in the continental United States. Outcomes were reported as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

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Reducing cancer deaths, one test at a time

Permanente Medicine

Corley, MD, PhD I think I can speak for most physicians in saying that one of the most frustrating situations we face is late diagnosis of a serious condition. To improve early diagnosis and drive better outcomes, KPNC launched a powerful, integrated screening program that has saved thousands of lives. A third of U.S.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

Alex: In 2019 … You wrote two viewpoints about AI recently in JAMA, relatively recently. I guess, 2019, and then, one again about last month or so. And what I want to do is, this is a tough task for you, I’m sure, but I have a patient with a new diagnosis of cancer, and it’s actually a 35-year-old woman.

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