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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care.

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Direct-to-consumer advertising distorts prescription drugs’ benefits and costs

Common Sense Family Doctor

It also does not change the context that most patients overestimate drug safety and that the most heavily advertised drugs have lower added benefit compared with similar medications. Kennedy, Jr.’s s previously stated intention to ban DTCA from television.

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Book Review: Booster Shots by Dr. Adam Ratner

Common Sense Family Doctor

to a massive resurgence in 2019, presaged by smaller blips in the prior years? How did we go from eliminating measles in the United States. over the past 30 years.

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RFK Jr. and vaccine politics

Common Sense Family Doctor

Few HHS Secretaries have actually been medical doctors; Dr. Price was the first M.D. See Samoa, 2019.) s views on cancer screening. News stories have focused on his beliefs about water fluoridation, unpasteurized ("raw") milk, and vaccine safety. to hold the position in 24 years. During the pandemic, RFK Jr.