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

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. According to MedChi , the average practice received $176,000 in care management fees in 2019. I stepped down as director of the Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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It's Not About The Pus

StorytellERdoc

On a recent trip with friends to Toronto to celebrate the arrival of 2019, we had returned to our hotel rooms one afternoon to rest for a few hours after a very late previous night of fun. Pimple Popper, was able to help many embarrassed patients survive their dermatologic issues, all the while captivating my daughter's interest. Or does it?

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Fleece Pajama Bottoms 2019

StorytellERdoc

There sat Larry in his hospital bed, with chest pain and difficulty breathing, being supported at bedside by his adult son and daughter as well as his grandson. People will stare. Make it worth their while. Can someone please tell me the exact moment when fleece pajama bottoms became the fashion sensibility of America? she exclaimed to me.

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

mg or placebo in 2019. 15 Also, a systematic review (2019) of 50,452 diabetes patients did not show a statistically significant increase of the overall cancer risk (OR 1.04; 95% CI: 0.94 Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). semaglutide 1.0

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Researchers in 2019 developed a machine learning method to accurately quantify immune cells in the vicinity of oral cancer cells. We’ve all been through this as a kid and childhood memories stick with us, just recalling this might send a shiver down your spine. For patients, it promises more accurate care and better outcomes.

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare use, mortality, and human rights of persons living with dementia in Canada [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

2019/pre-pandemic and 2020/pandemic cohorts included 167,095 vs. 173,240 PLWD living in the community and 93,374 vs. 92,434 PLWD residing in nursing homes (NHs), respectively. Outcomes: Rates of all-cause emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and mortality. Setting: Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Quebec.

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Marine Microplastic Levels Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease Prevalence

Physician's Weekly

from the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, and colleagues geospatially analyzed microplastic concentration data within 200 nautical miles of the U.S. also from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, said in a statement. Bhargav Makwana, M.D., coastline to calculate mean MMLs.