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Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Common Sense Family Doctor

A 2020 meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials (summarized in a POEM in American Family Physician ) concluded that low-dose CT screening prevents one lung cancer death for every 250 people screened.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Some of them are really deeply individual experiences.

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Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

BMJ

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000780 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest cause of death from non-communicable disease in the world. million person-years of routinely collected primary care data.