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Rare Diseases: Pathways to accelerating diagnoses 

Myriad Genetics

Recently, the Today Show highlighted Courtney (she asked that only first names be used), who visited 17 different doctors over three years to help diagnose her young son Alex, who she was watching suffer and decline before her eyes. The post Rare Diseases: Pathways to accelerating diagnoses appeared first on Myriad Genetics.

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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

James Stevermer and Kenneth Fink wrote in an AFP editorial : Few men diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer will experience a mortality benefit, and an estimated 20% to 50% of those treated will never become symptomatic, even without treatment. times more likely to develop urinary or sexual complications, 2.78

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Increasing Rates of Pre-Pregnancy T2D Tied to Higher Fetal, Neonatal Risk

Physician's Weekly

Early-onset type 2 diabetes is rising in women of childbearing age, increasing the risk for fetal and maternal complications versus other forms of diabetes. The National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit 2020 identified glucose control as being the main modifiable risk factor for pregnancy outcomes in T2D.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

billion people were living with vision loss in 2020, and it is forecasted to reach 1.7 It greatly helps physicians in remote areas such as Sub-Saharan Africa diagnose and treat patients. Originally, the companies promised to put the digital contact lens on the market around 2020. Globally 1.1 solutions for eye care, though.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

This may mean you’re not getting enough oxygen, which can cause serious complications. Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home. Am I at risk for complications due to my medical history? Receiving treatment quickly can make a life-saving difference.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. The pneumonia could get treated, but I think geriatricians, actually, were well aware of iatrogenic complications of care and quality gaps, even well before the IOM reports of the late 1990s and the like. You can broaden the scope of diagnoses. Annals of Int Med.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Eric Widera reminds us of the history of the Goldwater Act created by the American Psychological Association in the 1960s which states that psychiatrists should refrain from diagnosing public figures, and the American Medical Association code of ethics which likewise discourages armchair diagnosis (rule established in 2017).

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