Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

In November 2024, two new RCTs were published that investigated whether atrial fibrillation screening using an ECG is effective. A limitation was that only 49% of those invited participated in the screening. UK National Screening Committee (2019): “Screening is not currently recommended for this condition.”

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Myriad Genetics

MARCH 13, 2024

Many of us have seen stories in the news about American families on diagnostic odysseys for their children with rare diseases. More and more, doctors, researchers, and families are turning to technologies like AI and even Google to help them decode health symptoms and get on the road to solutions and treatments.

Diagnose 52

Diagnose Screening Diagnosis Families 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

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. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. and 6.1%, respectively).

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Myriad Genetics

MAY 20, 2025

Myriad Genetics has been conducting the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor surveys since 2020 to learn about American attitudes towards mental health and related issues. Among those diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, 62% of patients whose healthcare provider did not use PGx testing wish they had been informed about it. “I

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Diagnose Medical Patients 52

GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

Redwing: So I grew up in a pretty intellectual family, but my brother and sister were six and 10 years older than me, and they were always feeding me literature and poetry. Redwing: When you’re diagnosed with cancer, the first thing you think about is when you’re going to die. Eric: Like since a little kid? Eric: Yeah?

Patient-Centered 93

Patient-Centered IT Community Illness 93

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”

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GeriPal

JULY 16, 2024

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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