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Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Cervical cancer remains a significant health concern and screening is crucial for early diagnosis. Little is known about how patients’ social needs (i.e. Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population. in screened vs. 1.15

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Tuberculosis Patterns Vary by Migrant Origin and Arrival Timing

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Differences found in patient characteristics of migrant tuberculosis sub-populations within low TB incidence European countries, 2014–2020,” published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Infectious Diseases by Jackson et al.

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Racial Differences Affect Breast Surgery Timing

Physician's Weekly

They investigated data from electronic health records of women diagnosed with stage I–III breast cancer between 2004 and 2020 who underwent upfront surgery. The results showed that among 18,240 patients (White = 61%, Black = 39%), the median distance to surgery was 11.4 miles (IQR: 5.9, miles (IQR: 5.9,

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A Long Time Coming: DEA Regs Finally Authorize Schedule II Prescription Partial Fills

FDA Law Blog

CARA amended the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to enable physicians or patients to request pharmacists to partially fill prescriptions for schedule II substances including opioids and to allow remaining quantities to be filled up to 30 days after issuance of the prescription (up to 72 hours for emergency oral prescriptions). 21 U.S.C. §

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Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000845 The appetite for and ability to collect accurate digital patient-level data in low-resource settings has fueled numerous massive global health initiatives. The answer to that question can often be found in an assessment of where those big numbers originate.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice?

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Out At Home: FDA’s Vocal Support of Home Testing but Reluctance to Clear Novel OTC Home Tests

FDA Law Blog

Regarding COVID-19, Tim Stenzel, Director of CDRH’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics, has stated that “in-home testing and home collections is a top priority” ( June 2020 FDA Virtual Town Hall ); “obviously home over-the-counter tests including rapid antigen tests are a high priority” ( February 2021 FDA Virtual Town Hall ).