Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

An article on acute migraine headaches in the April 2025 issue of American Family Physician reviewed current treatment strategies for acute migraine headaches, which “account for … 3.6 million primary care visits annually and are the fifth most common reason for emergency department visits” in the United States.

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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.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Don Berwick's dire warning about the existential threat of greed on the failing American health care system seems to be coming true, to the extent that the brazen assassination of an insurance company executive in midtown Manhattan elicited far more outrage about delayed or denied care than sympathy for his family's loss.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The industry reached a three-decade high in 2023, adding more than 650,000 jobs. Nursing: Nurses are often called the backbone of healthcare; they are the largest group of health professionals and the first point of contact for patients and their families. Nurses can practice in different specialties as well.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000.

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CDOCS

JULY 1, 2024

& & </p> <p>Survey data from the 2023 ADA Council on Communications Trend Report found that more than 40% of dentists felt defeated, wanted to quit dentistry, or did not want to go to work in the six months leading up to the survey, with these feelings being more common in dentists 44 years and younger.&

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

of adults in the state showed significant symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2023. Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. But in the meantime, we have a few tips that may help you manage anticipatory anxiety. Reach out anytime.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  2023 Apr;21(2):166-7. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Insurance companies have promised changes like these before, in 2018 and 2023, but many didn’t follow through, Dr. Mehmet Oz , head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said. Adam Gaffney , a critical care doctor and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, told NBC News.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Youll also learn how to manage exposures in the emergency department, especially when the child has a pregnant caregiver, and why isolation isnt always necessary once the rash shows up. Counsel families and caregiversincluding pregnant household contactson the risks, exposures, and infection control considerations related to Parvovirus B19.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

JUNE 16, 2023

Understanding your insurance coverage, managing medical bills, and finding affordable healthcare options are essential for maintaining your health without breaking the bank. The post Navigating Insurance and Healthcare Costs: Tips for Patients appeared first on Family Physicians of Greeley, PLLP.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples Show Notes by Sudarshan (“Sud”) Krishnamurthy April 4, 2023 Summary: This episode highlights the checkered past of medicine and the advancements in the field that have occurred at the expense of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

In 2023, Florida Gov. They also argue that banning the products could hurt the thousands of jobs and millions in revenue the industry brings each year, the AP added in its report. Texas is not the only state to reconsider limits on THC consumables. More information The National Institutes of Health has more on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to increase across the US, with over 105,000 OUD-related deaths reported in a 12-month period ending in October 2023. Study Design and Analysis: The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) hosted a year long, monthly Project ECHO ® educational series on OUD.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

She enjoyed talking with the half dozen other residents at her adult family home in Washington state. “It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” She works with the patient and a family member who often has power of attorney.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

adults participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2021 to 2023). “The simple and universally accessible waist-to-height measurement is useful in clinical and public health practice for liver disease screening, prevention, diagnosis and management globally.” Agbaje, M.D., All rights reserved.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Have you had difficulty managing a particular type of cancer pain? Janet Abrahm is one of the world’s experts in pain and symptom management for patients with cancer joins us to talk about (among other things): Ketamine for hyperalgesia and allodynia, how to treat dissociative side effects. Summary Transcript Summary. AlexSmithMD.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

About 3 in 10 adults reported not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point between July 2022 and July 2023 because of the cost, according to a KFF survey. Back in February, we asked you, our listeners, to tell us how you’ve managed when your prescriptions got really expensive. Lynne Johnson is our operations manager.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If you have diabetes or prediabetes and want to learn more about how you can better manage your health, please talk with your doctor. Accessed via the American Diabetes Association website on October 24, 2022 The post November is Diabetes Awareness Month appeared first on Family Physicians of Greeley, PLLP.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. The more we can notice that, the more we can actually be present for that family and actually see how they’re experiencing it. Family member, and with some chagrin- Eric: Powerful nudge.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. And so there’s complexity in Understanding how each state manages this. Because I mean, California is different. They have an advance directive.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. References Jeanmonod R, Asuka E, Jeanmonod D.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. This is Eric Widera. LaVera: Yes.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. Naheed, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Really looking forward to the conversation.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Kit Carney and Dr. Kristen Humphrey discuss gun violence, its impact on our patients and their families, as well as practical tips on advocating for safe storage of firearms, and how we can support victims of violence. Firearms, physicians, families, and kids: Finding words that work. Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Learn all about diagnosis and management of this common problem in this brief podcast episode. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. So this management is conservative, includes upright feeding, antireflux therapy, so alterations to how you Feed, burp, and position. Laryngomalacia. Updated 2022 Jun 5].

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

The outlook on amyloid antibodies are looking brighter though in 2023. We invited three geriatricians and memory care doctors, Nate Chin, Sharon Brangman, and Jason Karlawish, to talk about this question and many others swirling around on how to safely prescribe these drugs and manage patients on them (like what to do about anticoagulation).

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Negotiation Training for Case Managers to Improve Older Adult Acceptance of Services. Prof Case Manag. So many times, family caregivers have to argue with their loved ones about getting more help in the home or moving them to a place that has safety, has close proximity to medical care. Geriatrics. But we had to negotiate it.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

In the United States in 2023, the truth of the matter is you don’t need very many individual risk factors to become homeless. A huge portion of that difference in wealth you can trace back to the fact that their families were not able to get into the housing market. ” That is a myth.

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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.” Malaz: I love it.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department. growth in the U.S.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 27, 2025

Michael Pollan's pithy "eat [real] food, not too much, mostly plants"), and has received positive reviews in publications ranging from NPR to Family Medicine. for the 11 million families headed by single parents who often work two or more jobs to get by and have fewer options for buying groceries. Good Energy for the Budget-Conscious"?)

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the administration’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, framed Medicaid as sagging under the weight of improper payments. “Look, one out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.” billion were improper.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But as we talked to patients and providers, there was, really, this need for patients who wanted services, like IV antibiotics and IV fluids, but wanted to be able to spend that time at home, with their family, even if it meant it was their last days or weeks. By the year 2000, everyone will be in a Medicare managed care plan.”

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