Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

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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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.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Several past colleagues in the family medicine department at Georgetown recently published an informative scoping review of specialty disrespect in the medical learning environment. in 2023-24. Another Health Affairs study documented that the percentages of residency programs with rural and FQHC training sites rose from 6.2%

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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. Either way, I will continue giving to our local food bank , as the prescription for food insecurity is food, and hungry patients do not make healthy patients.

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