Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

A 2024 editorial in Science , noting rising tensions between the United States and Russia, China, and North Korea, observed that “the risk of nuclear war has not been so high since the Cuban Missile Crisis.” Both countries are spending enormous amounts to modernize their existing arsenals.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

These days, most adults need to wait several months for a new patient appointment with a family doctor, if they can get one at all. Even if drugmakers and PBMs could be brought to heel, though, America is still lacking a major ingredient of a truly patient-centered health system: well-resourced, adequately supported primary care.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

Triptans can cause vasospasm, so they are contraindicated in patients with coronary artery disease, cardiovascular disease, and peripheral artery disease and should not be used in combination with ergot alkaloids. ** This post first appeared on the AFP Community Blog.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. hours per day, with more than one-half of that time (14.1 hours) allocated to preventive care.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 28, 2025

For comparison, there were 285 cases of measles in the United States in 2024, and there have already been more reported cases than in all but two years since 2000. In a 2024 American Family Physician editorial , Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt reviewed best practices for diagnosis and prevention of measles. since last week.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In November 2024, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule went into effect requiring television and radio advertisements for drugs to communicate risk and contraindications in a “clear, conspicuous, and neutral manner.”

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