Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: 166 participants were recruited from 6 sites as of April 16 2024, with a median age of 56 (IQR 39-70) years, 31.9% said that their family doctor or clinic discussing their hesitations could help them gain trust in vaccines. self-identified as cis-women and 29.5% as cis-men, 70.5% as white, 5.4% as black, 1.8%

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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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Noreta Family Medicine

JANUARY 29, 2024

As a family doctor, I hear my patients talk about their “medicine cabinet full of old medicines” all the time. The DEA has a nice website where you can search for year-round controlled medicine drop off sites: [link] The DEA also has two “take back” days per year, with the next one set for Saturday, April 27, 2024.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

Scores that indicate MIDAS grades III and IV should prompt clinicians to consider targeted migraine medications rather than simple analgesics.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Five moving memoirs and five more outstanding nonfiction titles comprise this year's 10th annual list of my favorite health books, listed alphabetically by title below. For more great reads, feel free to browse my lists from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , and 2015-2020. Hope this list helps with your holiday shopping! ** 1.

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