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

MAY 1, 2025

A patient with a history of headaches is brought by ambulance to the emergency department for the abrupt onset of weakness and decreased sensation in their left arm and leg. A code stroke is called. Are these symptoms of an acute stroke or a stroke mimic , such as a hemiplegic migraine ?

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In 1998, a Letter to the Editor in American Family Physician expressed concerns about the relatively new practice of pharmaceutical advertising directly to patients. In November 2024, a new U.S. The ad states that patients may pay as little as $5 per dose, 4 times per year.… If it did, why give it for free?

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