Myriad Genetics
APRIL 15, 2024
Less invasive options like prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screens can also be used to help identify the microdeletion. According to a study in Genes (Basel) , cfDNA screens have “a 70–83% detection rate and a 40–50% positive predictive value (PPV) for most associated 22q microdeletions.” We observed 100% PPV.
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. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively.
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Annals of Family Medicine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Intervention: A rural-setting family physician scripted informal videos describing her extensive experience with treating patients with OUD using buprenorphine. The video promoting external motivations was associated with reduction in the importance of two concerns: medication costs/coverage and inappropriate patient behaviors (safety).
Permanente Medicine
MAY 22, 2025
As an experienced physician leader, she is known for always going the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. ” Dr. She has held a variety of leadership positions within the organization dedicated to maintaining and advancing high-quality care that delivers value and superior outcomes for patients.
Today's Hospitalist
MAY 9, 2025
For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. It can differentiate between a physician’s questions and a patient’s responses and even filter out non-relevant small talk.
PEMBlog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Inbar Plaut PEM Fellow at UMASS Chan Medical School | UMASS Memorial Children’s Medical Center IG handle(s): @inbar.y, @umasspem Co-author: Zachary Binder The Case A 2-month-old male presents with 2-days of reluctance to move the right lower extremity. It most often affects the mandible and long bones.
AMMD
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
In 2024, I had another scare. I also did a screening blood test to look for circulating tumor cells, which I will have an article on this soon! This is why conventional physicians treat DCIS in patients with surgery, radiation, and sometimes chemotherapy. There are also the luminal epithelial cells closest to the center.
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