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How to Get Rid of Old/Unused Medicines

Noreta Family Medicine

Feel free to share this blog so that if your primary care doctor sends you a survey to take in the future, you will be able to report you are doing things safely and correctly! please contact your family physician or primary care doctor. Why is it important to get rid of old medicines? Read My Latest News!

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Q&A: Physicians Weigh Improvements in MASLD Treatment Against Gaps in Assessment Strategies

Physician's Weekly

This is a well-done and concise summary of where we are in 2024 in trying to tackle the immense public health problem of MASLD.” In March 2024, resmetirom was the first treatment for noncirrhotic MASLD approved by the FDA, which is quite exciting. MASLD is the leading reason for referral to a hepatologist in many US medical centers.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants. But in the meantime, we have a few tips that may help you manage anticipatory anxiety.

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

As you heal, check in with your direct primary care physician. See Your Direct Primary Care Doctor for Orthopedic Pain Management Are you concerned about swelling or recurring pain from a fall or sports injury? Good orthopedic pain management doesn’t always automatically call for imaging or a subspecialist.

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Trading One Substance for Another: Replacing Alcohol With THC

Priority Physicians

Direct primary care aims to improve your life until there’s no need to numb it! At Priority Physicians, your relationship with your primary care doctor encourages openness on this subject. Are you considering replacing alcohol with weed or THC? Let us know how we can help.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? And the actors were blinded to whether this was a primary care doctor or a chat bot answering them. And the first one was with Zeke Emanuel. And in that, you were very skeptical of predictive models and their ability to change patient behavior or clinician behavior.

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Not Only Harvard. RFK Jr.’s Slashed Science Funding Cuts Across States That Backed Trump

Physicians News Digest

including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Forty-one percent of organizations that had NIH grants cut in the first month were in states that President Donald Trump won in the 2024 election. About 40% of organizations whose grants the NIH cut in its first month of slashing, which started Feb.