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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program. Two decades later, there is a widespread consensus that the U.S.

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Natural History of Asymptomatic Renal Stones Before RC

Physician's Weekly

,” published in the May 2025 issue of World Journal of Urology by Savin et al. The primary endpoints were 90-day postoperative complications, stone-related adverse events (AEs), and spontaneous stone passage (SSP) during follow-up. The 1-year cumulative incidence of stone-related AEs was 10%, while SSP occurred 47%.

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Ocular Toxicities of Targeted Cancer Therapies

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Clinical and imaging strategies for the assessment of the ocular side effects of systemic targeted anti-cancer therapies,” published in the April 2025 issue of the European Journal of Cancer by Michaels et al.

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Ozone Injection Into Intervertebral Foramen for Chronic Postherpetic Neuralgia Treatment

Physician's Weekly

In a 1-year follow-up study published in the May 2025 issue of Frontiers in Neurology regarding c hronic intractable postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), QoL severely affects after herpes zoster (HZ). No serious complications were reported. Hyperalgesia area decreased by 52.35% (3.11 ± 0.70) immediately and 87.41% (0.82 ± 0.50) in 6 months.

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Top Challenges 2025: Practice administrators face growing uncertainty

Physician's Practice

Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini News Article Physicians Practice Physicians Practice June 2025 Volume 3 Issue 3 This year’s survey shows medical practice administrators wrestling with familiar challenges and new uncertainties.

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Revised Final Guidance on Nitrosamines Offers New Recommendations for Assessment and Control

FDA Law Blog

It’s these varied scenarios that give quality managers nightmares. The revisions due in 2025 include testing for NDSRIs. FDA recognizes that nitrosamine detection and remediation are complicated undertakings for quality managers.

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Navigating the Quademic: Clinical Differentiation of Influenza, RSV, COVID-19, and Norovirus in Pediatric Emergency Care

PEMBlog

Differentiating these pathogens based on clinical presentation is crucial for targeted management, minimizing unnecessary diagnostic tests, and optimizing healthcare resources. Common Complications : Otitis media : Diagnosis is supported by the presence of a bulging tympanic membrane with purulent effusion.

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