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Challenges and Gains of AI in Primary Health Systems

Physician's Weekly

The main opportunities for AI in PHC involve improving diagnostic accuracy, refining screening efforts, and predicting diseases early to enhance service delivery. Extracted data on study characteristics, opportunities, challenges, and requirements were synthesized using thematic-framework analysis based on the PCET.

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Postural Sway Velocity Effective for Assessing Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Physician's Weekly

Postural sway velocity as a screening tool in diabetic peripheral neuropathy represents a potential early marker of balance impairment and fall risk. The 2025 annual meeting of the Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from May 17, 2025 to May 20, 2025.

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Pearls profiles: Get to know Neil Baum, MD

Physician's Practice

Physicians Practice Pearls Profiles is a dynamic new feature designed to bring our trusted columnists off the page and onto your screen. Schrödinger's Cat: Financial perils of Allograft diabetic ulcer grafts Martin Merritt, Esq. He has written ten books on practice management and the business of medicine.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening.

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Multifactorial Drivers of Cognitive Decline in Diabetes

Physician's Weekly

Screening was done using predefined criteria, and 2 researchers independently extracted the data. Significant associations were observed with age (OR = 1.06, P = 0.01), female sex (OR = 1.23, P = 0.05), and diabetes duration (OR = 1.07, P = 0.03). prevalence of MCI in individuals with T2DM.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

Share Tweet Share Email Home Psychology & Psychiatry Home Addiction June 16, 2025 The GIST Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction by I. But experts say the risks can be lowered through heart screenings, close monitoring and giving magnesium before and during treatment, The Times added in its report.

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

Citation : Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesnt stop long-term impacts on development (2025, June 8) retrieved 9 June 2025 from [link] This document is subject to copyright. Provided by The Conversation This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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