Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The PanDerm artificial intelligence (AI) model improves skin cancer diagnosis when used by doctors, according to a research article published online June 6 in Nature Medicine. PanDerm outperformed clinicians by 10.2 percent across 128 skin conditions on clinical photographs.

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Diagnose Diagnosis Screening Clinic 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

A previous AFP article that reviewed treatment options for localized prostate cancer, including active surveillance, included the patient-administered Charlson Comorbidity Index and a life expectancy table for U.S. Also, limited life expectancy increases the likelihood of complications from most procedures, including radiation therapy.

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Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Kemi Doll , a physician-researcher and coach, has a terrific podcast I highly recommend everyone listen to, though it is targeted at women of color in academic medicine. On the other hand, there is a concerning side, described in this Guardian article titled, I’m a life coach, you’re a life coach: rise of an unregulated industry.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. Issues with sleep, like insomnia, does it lead towards a diagnosis of dementia, increase your risk, or is it that people with cognitive impairment, an early-on symptom is sleep disturbances and it’s more of a sign or symptom of early cognitive issues?

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Physicals IT Hypertension Education 85

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 96

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’d also like to give a shout out to a recent ACP article on HFpEF with an outstanding contribution from Ariela Orkaby, geriatrician extraordinaire (we also just did a podcast with her on frailty ). ** This podcast is not CME eligible. Eric 12:05 Any pearls on the diagnosis of HFpEF. Nicole 12:14 No, HFpEF is cool, and it’s fine.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Inspired by Dani Chammass paper in Annals of Internal Medicine titled, Wishing for a no show we talk about countertransference: start by asking yourself, Why am I having difficulty? But that was my take home from Danny’s article. Janet, how are you integrating addiction medicine and palliative care? We have this.

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Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72