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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

The problem with this proposal is that in the United States, the public health workforce is not positioned to handle routine screenings and immunizations. Portions of the CPSTF’s website , including the biographies of its current members, are still missing after thousands of CDC web pages were abruptly removed or altered.

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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. A recent analysis of the U.S.

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Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Food Insecurity Screenings: Hennepin Health Care has integrated the Hunger Vital Signs tool into routine screenings to identify and support at-risk patients. This blog post was curated with the assistance of AI tools, including ChatGPT, for content organization and research. An excerpt follows: 2024-04.