Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Hypertension Canada recommends home blood pressure monitors (HBPM) for diagnosing and managing hypertension. This makes determining HBPM accuracy of great clinical importance, but there is no established method of doing so in the office. Setting Kaye Edmonton Clinic Family Medicine Clinic and a hypertension research lab.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design and analysis: To fill this gap, we leveraged an innovative qualitative approach for understanding the rich experiences of middle age older Latina women diagnosed with cervical cancer in the Pacific Northwest. Structured follow-up questions were posed.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The combination of cochlear endolymphatic hydrops (CEH) and vestibular endolymphatic hydrops (VEH) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) accurately diagnoses Meniere disease (MD) and vestibular migraine (VM), according to a study published online May 13 in Frontiers in Neurology.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Welcome, Clinical Problem Solvers, to our first post in the “Clinical Reasoning Corner,” where we will take a deeper dive into key concepts that shape how we think through cases. The “Clinical Reasoning Corner” will provide an introduction to the topics that keep our reasoning rooted in the core principles of clinical problem solving.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 31, 2025

Doctors are trained to diagnose, prescribe, and perform with efficiency and precision. However, as Pirsig argues in his book, focusing solely on the mechanical aspects of any practice—be it fixing a motorcycle or treating a patient—risks losing sight of the human element that gives the work its meaning. .

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While Ghana has made rigorous efforts to expand psychiatric care for hard-to-reach communities, there is limited knowledge about the experiences of the country’s psychiatrists regarding their current clinical approaches and the barriers they face in delivering care. Conclusions.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 31, 2023

New data from a Yale Cancer Center-led clinical trial shows improved rates of survival and reduced risk of recurrence in patients taking osimertinib, a targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Clinical Reasoning Corner: Likelihood Ratios By Jack Penner Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers! Thank you for reading the latest post in our “Clinical Reasoning Corner”, where we discuss key clinical reasoning principles that shape how we think through cases. The inverse also holds true An LR of 0.5

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. For patients, it promises more accurate care and better outcomes. How about having a teledentist consultation?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Rezigh presents a case of fever in a patient newly diagnosed with HIV to Dr. Woc-Colburn. His clinical interests include medical education and clinical reasoning. She is a renowned medical educator and has a wide range of clinical interests including tropical medicine, HIV, and fungal diseases.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

An expert panel recently sought to establish objective criteria for diagnosing and treating obesity, aiming to support clinicians and guide public health strategies. To confirm excess adiposity, clinicians should directly measure body fat or evaluate patients for at least one anthropometric criterion in addition to BMI.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

The single-center study, published in the June 2025 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology, investigators assessed the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT (CE-DECT) in detecting and differentiating rheumatic joint diseases of the hand. They consecutively enrolled patients with suspected hand arthritis during standard clinical care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To examine the epidemiology and mortality among schizophrenia patients discharged from AMCs in the U.S. Study Design: This retrospective case series analysis utilizes Vizient’s clinical database data. On average, each AMC discharged one additional patient per month with schizophrenia post-COVID compared to pre-COVID.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The availability of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device has significantly impacted its management; whether it would be a useful tool to engage patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 in their care, is unclear. Gaining insight on disease perception of this group would be helpful.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

In this study, we report a new case of rare POLR3A variants in a 6-year-old female patient sharing common genetic and neuropsychological profiles of POLR3-related disorders, although without revealing the classic MRI phenotype and severe clinical signs of POLR3-related leukodystrophy, such as diffuse hypomyelination. 2929 C > T).

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Pre-existing dementia complicates cancer care and increases the risk of worse clinical outcomes and inferior patient experience, according to a review of studies exploring the intersection of dementia and cancer.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 20, 2022

After college, she worked at UCSF as a clinical research coordinator and patient navigator for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, helping them prepare questions for their doctor and accompanying them to appointments. That experience helped convince her to pursue medicine.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! As a result, doctors often end up referring the patient somewhere else if they do not immediately know the answer.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Nwamaka Eneanya and Jennifer Tsai to discuss the limitations and harms of race-based medicine in clinical practice. Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

AI-powered screening shows promise for improving early detection of tardive dyskinesia, highlighting its potential to ease the clinical workforce burden. Early detection of [tardive dyskinesia (TD)] allows the deployment of effective interventions to mitigate morbidity,” researchers wrote in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 19, 2023

Cancer researchers in Spain are set to launch a clinical trial this year testing a new combination radiotherapy treatment for brain tumors. A combination of chemoradiotherapy and azeliragon, a drug working as a RAGE inhibitor, will be tested in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients in a new phase I/II clinical trial based in Spain.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Therefore, our objective was to examine the association between vaccination and the incidence of autoimmune diagnoses in the first year after vaccine uptake. Results Increased risk for immune-mediated diagnoses following vaccination with BNT162b2 was observed for psoriasis in all age groups (HR 1.41-1.69),

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Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

How Online Platforms Diagnose Menstrual Issues Most virtual platforms start with a comprehensive medical history form. Patients describe symptoms, cycle patterns, and other health concerns. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Tia Health : Connects patients with licensed physicians online in minutes.

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CDOCS

AUGUST 19, 2021

Axeos delivers clinical confidence, smart connectivity, and an exceptional experience for you, your staff, and your patients.& Axeos^TM can create a full patient profile with just one scan. No wonder it&rsquo;s loved by both patients and clinicians everywhere!</span></p>

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

JUNE 2, 2025

Some of the best entry-level healthcare jobs in Hamden, CT include: Medical administrative assistant: These employees perform crucial administrative tasks , from scheduling patients’ procedures and updating patients’ medical records to keeping the exam rooms stocked. Completion of a medical assisting program is required.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 13, 2023

A new clinical review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides an overview of the causes, diagnosis and management of endometriosis based on the latest evidence, to help clinicians and patients.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

from Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, and colleagues examined features and outcomes of isolated primary CRC compared to CRC presenting in a sequence of multiple primary cancers in a retrospective cohort study. Anjelli Wignakumar, M.B.B.S., percent, respectively). percent, respectively). months, respectively).

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The Direct Doctors Difference

AUGUST 9, 2023

As physicians, our 8+ years of training are focused on understanding what symptoms could be related to what diagnoses and helping patients navigate the many possibilities and narrow it down with appropriate testing and treatment to better understand what their final diagnosis may be.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Researchers have sought to develop culturally sensitive approaches in IPC to meet behavioral and socioeconomic needs of racially and ethnically marginalized populations, who are overrepresented in behavioral health diagnoses and underrepresented in services in the US. However, which approaches are optimal remains unknown.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Yet this expansion has come with a significant administrative burden, particularly that of clinical documentation. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment. Ambient dictation, or ambient clinical documentation, represents a paradigm shift. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment. The result?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To achieve consensus on prioritizing criteria for selecting tests that are used in SC and not yet in PC, but that have clinical potential in PC. The first part asks future users to describe the diagnostic situation, e.g. the target patient population, differential diagnoses and potential for improvement in the diagnostic pathway.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess provider perceptions of the clinical effectiveness of telemedicine video visits, immediately post-encounter, compared to in-person visits. Setting: Providers across six Northern California clinic sites surveyed over an 8-week period (March 21-May 16, 2023).

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Incidence rate ratios (IRR) were estimated by multivariable Poisson regression models to identify patient- and hospital stay-related risk factors associated with coercion. The results showed that out of 1,764 patients, 293 (16.6%) experienced at least 1 coercive measure, primarily seclusion.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

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. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only. A recent analysis of the U.S.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

The California-based firm, Second Sight , the German company, Retina Implant AG, and the French venture, Pixium Vision were the forerunners of the field, developing implantable visual prosthetics to restore vision to patients who are blind as a result of the rare condition of retinitis pigmentosa.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Large language models will soon find their way in to everyday clinical settings , simply because the global shortage of healthcare personnel is becoming dire and AI will lend a hand with tasks that do not require skilled medical professionals. ” M-LLM (Translating for Patient): “¿Puede señalar dónde le duele?”

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