Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection (UTI) is particularly common amongst care home residents. Research is urgently needed to address this problem.

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Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Objective To explore the prevalence of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice and the management strategies performed by GPs. Among them, 2767 (44.9%) had at least 1 contact with their GP for at least 1 symptom diagnosis, and 161 (2.6%) had at least 1 persistent symptom diagnosis. Design Retrospective cohort study.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 3, 2025

Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis have an increased prevalence of identified dementia diagnoses, according to a research letter published online Jan. 2 in JAMA Network Open.

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Myriad Genetics

MARCH 13, 2024

Recently, the Today Show highlighted Courtney (she asked that only first names be used), who visited 17 different doctors over three years to help diagnose her young son Alex, who she was watching suffer and decline before her eyes. Barriers to Rare Disease Diagnosis, Care and Treatment in the US: A 30-year Comparative Analysis.

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Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Objective To provide an update on the most recent developments regarding diagnosis and outcomes of steatotic liver disease (SLD), review new nomenclature applied to SLD, and provide an approach to the diagnosis and management of SLD. Diagnosis relies on noninvasive tests.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE We aimed to analyze regional variations in the assignment of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes to acute respiratory infections, seeking to identify notable anomalies that suggest diverse diagnoses of the same condition.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are diagnosed in 150,000 Ontarians annually, resulting in disruptions to work, school, and sport. ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management.

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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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

4 expert faculty members developed session curriculum: screening and diagnosis, using behavioral health/counseling, addressing harm reduction, among others. Participants were more confident in screening and diagnosing, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing. Population studied: PC teams (clinical and non-clinical roles).

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Rao Doctor

MAY 25, 2025

Earlier, I had written a similar detailed article about diagnosing coronary artery disease- you can access it here- Understanding Angiography of Heart. This non-invasive procedure is primarily employed to diagnose various heart conditions, especially in cases where traditional imaging methods may be inadequate.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Using CPCSSN data, we defined a cohort of patients aged 50-105 with diabetes diagnosed before the pre-pandemic period. Qualitative interviews were conducted with Ontario patients aged > 50 with diagnosis of (or receiving treatment for) type 2 diabetes prior to pandemic onset.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a range of symptoms, signs, and diagnoses within five years before diagnosis, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Network Open.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 31, 2025

Doctors are trained to diagnose, prescribe, and perform with efficiency and precision. It is a call to rediscover the joy of presence in an age of protocols, to honor the artistry in healing, and to recognize that in the quiet space between diagnosis and cure lies something ineffable—a fleeting but profound glimpse of Quality.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patient and visit-level data on gender, age, residence location, ambulance arrival, triage category, specialist consultations, ICD-10 discharge diagnosis, and hospital admission were analyzed. The top discharge diagnoses were atrial fibrillation and flutter (n=62, 4.9%), unspecified abdominal pain (n=51, 4.0%), and COVID-19 (n=46, 3.6%).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

A subset of common symptoms and diagnoses in the 5 years prior to a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in kids hints at a potential prodromal phase of the condition. The use of 163 diagnostic codes was assessed among the patients for the 5 years before an initial MS diagnosis. years, and 72.2% of these patients were female.

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Vascular Physician

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Varicocele: Understanding Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options Varicocele is a condition that occurs when the veins within the loose pouch of skin that contain the testicles become swollen or enlarged. The Link Between Varicocele and Infertility Varicoceles can contribute to infertility in as many as 20% of the men diagnosed with them.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 2, 2023

People diagnosed with dementia are more likely to self-harm within the first six to 12 months after initial diagnosis, highlighting the need for health services to offer more follow-up support in this crucial period.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

The following is a summary of “Real-world pharmacotherapy treatment patterns among patients diagnosed with postpartum depression in the United States,” published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Psychiatry by Miller et al. Most patients (SH: 64.9%, MGKH: 76.4%) filled at least 1 Rx within a year post-diagnosis; among these, 76.4%

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Mild opioids, including tramadol and codeine, were most frequently initiated, with the largest gap seen 6 months before diagnosis. In contrast, stronger opioids showed increased use only after diagnosis. 1.53) and persisted through the 10-year follow-up.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Contrast-enhanced dual-energy CT improves diagnosis and guided management of suspected inflammatory arthritis of the hand. The CE-DECT findings matched the final diagnosis in 119 patients (87.5%). Diagnosis changed after CE-DECT in 67 patients (49.2%). Rheumatologists rated CE-DECT’s diagnostic utility at a mean of 8.5 (SD

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

Biomarkers for drug-induced immune reactions aid clinicians in diagnosing, risk-stratifying, and managing diseases. But the varied mechanisms and clinical presentations of drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) can make diagnosis and treatment challenging, and most biomarkers still require validation.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Evidence Over Time in the Diagnosis of MS Demonstrating neurologic damage over time, referred to as dissemination in time (DIT) , may not be required to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) in all patients, according to research published in Neurology. To read more, click here. To read more, click here. Q&A: PREG-MS Registry Maria K.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 13, 2023

Delays in receiving a definitive diagnosis can be devastating for patients who typically survive only 2–5 years post-diagnosis. ALS is a rare paralytic neurological disease that can impact people in the prime of life.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 17, 2023

In most cases, the radiologist merely has to confirm the suggested diagnosis—e.g., According to the creators of the artificial intelligence solution, the technology lowers this time to about 30 seconds when no considerable text revision is required. fibrosis, enlarged heart, or a suspected malignant tumor—or absence thereof.

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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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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 10, 2023

Clinicians from across the globe regularly revise disease definitions to be on the same page as far as the diagnosis of these disease goes. Most physical disorders such as heart disease or muscular dystrophy have well-defined boundaries.

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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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Medical Xpress

MAY 10, 2023

Up to 40% of rare diseases show facial alterations that enable researchers to identify some pathologies, and they can even help establish an early diagnosis. have enabled early diagnosis in rare diseases. Historically, the visual evaluation and use of some classic anthropometric measurements—diameter of the head, etc.—have

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

For our first post, we are going to talk about two concepts that help us decide whether we treat, test for, or toss specific diagnoses (i.e., As you walk down to the ER, you’re already creating a list of possible diagnoses in your mind. moving them much lower on our differential): pre and posttest probabilities. Let’s dive in!

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 6, 2023

Yet, there is ample evidence that analysis of speech patterns can accurately diagnose depression and psychosis, measure their severity, and predict their onset, according to a literature review featured in the January/February issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh published in Nature Medicine.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Constipation is a clinical diagnosis and does not require testing, yet as many as 70% of children who are given a diagnosis of constipation in the emergency department have an abdominal x-ray completed. The diagnosis of constipation should be made based on a good history and clinical exam.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 6, 2023

A study into the use of an at-home test that uses saliva rather than blood to diagnose adrenal insufficiency, which has been developed by scientists at the University of Sheffield and tested in Sheffield endocrine patients at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is making a difference to the health of patients and could reduce time to (..)

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Psychiatrists diagnose psychiatric disorders by observing a patient's symptoms and applying diagnostic criteria, such as those in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which is widely used in the United States.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A new screening instrument has the potential to more accurately identify fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), reducing missed and erroneous diagnoses in affected children and facilitating treatment and support, a new study suggests. Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is a known cause of birth and growth defects and neurobehavioral issues.

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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. The group comprised 58 experts across several specialties and countries, including people with lived experience of obesity.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

An international panel led by a pediatric neuroimmune expert and co-director of the Neuroscience Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has established new criteria for properly diagnosing myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD), a neurological disorder that causes inflammation and potential damage of the (..)

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