Family Medicine Initiative
APRIL 29, 2025
In November 2024, two new RCTs were published that investigated whether atrial fibrillation screening using an ECG is effective. A limitation was that only 49% of those invited participated in the screening. UK National Screening Committee (2019): “Screening is not currently recommended for this condition.”
Myriad Genetics
MAY 20, 2025
Among those diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, 62% of patients whose healthcare provider did not use PGx testing wish they had been informed about it. “I Roberts was struggling with her mental health after a string of painful life events, including her mother’s passing and other family members’ chronic health issues. “My
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Imperial Center Family Medicine
MAY 12, 2025
You Can Stop Taking Medication If Your Numbers Improve Being diagnosed with hypertension means a lifetime of managing this condition through some combination of medication and lifestyle adjustments. Having Smaller “Mini” Heart Attacks Reduces Your Risk For A Major Event A heart attack of any size indicates existing cardiovascular disease.
Annals of Family Medicine
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Cervical cancer screening rates among middle to older age Latinas (>45yrs) - roughly 6.5 Participants were recruited via electronic healthcare records, community tabling events, and social media efforts. Only a few received stage 1 diagnoses. million people in the U.S. – lag behind.
GeriPal
APRIL 3, 2025
We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. So if you haven’t been to this event, there is a literature review where we. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies. And so we did this song. Ken 10:29 Yes.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 27, 2022
So if you can think about certain decisions like continuing to screen for certain cancers like colon cancer or breast cancer, or how strict you should control diabetes or blood pressures. We know that a lot of times with cancer screening, you don’t actually get benefits right away and it can cause potential harms right away.
GeriPal
JULY 28, 2022
I had it on my screen. And as a resident, I just was drawn, similar to many oncology clinicians and fellows, to just be traumatic and difficult experience of patients with blood cancers during prolonged and intense hospitalizations, where they experience a lot of physical symptoms, emotional trauma related to the diagnoses.
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