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When doctors forget how to examine: the danger of lost clinical skills

KevinMD

An older woman with osteoporosis fell at home, developed back pain, then went to urgent care and was diagnosed with a “muscle strain.”

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Associations between tapering or discontinuing opioids and subsequent pain-related primary care visits [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. 1.31) and hospitalizations (aIRR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.54-1.02). Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

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AI Model Can Aid Physicians in Skin Cancer Diagnoses

Physician's Weekly

The post AI Model Can Aid Physicians in Skin Cancer Diagnoses first appeared on Physician's Weekly. .” Several authors disclosed ties to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Sickle cell disease (SCD) was identified as one of our hospital's most common causes of readmission. Study Design: Retrospective single-site cohort study of patients diagnosed with SCD (ICD10 codes starting with D57) from Jan 2020 to December 2023. We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times.

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High use of the emergency department among patients in Krakow, Poland: An alternative to seeking primary care? [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. Results: In 2022, there were 39,851 ED visits made to the hospital by 32,927 patients. median: 6, IQR: 2.0). The mean age was 60.4 IQR: 32.8).

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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals. Population: Jewish CHS members, aged 18+, diagnosed with T2D between 2000-2011, born in Israel or Ethiopia. Intervention: 10-year follow-up to track T2D outcomes.

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Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Saturday

NPR Health - Shots

The pope will leave the hospital on Saturday, three days after he was hospitalized for respiratory problems. He was diagnosed with bronchitis. Francis will be present for Palm Sunday ceremonies. Image credit: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images)