Logansport Memorial Hospital

APRIL 16, 2024

Did you know that every 6 minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease? Before 2022, it was estimated that 60,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease each year. Of those 60,000 people diagnosed, 10 – 20% were under 50 years old.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

AI in oral and maxillofacial pathology: early detection, targeted treatments Oral cancers and other serious issues can lurk undetected with biopsies being the only way to diagnose them. Smart toothbrush While AI helps dental professionals provide better treatments, smart toothbrushes enable all of us to take better care of our teeth.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

52.7% (n=2311/4385) were diagnosed in a Hospital / ED setting, 25.2% (1107) within a primary care setting, and 18.1% Conclusions: Within MedStar, both GC and CT pose a large burden of disease, particularly within the hospital / ED setting, and treatment was provided in the vast majority of cases.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Deana Hendrickson, 66, who provides daily care for three young grandsons in Los Angeles, sought an additional MMR shot, though she was vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella as a child, in case her immunity to measles had waned. . “I’m sort of hectoring,” she acknowledged.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Kelly Levasseur, DO Children’s Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI, USA docklevasseur@gmail.com Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD Alberta Children’s Hospital Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

It’s home to many reputable healthcare employers, from private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut to major hospital systems like Yale New Haven Health. Residents can access top hospitals, vibrant communities, and many lifestyle amenities, including parks, museums, and restaurants.

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Vascular Physician

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you have been diagnosed with carotid disease, these vessels may be narrower as a result of plaque buildup within the walls of the artery. Most patients can expect to recover in the hospital for 1-2 days after surgery. Your healthcare provider will also schedule follow-up appointments and prescribe any new prescriptions you may need.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. The journal Nature provided a commentary report on HKUST’s research into the bionic eye. That must have been truly amazing!

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

OUR ENTIRE FIELD of hospital medicine grew out of the need to innovate to address the growing complexities of inpatient medicine. For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Session facilitator: Youssef Saklawi The goal of this series is to provide greater access to subspecialty, primary care, and internal medicine-adjacent specialty education for learners worldwide. Navila Sharif presents a case to Dr. Natasha Spottiswoode of a patient presenting for fevers and chills.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

Oncology providers vary widely and diverge from guidelines in their preferred treatments of adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and pre-existing cardiomyopathy, according to the results of a nine-country survey demonstrate. “In She has no cardiopulmonary symptoms, ECOG PS 0, and no other comorbidities.”

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 20, 2025

The demand for medical office assistants is growing in clinics, hospitals, and private practices, including here at PACT. Relaying information between patients and providers. Knowledge of medical terminology: Understanding common abbreviations, diagnoses, and procedures helps you do your job effectively.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

If you have already been diagnosed with any medical conditions, write down all of the diagnoses you have. Always ask for copies of all your test results and office notes after each visit for your own records (many patient portals now provide these automatically). Bring a list of all of the medications (even over the counter!)

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , Brad Sobolewski discusses advanced imaging in pediatric emergency care with Dr. Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. So here to help us navigate these complex decisions is Dr. Jennifer Marin.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. Decisions have been dichotomized to ”COVID versus not COVID,” and people that have displayed none of the cardinal respiratory symptoms are being diagnosed with the disease.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Garcia T, Florin TA, Leonard J, Shah SS, Ruddy RM, Wallihan R, Desai AP, Alter S, El-Assal O, Marzec S, Keaton M, Yun KW, Leber AL, Mejias A, Cohen DM, Ramilo O, Ambroggio L; Childrens Hospitals Initiative for Research in Pneumonia (CHIRP). If you diagnose mycoplasma pneumonia, macrolides and zithromycin are the first line treatment.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Olivia Ostrow, MD Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada olivia.ostrow@sickkids.ca A negative test can also provide false reassurance. for bronchiolitis and 1.5% isolation for SARS-CoV-2).

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. There has to be effective support provided behind any type of screening strategy in order for it to truly be effective. Joe, your thoughts?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Diff rates, for example at a unit level. Lona: Absolutely.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

This often requires hospitalization and transfusionin one series, 87% of children with transient aplastic crisis required packed red blood cell transfusions. These are rare, but something to keep in mindespecially if youre in a large academic childrens hospital. So how do we diagnose Parvovirus B19?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. Establishing a Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases. We might group people across socio-demographic categories (ex. Published online July 29, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.13378

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. Attention to any toxidromes, any abnormal vital signs or mental status, eye findings, and neurologic examination provide the greatest help in narrowing the differential diagnosis. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 21, 2025

This article delineates the salient clinical features, associated complications, cost considerations, and risk profiles for each virus, thereby providing a framework for informed clinical decision-making. Norovirus : Diagnose based on isolated gastrointestinal symptoms, emphasizing hydration therapy.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This whole conference that Ab puts on, and all of the tools and resources that he provides people and families with dementia are about, how do you build on the remaining strengths? And then the people with the other kinds of diagnoses feel left out because we talk about Alzheimer’s all the time. All types of dementia. We have to.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Valley Hospital, Inc. 25, 2022), [link] , considered whether a provider’s use of a medical device that is the subject of an FDA safety communication constitutes per se evidence of wanton disregard, which would warrant punitive damages. The New Jersey Punitive Damages Act (PDA) provides that “punitive damages may be awarded.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

They also provide immunizations and lifestyle advice tailored to your specific needs. It creates a continuous health history that benefits both you and your provider. They're designed to provide quick, efficient medical attention for conditions that require timely care but aren't life-threatening.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. When to use telehealth for a sore throat Telehealth offers a convenient way to treat a sore throat and also provides guidance when you’re unsure if you need in-person care. This requires emergency treatment.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Current research suggests that the DII is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis,” wrote corresponding author Ming Cui, MD, PhD , Peking University Third Hospital, and colleagues. A total of 1,842 participants reported physician-diagnosed CHD, and the mean DII score was 1.33. The cohort’s mean age was 49.8±18.1 had diabetes.

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Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 7, 2025

Making the diagnosis If an adult or teen is suspected of having depression, the individual should be seen by a healthcare provider for assessment and treatment. To be diagnosed with depression, symptoms must be present for at least two weeks. However, any thoughts of self-harm should be addressed immediately.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

COVID-19 infection continues to result in hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations annually, and causes the deaths of hundreds of Americans each week. Moreover, these restrictions assume that preexisting diagnoses perfectly predict a patients’ risk of severe COVID-19 disease, ignoring several years of scientific evidence to the contrary.

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Part 2 Here are some frequently asked questions I get as a Primary Care Provider. Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. What is primary care?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. Emmy: Ended up starting a program, outpatient at our hospital at the time. How did you get interested in this?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And in fact, as Alex mentioned in the intro, probably more than 20 years ago, Muriel Gillig asked me to help out with the geriatric modules at the Brigham women’s hospital primary care medicine sort of sessions. Is your impression that HFpEFde is under diagnosed in older adults? Parag 13:23 So I think I would say under diagnosed.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. Jennifer: They have a meaningful impact on what happens to them during the hospitalization and after. They all self-identified as a hospital based practice.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. Additional lab testing can be completed to account for the broader differential diagnoses. A value of > or = 50 ng/mL is considered abnormal.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Imagine her hearing for the first time that you’re sick, that you’re hospitalized, that you’re in the ICU, and that you can’t make your own decisions? And so the family is there in much more of an advisory role rather than providing say, cognitive scaffolding that they might provide in supported decision making.

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