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Lessons, Message, and Recommendations from Latina Survivor of Cervical Cancer for Healthcare Teams and Providers [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. The final part of the interview involved inviting participants to share messages for healthcare providers.

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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

Design and analysis: The study employed a comprehensive cohort design to compare individuals with T2D who were Ethiopian-born to their Israeli-born counterparts. Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals.

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Portable Assay Offers Rapid, Low-Cost TB Diagnoses

Physician's Weekly

A novel, portable assay can deliver TB diagnoses in under an hour at low cost using samples of blood, saliva, or sputum, according to a recent study. The LIT system provides a low-cost solution for TB detection, with an estimated cost of under $800 for the device and individual tests costing less than $3, the researchers stated.

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Advancing Biomarker Validation for Drug Hypersensitivity

Physician's Weekly

Biomarkers for drug-induced immune reactions aid clinicians in diagnosing, risk-stratifying, and managing diseases. The biomarkers of clinical utility are skin tests , specific IgE (sIgE), tryptase , and some HLA-DR genotyping. … Unfortunately, most biomarkers have not gone beyond analytic or clinical validity,” they added.

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What is a Leadership Course

LEAD Physician

Physicians must be leaders in their field to provide excellent patient care, manage a large team and coordinate between departments, and support their patient's overall health with information about prevention and maintenance. For example, a physician might be dealing with a patient who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. Our esteemed publications should ensure that investigations that utilize racial variables follow these guidelines before being published. 2019;322(2):113-114. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.577

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

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. Ann Emerg Med.