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A New Outlook: How Carrier Screening Shaped One Family’s Future

Myriad Genetics

We went through the pediatrician, the physical therapist, and none of those people brought up carrier screening. Ashley’s journey to a diagnosis for Christopher probably felt like forever to their family. From symptom onset until diagnosis, searching families visit an average of more than seven specialists and spend 4.8

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Episode 50 – Human Dx unknown with Reza, Zaven & Baylor/Hopkins residents – Drs. Birnbaum & Varghese – Fever and Orthopnea

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Her clinical interests include primary care and medical education. His clinical interests include cardiology and medical education. He is an aspiring Interventional Cardiologist with interests in cardiac critical care, mechanical support, medical education, provider wellness, and quality improvement projects.

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Episode 21 – Intrarenal Acute Kidney Injury with Dr. Restrepo

The Clinical Problem Solvers

His primary interests include medical education, bedside teaching, physical diagnosis, POCUS and clinical reasoning. Prior to rejoining the residency for a chief year, he served as an academic hospitalist in the MGH Hospital Medicine Unit attending on both teaching and non-teaching services.

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5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

Primary care physicians can also provide health promotion education or counseling to help patients care for themselves. Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from.

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Action Needed to Close Racial Gaps in Autism Services

Physician's Weekly

For the first time, the rate of autism diagnosis is higher among Black and Hispanic/Latine populations and for those from a lower socioeconomic background, although they continue to face diagnostic disparities compared with White populations. Those from marginalized backgrounds often face difficulty accessing these services.

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A patient’s perspective: The evolving landscape of IBD

ABIM

and Globally IBD is no longer a rare diagnosis. Diagnostic delays, racial and ethnic health disparities, insurance barriers, and restricted access to appropriate treatments compound the emotional and physical burden of living with IBD. Not just because of the physical toll, but because I endured them in silence. In the U.S.,

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Q&A: Cannabis Use Tied to Reduced Working Memory

Physician's Weekly

No other tasks were associated with lifetime heavy use, recent use, or dependence diagnosis. We need to better understand the guardrails around safe cannabis use and educate the healthcare community and patients. The cohort (mean age, 28.7 Exercise caution when treating young adults who use cannabis heavily.