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When the diagnosis is personal: What my mother’s Alzheimer’s taught me about healing

KevinMD

I’ve spent my career as a neurologist diagnosing and managing neurodegenerative diseases. Her diagnosis Read more… When the diagnosis is personal: What my mother’s Alzheimer’s taught me about healing originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Pain-Related Medication in Adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument: No intervention; study included if reported any analgesic or non-analgesic medication used to manage pain or treat a painful condition. There was over-prescribing of antipsychotic medication without an associated diagnosis. Study Design and Analysis: Systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42023415051).

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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

To prepare family medicine (FM) residents for OUD care post graduation, it is critical they receive robust residency training in OUD diagnosis and management. It included training in OUD diagnosis and management with modules, medication assisted therapy (MAT) clinics, inpatient addiction psychiatry rotations and didactic lectures.

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Approach to steatotic liver disease in the office: Diagnosis, management, and proposed nomenclature

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To provide an update on the most recent developments regarding diagnosis and outcomes of steatotic liver disease (SLD), review new nomenclature applied to SLD, and provide an approach to the diagnosis and management of SLD. Diagnosis relies on noninvasive tests.

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A podcast on the evaluation and management of penetrating neck injuries in children

PEMBlog

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, we explore the clinical pearls behind “no-zone” management, how to distinguish hard and soft signs, when to image versus operate, and why airway always comes first. Management of penetrating neck injury in children: A review of the National Trauma Data Bank.

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Understanding Barriers to Congenital Syphilis Prevention and Care Through Provider and Patient Perspectives [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

It evaluated the nature and impact of stigma, health literacy, effective communication with healthcare providers, and the emotional responses associated with a CS diagnosis. Mothers noted withholding their diagnosis due to feelings of shame, guilt, or embarrassment.

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Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease

Physician's Weekly

Mild opioids, including tramadol and codeine, were most frequently initiated, with the largest gap seen 6 months before diagnosis. In contrast, stronger opioids showed increased use only after diagnosis. 70056 The post Pain Management Trajectories in Parkinson’s Disease first appeared on Physician's Weekly.