Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Postural sway velocity as a screening tool in diabetic peripheral neuropathy represents a potential early marker of balance impairment and fall risk. In one study that was not presented at the PNS annual meeting, the researchers aimed to assess whether evaluating balance and gait could serve as a viable screening tool of DPN.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Patient-Centered Screening Utilities 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Many people with cancer are interested in utilizing integrative approaches alongside conventional cancer treatments to minimize side effects and promote whole person healing. Breast cancer was the most common (51%) diagnosis. Acupuncture was the most common service utilized.

Screening 130

Screening Utilities Patient-Centered Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a digital cognitive assessment (DCA) for Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) screening into primary care. We also assessed the prevalence of positive screens and measured diagnostic and care outcomes after a positive DCA result.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening Utilities 130

AMMD

JUNE 17, 2025

Whether you have received a formal diagnosis or you simply feel exhausted, foggy, or have noticed weight gain, your thyroid gland may be the root cause. Evening Enjoy a warm, mineral-rich dinner (think leafy greens and pasture-raised protein), unplug from screens, and wind down with herbal tea or journaling.

IT 182

IT Provider Management Utilities 182

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: Randomized controlled trial testing the effect of 2 distinct interventions on A1c for adults (≥18 years) who screen positive for food insecurity, have a T2D diagnosis, and an A1c level > 7.5%: a 6-week culinary and nutrition education class and community referrals to address unmet social needs.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This nuclear medicine scan utilizes a radioactive tracer that is taken up by the gastric mucosa in Meckel’s diverticulum, thereby helping to identify its presence. Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Diagnosis 64

Diagnosis Complication Consulting Management 64

Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. They’re due for cervical cancer screening, that they get that if they are due for a lab test, they get that.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Patients IT Medical 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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. And we do this even when we know from years of growing evidence that the yield of these routinely ordered screening tests is very poor? Ann Emerg Med.

Lab Testing 52

Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis. Now, newborn screening, or NBS, includes testing newly born infants for certain IEMs. References Jeanmonod R, Asuka E, Jeanmonod D.

Consulting 59

Consulting Individual Family Families 59

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So one that the primary outcome was supposed to be documentation, which it improved documentation, it wasn’t powered to actually look at any utilization or hard outcomes. That this is iterative from diagnosis to end-of-life, right? So I’m just going to share on my screen. They were slightly mischaracterized.

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. So I thought… And I was doing this for the United States Preventive Services Task Force because we were looking at the evidence to what’s the benefit and harm of screening, and I had to look all over. And guess what?

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 126