Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This week, we’re adding the final touches to your action plan for transitioning into your ideal practice of medicine. So far, we’ve: - Explored perspectives on the future of medicine - Defined goals and visions for your practice - Addressed mindset obstacles , including limiting beliefs - Transformed challenges into strategies - Prioritized and calendared your plan Now, it’s time to move into implementation and tackle the inevitable obstacles that will arise.

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Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Walt Larimore, MD This respiratory illness season is a busy one for immunization recommendations and guidelines. In addition to his frequent contributions and regular column in Colorado FP, Dr. Walt Larimore has compiled even more information and CME questions to support your learning and patient care. Keep an eye out for his article in the. The post Vaccine News You Can Use appeared first on Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Plastic particles are found in our organs, blood and even semen. But do they stay in us forever? What damage are they doing? Here are six questions scientists are trying to answer.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. James Stevermer and Kenneth Fink wrote in an AFP editorial : Few men diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer will experience a mortality benefit, and an estimated 20% to 50% of those treated will never beco

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

UAB research has characterized in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Allowing ourselves to spend our hard-earned money is critical to finding happiness in our careers. Though I adhere to commonly agreed upon personal finance advice such as living ‘like a resident’ and well below your means, if you are overly frugal, you will deprive yourself of the enjoyment that is deserved when your income grows. Money may not buy happiness directly, but it can afford us joy, new experiences, the ability to help others, and a sense of achievement.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada. '/> In Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, Shahu Patole pays tribute to a cuisine that has long been considered not worthy of documentation. We interviewed Patole and are sharing some of his recipes.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A research team led by Prof. Seung-Kyun Kang from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University has developed a strain sensor with record-breaking sensitivity in collaboration with researchers from Dankook University, Ajou University, and Purdue University.

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Family Integrative Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A Season for Celebration—and Extra Care for Your Health The holidays are a season of joy, connection, and celebration—a time to indulge in traditions, reunite with loved ones, and reflect on what matters most. Yet, this time of year can also challenge your health.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized after becoming infected with a case of bird flu that's been linked to wild birds and poultry.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

By Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert FDA recently released 510(k) Third Party Review Program and Third Party Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Review which finalizes the draft guidance of the same title issued in December 2023. We previously discussed the Third Party Review Program in a blog post last year when FDA mentioned its expansion as part of its plan to address the resource gap for review of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) under the LDT final rule.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

An investigational therapy is demonstrating preclinical promise against non-Hodgkin lymphoma by boosting natural killer cells and efficiently annihilating the malignancy without toxicity to the patient, a team of cancer biologists in France has found.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Urgent Cares are awesome places to receive effective efficient care. they can also be busy. Maybe a female power-pop-punk-alternative band can help celebrate the achievements of our Urgent Care clinicians. Lyrics We just told you that its just a virus Even though diagnosis did not inspire us It doesnt mean that your childs not ill Or the diagnosis needed no skill Its okay that we just reassure And tell you simply what you have in store Youre doing a great job with oral hydration And saline aided

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Over 800 million people have genital herpes and in many cases the virus can flare up over a person's lifetime, causing painful symptoms. So why doesn't the world pay more attention?

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

By Richard A. Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert & James E. Valentine We recently published the first part of our review of FDAs draft guidance titled Frequently Asked Questions Developing Potential Cellular and Gene Therapy Products. Questions and Answers Guidance (see previous coverage here ). In this post we focus in on the draft guidance documents chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC)-specific content.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer. It spreads quickly and has few treatment options. It is also serious because of its rate of recurrence.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve talked a lot before about integrating psychiatry into palliative care (see here and here for two examples). Still, we havent talked about integrating palliative care into psychiatry or in the care of those with severe mental illness. On this weeks podcast, we talk with two experts about palliative psychiatry. We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 19, 2024

At a time when more than half the American diet comes from processed, packaged foods, the FDA has new rules aimed at helping people make healthier choices in the grocery store.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this week in the journal Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 18, 2024

'/> Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled plenty of expert tips for celebrating the solstice and weathering winter.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Scientists have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape. This test could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well as blood banking. The research is published in eBioMedicine.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Vitamin D is good for the immune system, but in older people it doesn't prevent falls or fractures, according to health experts at the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Here's why you need it.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is making the case with senators that he should lead Health and Human Services. Kathleen Sebelius, who had the job under Obama, explains the power and limits of the role.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Anyone can dance. As you read this comic, follow each step and you'll be moving and grooving in no time.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects motor neurons. The average life span after diagnosis of this incurable disease is two to five years.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Just over 300 people have been sickened in norovirus outbreaks on three different cruise ships in December, new government data shows.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

When you are feeling hungry, the brain takes the necessary steps toward consuming a meal. Many of these steps are not well known, but a new study published in the journal Metabolism by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reveals brain circuits and chemical messengers that contribute to the regulation of meal initiation and food intake.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Patiencelike its corollary impatiencehas always been a sort of "I know it when I see it" concept. And that didn't sit well with UC Riverside psychology researcher Kate Sweeny.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects about 400 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of serious illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, liver disease and stroke. Beyond these physical impacts, AUD profoundly disrupts brain functions critical for learning, memory and adaptabilitykey elements of cognitive flexibility.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A study by University of Michigan researchers may provide an explanation for why some patients with Crohn's disease continue to experience symptoms, even in the absence of inflammation.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Researchers have been able to identify at least three distinct subtypes of a rare type of bone cancer for the first time, which could transform clinical trials and patient care.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Bone is a highly vascularized tissue, and the link between angiogenesis -blood vessel formation- and bone healing has long been discussed by the scientific community, with several studies describing the impairment of bone healing because of lack of or diminished angiogenesis. Traditional approaches like grafting often result in complications due to an inadequate vascular supply to implants, leading to poor integration and necrotic tissue.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

An international research team, including researchers at Karolinska Institutet, has mapped the genes expressed in the brain cells of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The atlas, which is presented in the journal Neuron, is hoped to contribute to more personalized treatment of MS in the future.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Can simple diet and lifestyle changes keep your brain healthy? Do you have the power to prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia or lower your MS risks?

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A new paper from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers is helping to reveal the "rules" for engineering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) Tregs.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Frito-Lay has issued a limited recall of select 13-oz bags of Lay's Classic Potato Chips due to the potential presence of undeclared milk, which could pose a serious health risk to individuals with a milk allergy.

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