Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

Cardiovascular Events The SELECT trial 1 randomized 17,604 patients with preexisting CVD and overweight/obesity. Relative risk for cardiovascular events was reduced by 19% (RRR), while the absolute risk was reduced by 1.5% 5 In March 2024, Novo Nordisk announced that 24% less CKD-related events occurred in the intervention group.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. A highlight of the event was the swearing-in of Brittney T. Anderson, MD, FAAFP as the President of the Alabama Chapter.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 1, 2023

Glaucoma-related adverse events are common among children in the five years after undergoing lensectomy, according to a study published online Feb. 16 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

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InHouse Physicians

APRIL 9, 2025

In early 2025, multiple outbreaks have put corporate travel and large events on high alert. It spreads quickly through contaminated food, surfaces, and even shared spaces like restrooms and conference rooms.

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IT 52

InHouse Physicians

APRIL 23, 2025

Why Health & Safety Planning Matters More Than Ever With infectious disease risks, rising mental health needs, and the unexpected always looming, event planners are being asked to think beyond logistics and programming. They’re being asked to prioritize people.

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Mental Health 52

Medical Xpress

APRIL 21, 2023

For adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, most reported adverse events following BNT162b2 vaccination are mild and self-limited, according to a study published online April 21 in Pediatrics.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Though severe weather events like this used to feel like a ‘once in a decade’ tragedy, they are, statistically speaking, becoming more and more common. Should recent weather events impact your emergency fund? Should recent weather events impact your emergency fund? It happens. What Can We Learn From This?

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InHouse Physicians

JULY 25, 2024

The Impact of Travel on Corporate Event Attendees’ Health Corporate events are more than just opportunities for networking and professional development—they often involve extensive travel, which can significantly impact attendees' health and well-being.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

GLP1 receptor agonists—a class of diabetes medications—are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older veterans with no prior heart disease.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 21, 2023

For adults with radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS), teriflunomide is associated with a reduction in the first clinical demyelinating event compared with placebo, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, held from April 22 to 27 in Boston.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results PAD awareness scores increased with exposure to dissemination events. A community collaborative mural focused on vascular health. Conclusions The PORTRAIT dissemination project utilized a community-engaged mural to raise awareness about PAD.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

COVID-19 vaccines did not cause an increased risk of adverse events such as heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest, myocarditis, pericarditis, and deep vein thrombosis. This was revealed by a study published in the journal Vaccines.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures Appointment outcome status was categorized into 1 of 3 event types: completed appointment (CA), noshow (NS), or same day cancellation (SDC), with NS and SDC representing a MA. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) and F1 score to evaluate the model’s discrimination ability.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: We designed an hour-long student-led workshop to present to event attendees, focusing on narrative structures, their powerful influence on the illness experience, and the concept of narrative humility. Population Studied: Participants were mainly medical students, as well as residents and clinicians.

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InHouse Physicians

MAY 13, 2025

The highest concentrations were in Bangkok, Chonburi, and Nonthaburi — regions known for both local tourism and international events. COVID Cases Spike in Thailand — Here's Why It Matters Globally Thailand has reported a significant surge in COVID-19 cases , with over 8,400 patients seeking hospital treatment between April 27 and May 3.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This relationship-driven approach was facilitated by: attending and participating in events attended by PCPs; invited luncheon meetings re: implementing PaRIS into practice; engaging clinic administrators; recognizing data ownership; creating a feedback loop; and, centering the perspectives of the PWLE in the recruitment/engagement processes.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This event offers a fantastic opportunity to present your work to a community of peers and seasoned professionals in the medical field, gaining valuable feedback and recognition. We are excited to invite Resident Physicians to showcase your clinical findings and research at our upcoming Abstract Poster Presentation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Potential participants accessed the survey using a QR code on an IRB-approved study flyer posted in the community, including in restaurants, stores, bars, and at Dallas Pride events. Population Studied: Adults who self-identified as SGM in North Texas.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

Gout flares are associated with cardiovascular events. Treating gout to target serum urate levels prevents flares, but whether such treatment can also prevent cardiovascular events is unknown.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There were no adverse events. Oswestry-based function score improvements also favored the prolotherapy group at 6 (16±19 vs 5±18 points; p =.001; 001; 95% CI [4.0-18.5]) 18.5]) and 12 (16±20 vs 8±19 points; p=.04; 04; 95% CI [0.4-15.7]) 15.7]) months.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 18, 2023

Most people remember emotional events—like their wedding day—very clearly, but researchers are not sure how the human brain prioritizes emotional events in memory.

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Engineering 76

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Journey maps are a visual illustration of a user’s experience of sequential events overtime. An empathy map and task summary were developed for each IPCT meeting and were used to create a collective journey map of the IPCT.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

An Ad Hoc Overdose Response program was created taking a Peer Support Specialist (a recovered addict) to 911 overdose calls to bring the lived experience of the Peer Support Specialist to the scene of calls and post event issues at local hospitals and after the calls if no contact was made with the patient. Through a funded grant.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Analyzing the most extensive datasets in the United States, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have revealed that vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with fewer heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular issues among people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

The overall event rates were comparable between groups, with 182 of 592 patients of ICM (30.7%) and 60 of 204 patients of VU (29.4%) reaching study-specific endpoints ( P =0.87).

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Rao Doctor

MAY 25, 2025

By providing high-resolution images of the heart’s blood vessels, a CT-angiogram helps clinicians identify blockages, narrowing, or other anatomical abnormalities that may impede circulation and lead to cardiovascular events. We will discuss this topic in two parts so as not to bore you, as this topic is very exhaustive.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 10, 2025

A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and psychological injuries, but may also induce adverse cardiovascular events.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A recent study from UiB shows that elevated plasma methylmalonic acid predicts increased risk of acute myocardial infarction and mortality in patients with suspected or verified coronary heart disease.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a "heart attack on a chip," a device that could one day serve as a testbed to develop new heart drugs and even personalized medicines.

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Engineering 105

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Satisfaction with DPT was high; no procedure-related adverse events were reported. The number of re-sprains was significantly reduced in the DPT group compared with control (adjusted odds ratio 2.88 (CI 1.21 to 6.89, P=0.017).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Regarding safety, treatment-related adverse events occurred in 83.5% in the atezolizumab arm, with a greater proportion of patients experiencing grade 3 or 4 adverse events in the combination arm (25.6%) than the atezolizumab arm (5.8%). in the combination arm compared with 40.0% The researchers reported that 6.2%

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 19, 2025

This event offers a fantastic opportunity to present your work to a community of peers and seasoned professionals in the medical field, gaining valuable feedback and recognition. We are excited to invite Resident Physicians to showcase your clinical findings and research at our upcoming Abstract Poster Presentation.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Adolescents who underwent sleeve gastrectomy, a type of weight-loss surgery that involves removing part of the stomach, were less likely to go the emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the five years after their operations than those who had their stomachs divided into pouches through gastric bypass surgery, according to new research.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

For each diet, adverse events were infrequent. The first three weeks of each diet were when most blood pressure reduction occurred. The effect of sodium reduction appeared stronger than the effect of the DASH4D diet. also from Johns Hopkins University, said in a statement.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

A limitation was that only 49% of those invited participated in the screening. What does the new 2024 ESC Guideline recommend?

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This electronic tool uses artificial intelligence to sift through patients' demographics, claims, and other data to produce a list of those with the greatest likelihood of an emergency department visit or hospitalization, theoretically allowing primary care physicians to intervene to prevent the event and its associated medical expenses.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 1, 2023

Joan Casey lived through frequent wildfire-season power outages when she lived in northern California. While waiting for the power to return, she wondered how the multi-day blackouts affected a community's health.

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