Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We invited all of the people who are touched by the opioid crisis (addicts, family members of addicts, the faith based community, law enforcement, public health officials, county commissioners, EMS personnel, physicians, hospital representatives, the legal community, etc.) Through a funded grant.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Western values of heroism and individualistic empowerment exert significant influence over how we make meaning out of patient stories. Currently, the field of narrative-based medicine (NBM) lacks research that examines the potential harms of using dominant Western narrative forms to represent patients’ lived experiences.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective The PORTRAIT Registry tracked 797 patients with new or worsening PAD symptoms at vascular specialty clinics and highlighted the underutilization of prevention services and significant disparities in quality of life among women, non-white patients, and those with financial barriers.

Community 130

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline (2023): “It is not yet established that patients at high risk of developing AF by a validated risk score benefit from screening.” Conclusion: Most guidelines do not recommend atrial fibrillation screening for asymptomatic, older patients. erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

3 Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Track students and 5 University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine students participated as teachers during the event. 16 students from Portland High School and Deering High School attended. Vicki and Shelly have worked in partnership for over ten years to deliver this valuable program.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There were no adverse events. Prolotherapy may be appropriate care for carefully selected patients who have failed other therapy. 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;

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

But there is still much to be learned about how and why it benefits patients and health care systems. ET Location: Virtual via Zoom Where: Register to attend this free virtual one-hour event. We are dedicated to the mission of improving the health of our patients and communities. PT / 11:30 a.m. CT / 12:30 p.m.

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BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com). While it is being increasingly used in applied health research, it is relatively underutilised in family medicine.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 10, 2025

You Know This - still - it’s a good time to review through the lens of self instead of patient care. Lower risks of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality. Last week we reviewed a helpful lifestyle change framework. Today we go a bit more in depth on movement and exercise. At the end of the day most of us are wiped.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 9, 2025

I remember being in the hospital and having stomach X-rays and I have also been told we had a family doctor who made house calls. In my day to day work I always look for the story behind each patient’s symptom and even behind their laboratory values. It snatched me, a quiet four year old boy, almost sixty [ eight(!) ] years ago.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is common in primary care; up to 43% patients report residual instability and 21.4% Satisfaction with DPT was high; no procedure-related adverse events were reported. report recurrent sprains after conservative care. Better non-surgical care is needed. to 6.89, P=0.017).

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CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

png]</p> <p><span style="font-family:ubuntu; font-size:12px">​</span><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:ubuntu">By putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients, we can easily see the comfort and trust our patients have developed with their general dentists.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Ten percent of patients using prescription drugs experience adverse drug events (ADE). family medicine) and the need for education in this area. Conclusions The role and responsibilities of Family Medicine providers about PGx require further study. Recurrent themes were identified.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The combination pill is the first and only FDA-approved triple combination medication for use as an initial therapy in patients who will likely need multiple drugs to achieve their ideal blood pressure numbers. The most common adverse event reported in patients treated with Widaplik was symptomatic low blood pressure.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

percent of 51 patients receiving FMT versus 61.2 percent of 49 patients receiving vancomycin (difference, 5.4 difficile treatment was received by 11 and four patients in the FMT and vancomycin groups, respectively. percent of patients receiving FMT and vancomycin, respectively. percentage points; 95.2 Additional C.

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 20, 2025

  Whitnee Brown, a PMHNP and Doctor of Nursing Practice in Birmingham, Alabama, and her patient Lisa Roberts of Huntsville, shared their stories in support of the survey results, which can be viewed here.  This spring’s survey focused on antidepressants and how Americans view them. Roberts is on a medication that works for her. exclaimed Ms.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Decode Your Family History Since high cholesterol often runs in families, knowing your levels can clarify if you’ve inherited a predisposition. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition causing severely elevated total and LDL cholesterol. Don’t take chances with your heart health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Clinicians and patients often face a decision to continue or discontinue statins to maximize benefit and minimize the risk of harm. Population Studied: Adults ≥18 years Intervention/Instrument: Discontinuation of statin medications Outcome Measures: All-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CV) mortality, and CV events (e.g.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Severe emphysema even alienates family members as the patients relegate themselves to the length of their oxygen tubing and suffer through an acquired mutism from conversational dyspnea. Patients and families slowly realize the limitations caused by the irreversible loss of pulmonary reserve. Emphysema is a slow killer.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. I envision primary care clinicians playing an important role in assessing the individual needs of the older adult patient and helping them access essential elements of the care plan.

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Plum Health DPC has a primary care solution designed just for you: Embrace the Benefits of Direct Primary Care Direct Primary Care is a membership-based healthcare model that emphasizes a direct relationship between patient and doctor. While your insurance covers significant events, DPC takes care of routine healthcare needs affordably.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

We often distance ourselves from emotions to stay focused in emergencies or maintain professionalism with patients or in power differential situations in training. She said something along the lines of - 'Look therapsist and physicians all get Lesson 1 - You have to emotionally regulate in the moments of stressful patient situations.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Walking into Room 33, my next patient, who had come to the ER complaining of cough and cold symptoms, seemed just as I had expected. The patient probably thought that I, standing beside his cot with my stethoscope in hand and a smile on my face, was simply waiting for him to finish his coughing and complete his story.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Direct Access to Your Doctor : Many DPC providers limit their patient load, meaning you get more face-to-face time with your doctor, often with little to no wait time. Traditional primary care practices tend to have more patients, which can lead to longer wait times and potentially longer waits for appointments.

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 16, 2015

Although I pride myself on catching the obscure snapshots of typical life moments that occur daily while dealing with patients and their families in the emergency department, occasionally there are times when I am so focused on the task at hand that I completely fail to see a glaring moment of obvious humor, sadness, or tenderness.

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 1, 2019

I can't pinpoint the moment exactly, but several years ago I began to notice that many of our ER patients were presenting for treatment wearing nice fluffy fleece bottoms. Most of these earlier bottoms for the younger patients were of superheroes and childhood figures, like kitties and ponies. So were Mom, Dad, and her older brother.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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AMMD

MARCH 13, 2025

These include our physical environment, jobs, relationships, traffic, and unexpected events. Move your body : I like taking walks with my family and dogs. Hypothyroidism (an under-active thyroid) is the most common form of thyroid dysfunction, and 90% of hypothyroidism patients have Hashimoto’s.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. For example, in specialties like cardiovascular disease and medical oncology with prevalent geriatric patient populations, concepts like frailty and falls may not be covered in assessment materials.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

In fact, for people who’ve experienced terrifying or anxiety-inducing events, therapists apply eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, a technique that mimics the patient’s REM-sleep eye movements, allowing them to “relive” and discuss the incident with decreased anxiety.) He completed his residency at St.

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Plum Health

JUNE 29, 2023

Here are some of the key findings: A wildfire event can cause feelings of confusion, anger, fear, and loss, all of which can have long-term impacts on the people and communities that experience them. In general, for all patients, I recommend limiting the amount of time outside today or wearing a mask if outside, ideally an N95.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. Alex: First three words would be, family and history and diversity.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With increasing emphasis on patient turnover and documentation, all while navigating the complexities of billing and authorization, our jobs are stressful and time-consuming. Add in the complexities of family life, child-rearing, and pursuing any interest outside of your career, and much of your time is spoken for.

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CDOCS

MAY 4, 2021

Without this additional skill set and post graduate training I simply could not deliver the results that my patients deserve. & A healthy 46-year-old patient who has lived for over 30 years with missing bilateral maxillary incisors desired a fixed solution to his problem.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

MARCH 14, 2018

For a monthly fee, Savage sees patients on an as-needed basis — as little or as often as he and the patient decide is necessary to keep patients healthy and happy. Disclaimer: my other son is a patient of Dr. Savage, and I am a patient of Dr. Naomi Cook, who also practices at Your Choice Direct Care.)

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

To determine whether a long-term neurodevelopmental safety study is necessary, the Guidance describes general considerations, patient and population-specific considerations, and product-specific considerations that should be considered. Patient/population-specific considerations include the timing and frequency of assessments.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is when the patients have severe symptoms that persist and cause long term issues.

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