Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

In practice, doing both simultaneously can be challenging but certainly possible with some planning. First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. This helps the patient know that the challenge of weight maintenance is not due to their lack of willpower.

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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 11, 2025

from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues compared the effectiveness of mailed SC kits, with and without patient navigation, versus telephone reminders for increasing cervical cancer screening. percent in the SC with patient navigation group participated in cervical cancer screening.

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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. difficile treatment was received by 11 and four patients in the FMT and vancomycin groups, respectively.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

25, 2023, to examine whether receiving an initial prescription for ADHD from a provider who the patient has never seen in person is associated with an increased risk for stimulant use disorder (stimUD) or other SUDs. A total of 7,944 patients were included in the sample. Vinod Rao, M.D.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Starting next year, if a patient switches insurance plans while getting treatment, the new plan must honor the old plan’s prior authorization for at least 90 days. Insurers must provide clearer explanations when care is denied and explain how patients can appeal. AHIP previewed some of the coming changes.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

The patients were randomly assigned to either substitute with water or continue drinking DBs for the 18-month follow-up. A total of 81 adult women with overweight or obesity (body mass index 27 to 35 kg/m 2 ) and T2D (glycated hemoglobin 6.5 versus −4.85 ± 2.07

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: American Family Cohort, a data asset including electronic health records of 8 million patients from family practices across 50 US states. Population Studied: Patients with ≥1 visit between January 2018 and December 2019 and who remained in the cohort until at least May 2020.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? How is it different from general practice? Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference? Internist : Specializes in adult medicine.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

The post Greater Epigenetic Age Seen in Patients With Pediatric-Onset MS first appeared on Physician's Weekly. .” Abstract/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required) Editorial (subscription or payment may be required) Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 16, 2025

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online June 16 in Pediatrics , updated recommendations are presented for providing adolescent patients with contraceptive counseling and methods.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. That dawned on me.

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Doctor Rachel

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

The list of activities that you need to coordinate are daunting: financial accounting, work, cohabitation and the creation and maintenance of a home, health issues, family responsibilities, sex and romance, and possibly childcare, elder care and religion. Discernment about helpful boundaries is equally important in families and communities.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database that includes vaccine safety information from millions of patients, according to multiple sources. Results of that work are expected this fall. Geier, meanwhile, is trying to gain access to a U.S.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

So you plan on your geriatrician, older patients, getting it every year. Our department chair is always tweeting, and I think there was a fourth shot and then a mild infection in a family member. And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients.

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