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Family Practice: A more balanced, not just negative narrative based on data and evidence [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Concerns about family practice are well-founded, but also negatively biased. This can fuel poor impressions among medical students and dispirit practicing family physicians. The FMLS shows that 90% of FM residents are proud to become family physicians and 98% feel they make valuable contributions.

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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

Physician's Weekly

from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data from March 1, 2020, to Aug. from Massachusetts General Hospital, said in a statement. Vinod Rao, M.D., “Our study supports the use of telehealth for ADHD stimulant therapy in clinical settings.”

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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

. “Our hope is that using the childhood asthma passive digital marker in clinical practice will improve the early detection of asthma risk in high-risk children, allowing for earlier interventions that could improve asthma control and lessen the future risk of hospitalization,” Owora said in a statement.

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Cessation of Public Water Fluoridation Would Increase Tooth Decay

Physician's Weekly

from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, both in Boston, examined the cost-effectiveness of cessation of public water fluoridation and associations with oral health among children aged 0 to 19 years. Sung Eun Choi, Ph.D., from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Lisa Simon, M.D.,

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Top 5 States for Travel Healthcare Positions in Summer 2025

Barton Associates

We currently have many locum tenens jobs open in California—from family practice, to pediatrics, and more. If you’re a physician , PA , NP , or dentist interested in exploring New York this summer, we have many travel healthcare jobs available in specialties such as family practice, general surgery, and more.

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‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warns

Physician's Weekly

“That’s what tends to get people into trouble,” Dr. Hannah Hays of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said. .” Though it is not an opioid, tianeptine affects the brain in a similar way — and carries some of the same risks of opioids, including the potential to dangerously depress breathing, the AP said.

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