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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

In the cohort study published in June 2025 in the issue of BMC Primary Care, researchers examined clinical and process outcomes in older adults (OAs) at risk of or living with frailty who received an interdisciplinary Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in the community. They assessed OAs aged ≥75 years who were screened for frailty and referred (..)

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Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and NT-proBNP for mild cardiac dysfunction among long-term breast cancer survivors [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

This ideally should be detected in primary care, since most specialist follow-up care for breast cancer is discontinued after five years. While echocardiography is the gold standard to diagnose LVSD, its limited accessibility in primary care poses challenges. For NT-proBNP, a sensitivity of 50.9% were found.

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Also, when you do re-apply for a residency position, you will be considered a graduating medical student senior which is useful for those residency programs that automatically screen out graduates. Thirty or so years ago, this was not abnormal, but it has since heavily fallen out of favor.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. How is it different from general practice? And how does it support preventive care? Can an Internist Be a Primary Care Provider?