Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A blood-based test has acceptable accuracy for colorectal cancer detection but not for advanced precancerous lesions in an average-risk colorectal cancer screening population, according to a study published online June 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care physicians and practice teams face well-documented challenges increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among their patients. are needed to reach US CRC screening goals. Population Studied: Twenty-seven staff, including physicians, nurses, office managers, medical assistants, receptionists, and others.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

RESULTS: After screening 6,024 adults, 770 (385 MBT, 385 CBT) were enrolled; most identified as female (56.4%), non-Hispanic (84.0%), White (81.8%), and middle-aged (57.8±11.3 OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-reported pain, function (primary), quality of life (QoL) and opioid dose (secondary). ±1.6) ±14.0), impaired physical (28.5±8.3)

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: FITs are an accepted method of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and patients’ preferences and difficulties are unknown. Setting: 3 academic medical centers. Population Studied: 2148 individuals aged 50 to 85 years scheduled for screening or surveillance colonoscopy. Multiple FITs are available in the U.S.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 21, 2025

What exactly is the difference between a lipid panel and a cholesterol screening ? This blog will help you understand basic terms, concepts, and expectations related to cholesterol screenings. Grasping the differences between a cholesterol screening and a lipid panel can help you better interpret your results.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (EBG), "Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal chromosome abnormalities in a general-risk population: An evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.".

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Should it?

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

Ed Oliver, HB 45 would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover any noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test assigned a grade A or B under the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. HB 45 – Medicaid Coverage for Cologuard Test What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 7, 2023

Should healthy people be screened to help reduce their risk of fragility fractures? A new interactive online Fragility Fracture Decision Aid for shared decision-making can help clinicians and patients visualize their individual risk of fracture and the potential benefits and harms of preventive treatment.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

states where cannabis is legal must be screened for the drug, for the health of both mother and baby. This is the claim of scientists who in a new national study have found that these individuals are far more likely to use the substance. Pregnant women living in U.S.

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East Cary Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With millions of individuals affected by this metabolic disorder, it’s crucial to understand its causes, symptoms, management, and prevention strategies. Individuals with type 1 diabetes require lifelong insulin therapy. Symptoms of Diabetes: The symptoms of diabetes can vary depending on its type and severity.

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

Enhancing Hereditary Cancer Screening at NMC Every day, every patient. Chelsea has spent the better part of a decade developing and implementing a program that ensures everyone who walks through the doors of her department at the Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) in St. The screening program has had enormous success.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Researchers have created a model for predicting individual breast cancer risk that could be used to create personalized breast screening strategies.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in the United States yet current guidelines do not recommend screening for endometrial cancer for individuals already at high endometrial cancer risk, such as those with Lynch syndrome.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 2, 2025

Although features like continuous aFib screening (or blood pressure monitoring, alerts about changes in respiratory patterns, in gait, reminders on medication or drinking enough, and so on, and so on) would do more favor for the seventy-somethings than for the twenty-somethings, we just seem to acknowledge the status quo.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 18, 2023

Among individuals who consented to whole-exome sequencing and were identified as carriers of predisposition genes for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) or Lynch syndrome, 39.2%

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Risk model-based lung cancer screening strategies, which select individuals based on personal risk, are more cost effective than current recommendations based solely on age and smoking history, according to a study led by the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) Lung Working Group, which includes researchers from The University (..)

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of vision screenings, especially during Glaucoma Awareness Month, and how they play a crucial role in preserving your eyesight. By the time individuals experience vision problems, significant damage may have already occurred.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Study Design & Analysis We used a screening questionnaire to purposively select interview participants.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Visits were largely scheduled individual visits (85%), provided in person (70%), and involving psychotherapy (90%). Process maps revealed similar processes across BHPs/practices with some differences in completing screening and rooming and scheduling patients. Intervention: NA.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To explore participants’ barriers to and facilitators of engagement in a multilevel, cross-sector clinical trial designed to address social needs and improve health-related outcomes for individuals with T2D experiencing food insecurity. their 3-month endpoint visit). Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Two independent reviewers screened titles/abstracts, full-text articles, and extracted data. Population Studied: Adults ≥18 years Intervention/Instrument: Discontinuation of statin medications Outcome Measures: All-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CV) mortality, and CV events (e.g., Quality assessment (RoB 2.0 stroke and MI).

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses. This way, you can get the treatment and medication you need faster. Annual Check-Ups Primary care doctors can also perform annual check-ups on individuals.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 26, 2024

1 Understanding the red flags for cancer, the subtle signs and symptoms that warrant attention and potential screening, particularly for breast cancer, can empower individuals to take proactive steps towards their health. This may indicate an underlying problem that requires medical attention.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 22, 2025

Establishing medical practice licensure requirements for individuals who have practiced medicine outside the U.S. Including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the newborn screening program. and satisfied certain requirements. Requiring informed consent for sensitive examinations of an anesthetized or unconscious patient.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 12, 2025

Progress in this field promises to reorient care around individual patients’ needs by treating patients as equal-level partners. The technology could even tailer medication doses to individual patients; but only one company, FabRx , has been spearheading this field. It can screen more than 2.8

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Also, while evidence for lab evaluation based on history and exam findings was established for adults, children were considered to have a medical etiology (organic psychosis) until proven otherwise. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JUNE 1, 2025

A therapist or counselor should have plenty of experience and provide the safe space that is needed for individuals to discuss how they are feeling. Take the steps to prevent STIs, such as frequent testing, wearing a condom, and medications if you and your doctor agree it’s right for you.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 12, 2025

Following your physician’s treatment regimen, which may include medication and lifestyle adjustments, can help you regain control of your blood pressure management, regardless of your age. Check with your doctor about safe alcohol consumption given your individual health profile. There is no real “cure” for high blood pressure.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 9, 2023

Screening for bowel cancer using at-home fecal immunochemical tests could help to reduce the frequency of colonoscopies for some at above-average risk individuals, with a new study finding there is a low risk of advanced tumors following multiple negative tests.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This technology, which is the subject of a patent application filed by University of Birmingham Enterprise, will allow for the screening of multiple anti-cancer drugs at the same time, as well as testing personalized treatments for individual cancer patients.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 23, 2022

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Richard A. These recommendations come based on the latest National Institutes for Health (NIH) and University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School study which was funded by the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program. See our previous post on the topic here.)

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

Every year, thousands of medical school graduates go unmatched. If you’re a 4th year medical student who is unmatched at this point, my advice is the following: Focus on securing a one year preliminary or transitional year position! What if I fail to match into any position?

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for diabetes recommend that individuals undergo a fundus examination at least once a year to screen for diabetic retinopathy. However, previous studies indicate that fewer than half of individuals with diabetes in Japan undergo regular fundus examinations.

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