Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Unfortunately, most individuals suffering from OUD do not have access to necessary care. Non-parametric tests were used to compare individual responses before and after participation, as well as responses between different participant group. Participants completed baseline, post-session, and post-intervention surveys.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Mailed self-collection (SC) kits may increase participation in cervical cancer screening, according to a study published online June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. percent in the SC with patient navigation group participated in cervical cancer screening. Montealegre, Ph.D.,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Using a semi-structured interview guide, we invited participants to describe their experiences and expectations related to social risk screening and social interventions. Participants also valued the extent to which the screening, follow up, or resource attainment they received aligned with their expectations and priorities.

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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. Aasma Shaukat, M.D.,

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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. Outcome Measures: Process map that illuminates workflow of CRC screening in participating clinics.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument: The NHANES assessed depression using the PHQ-9, a nine-item depression screening tool. Non-Hispanic (NH) White individuals who were never married (OR: 1.29), cohabiting (OR: 1.46), or divorced/separated (OR: 1.66) had greater odds of worse depression vs. married. This pattern was true among women and Hispanic participants.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Economic analysis utilized "difference in difference" methodology comparing individuals who received legal services to control groups: a) in the same clinic; b) in 12 other primary care clinics within the same health system. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) at recommended times, based on a pregnant woman’s risk for GDM, is important in order to initiate and optimize the management of GDM as early as possible, thus mitigating the risk of several adverse outcomes for both pregnant women and their offspring.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

In Arizona’s climate, skin cancer screenings are particularly important given our high sun exposure. For Women Women require specific preventive services throughout their lives, including breast cancer screenings, cervical cancer screenings, osteoporosis testing, and prenatal care during pregnancy.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

A 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review introduced the term sludge to describe “these types of situations in which the design of a specific process consistently impedes individuals from completing their intended action.”

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Several studies have documented that individuals with greater social determinants of health risks (SDOH) are more likely to use tobacco. What is not known is if provision of tobacco cessation assistance is equally likely for individuals with different levels of SDOH risk.

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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. Population Studied: 2148 individuals aged 50 to 85 years scheduled for screening or surveillance colonoscopy. Individuals who had errors perceived more difficulty with collection.

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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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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Social determinants of health (SDOH) such as access to care and economic stability negatively impact colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. Implementation of electronic health record SDOH questionnaires is more common in health care institutions and allows for individual-level assessment of social risk in a primary care setting.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Electronic risk assessment and communication may enhance screening and prevention, but patient perspectives are understudied. Elevated-risk individuals in Arms 2/3 were referred to genetics/screening services. Study design and analysis Our approach was informed by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability.

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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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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources. In addition to a standardized screening, care enhancers who are trusted members of the community could be involved in these discussions and deployed for support.

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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

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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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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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 17, 2025

Limit bed activities to sleep and intimacy—no screens, books, or work in bed to signal your brain it's time to sleep. Screen time: Limit 1–2 hours before bed. FOMO and Screen Time: The "I deserve to (blank) mindset can be counter productive." Quiet: Consider earplugs or white noise when needed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Survey data from 50 Oregon primary care and emergency department sites Population Studied: 16,403 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries Intervention/Instrument: The CMS Accountable Health Communities study Outcome Measures: Positive screen for one or more HRSN: housing, food, transportation, utilities, safety.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

An expert panel unveiled a preoperative cannabis use assessment tool to aid in planning informed, individualized anesthesia and analgesia patient care. An expert panel has created a preoperative cannabis use assessment tool to aid healthcare professionals in planning informed, individualized anesthesia and analgesia care for patients.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Secondary outcomes included the use of primary and secondary healthcare, nursing home (NH) admission, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), satisfaction, and mortality. The results showed that 303 individuals were recruited with a mean age of 83.2 Functional decline occurred 26.4% at 30 days and 33.7% at 180 days.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Adding genetic testing to clinical familial hypercholesterolemia screening improves risk assessment, prognosis and helps to guide targeted therapy. These individuals have total cholesterol counts exceeding 240 mg/dL, which increases their risk of heart disease. Through testing that screened for 11 genetic markers, 67.9%

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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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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and narrative synthesis. The results showed that 23 studies were identified evaluating interventions aimed at supporting life participation in individuals with CKD. None of the studies focused on life participation as a primary outcome.

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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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Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

Enhancing Hereditary Cancer Screening at NMC Every day, every patient. Albans, Vermont can be screened for hereditary cancer risk if needed. Understanding Hereditary Cancer Risk That’s why she started a screening program at NMC. The screening program has had enormous success. She doesn’t hear “no” too often.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Global healthcare systems are not prepared to care for the 55 million individuals worldwide affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), with cases continuing to rise.

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NPR Health - Shots

JANUARY 14, 2023

It would make more sense to screen a plane's wastewater to look for new variants than to screen individual passenger volunteers, some researchers say. Others say any information is helpful. Image credit: Rick Bowmer/AP)

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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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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

The LIT system provides a low-cost solution for TB detection, with an estimated cost of under $800 for the device and individual tests costing less than $3, the researchers stated. In comparison, another commonly used TB device costs a minimum of $19,000, with an approximate cost of $8 per sample.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: The cohort consisted of 264 individuals with cancer of various stages. Outcomes were assessed at index visit, 2, 4, 6, and 12 months. Most were white (89%), female (84%), with a college or graduate/professional degree (83%). The mean age was 55 years and 72% had commercial insurance.

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