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Knee Brace Most Recommended Option for Knee Osteoarthritis

Physician's Weekly

Knee brace had the highest probability of being the best technique based on the results obtained from Surface Under the Cumulative Ranking Curve, followed by hydrotherapy and exercise.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

Officials are also working to improve access to physical therapy, diagnostic imaging and outpatient surgery. CMS said it hopes insurers will stop requiring prior authorizations for common things such as colonoscopies, cataract surgery and childbirth. Still, some experts remain skeptical. Talk is cheap,” Gaffney said.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Alex 00:30 And we’re delighted to welcome Alison Huang, who’s a primary care doc and researcher and professor of medicine, urology, and epi-biostats at UCSF in the division of General Internal Medicine. We think of it really as a kind of a management tool as well. Alison and I go way back. Welcome to GeriPal.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

This is a blog post and a podcast episode designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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You don’t need labs or CT scans in children who have recovered after a simple febrile or first time seizure

PEMBlog

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. That is not why I went into medicine. There were a number of opportunities to be involved in medical oncology and doing medical oncology rotations as a medical student, as an internal medicine residential.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

. = Within the VA , there’s a program called Whole Health, which is really about trying to engage patients in many different modalities for pain management and just self care. So acupuncture, Tai Chi, Yoga, mindfulness and physical therapy, chiropractor. And so those are all options that are available.