Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Therefore, we have developed Proactive, a self-administered screening questionnaire that enables older people to independently monitor their risk of functional decline. Agreement between Proactive and the clinical examination varied by construct, ranging from 47% (Sleep) to 94% (Medication). Objective: To validate Proactive.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I have been working in cancer screening for seven months now, and I have had the opportunity to reflect on what that means for me, as a cancer patient myself. For a start, my cancer is colorectal not cervical, and besides it is unrelated to screening as I was diagnosed at an age that is outside of the screening parameters.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This membership style of medicine limits the size of a physician’s medical practice, allowing for a more personalized approach to wellness with greater connectivity, enhanced lifestyle coaching, and emotional support delivered in a relaxed, convenient practice setting. It’s a wonderful way to practice medicine.”

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Understanding Preventive Health Services: The Foundation of Wellness Preventive health services encompass medical care specifically designed to prevent illnesses, detect conditions early, and promote overall wellness. At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

My system lets me choose whether to import everything or essentially nothing from the patient’s past medical history. And the past medical history reminds me of a bag person, dragging around everything they own in a stolen supermarket shopping cart. I can take both kinds of pictures with my iPhone. Dietary strategies reviewed.

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Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

Now, some context: The NNT was first introduced in the NEJM in 1988 as a useful measure to communicate and prioritize medical treatments. Similar Concepts: Number Needed to Harm ( NNH ) and Number Needed to Screen ( NNS ) are the equivalents for adverse effects and screenings. What is the NNT? How to calculate it?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening women of reproductive age for intimate partner violence (IPV). These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published online June 24 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 3, 2025

Ironically, back when we were jumping through the hoops of Patient Centered Medical Home recognition, we got zero credit for squeezing sick patients into our schedule the same day they called - we qualified only if we had at least one “acute” slot designated in our daily schedule, even if nobody used it. Government.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

But skipping cholesterol screenings in your 20s and 30s could eventually put you at risk for serious health problems. Here’s why younger adults should prioritize cholesterol screenings. Know Your Baseline Your first cholesterol screening in your 20s or 30s provides a baseline for future test results.

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Myriad Genetics

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We went through the pediatrician, the physical therapist, and none of those people brought up carrier screening. A carrier screen is a genetic test that looks at a couple’s DNA to see if they are carrying any genetic mutations that could be inherited by their baby. “We started asking questions because he still wasn’t walking.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures: ITE score, self-reported satisfaction with professions of medicine, specialty of FM, residency training program, and 2 item burnout screening measure. vs. 22.6%) and be an international medical graduate (29.1% No study has looked at its association with resident outcomes during training. Overall, 33.6% vs. 23.7%).

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In the US, medical students enter residency through The Match. Outcome Measures: ITE score, self-reported satisfaction with professions of medicine, specialty of FM, residency training, and 2 item burnout screening measure. vs. 64.2%), and be an international medical graduate (40.9% Bivariate and logistic regression.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

The present study evaluated the acceptability and the feasibility of hearing screening for patients consulting in private family practice medicine. METHODS Data were collected in 3 French medical care centers from May through November 2022. These tools are based on pure-tone detection and speech-in-noise evaluation.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 15, 2024

Less invasive options like prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screens can also be used to help identify the microdeletion. According to a study in Genes (Basel) , cfDNA screens have “a 70–83% detection rate and a 40–50% positive predictive value (PPV) for most associated 22q microdeletions.” Such is the case with the 22q11.2

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (B Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Conclusion: There is a need for more screening for AAA in primary care.

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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 While poverty is a risk factor for many chronic conditions, when it is recognized by care providers social screening can be used to positively impact patients’ health. Three quarters (78.5%) of eligible patients were screened for poverty, and of these a third (35.8%) screened positive. Of screened patients, 94.4%

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework. Even the required operational framework for Patient Centered Medical Home recognition is completely top-down. We are being crushed by mandated screenings for everything from obesity to domestic abuse ( see my post “ Brief is Good ”).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Prenatal care can be difficult for patients to accomplish, with frequent visits and time-sensitive health screenings. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many clinics shifted to a virtual visit format. Multiple patients also mentioned the importance of a clinic social worker in helping them overcome barriers to care.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

Traylor and colleagues (2025) show that generative‑AI tools can boost health literacy by translating medical jargon into plain language. Beyond the Screen: The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Patient Learning and the Patient‑Physician Relationship. Keep it simple because I’m not a great cook.” Traylor, D. Anderson, E.

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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? Cognitive screening.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, it is unknown how such interventions affect medical assistants who are often responsible for carrying out these activities and may have personally experienced social barriers to health. Population Studied Medical assistants working in primary care. Interviews were coded for relevant content to identify common themes.

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Edge Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Supporting Your Summer Health: Beyond Sun Safety Familiarize yourself with heat illness symptoms , such as dizziness or cramps; seek medical attention at the first sign. Some medications (e.g., Summer in Southern California brings more than sunshine—it brings a greater risk of UV exposure, dehydration, and long-term skin damage.

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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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AMMD

JUNE 17, 2025

It’s important to understand that thyroid medication is not the only option. Whether you have received a formal diagnosis or you simply feel exhausted, foggy, or have noticed weight gain, your thyroid gland may be the root cause. Especially if you are also struggling with low energy, cold hands and feet, or thinning hair.

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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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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Australia must "expand the implementation of pharmacogenomic screening to elevate the quality of care we offer to patients, on par with or better than international standards," according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.

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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. The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. 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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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

The 80-year-old Ray Flynn lost his central vision entirely, but with the help of the retinal implant, he could make out shapes on the computer screen. However, things are moving fast, and success doesn’t come easy for the pioneers of any medical field. How far can you see and hear? What about the smell of the flowers? Globally 1.1

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Doctor Rachel

MARCH 14, 2017

All artificial light has the result of reducing melatonin production at night and making sleep more difficult, but the light on computer and phone screens is a bluer light, and it has twice the suppressive effect on melatonin — severely impairing sleep in teens. And I am not alone. since the 1940’s. 25% of teens in the U.S.

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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. Pregnant women living in U.S. 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.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 28, 2025

Speaking to the American Medical Association, 2 physician leaders recently summed up how Permanente Medicine is putting those ideals into practice. I’m a neurologist in practice, but my team schedules mammograms, colorectal screenings, Pap [tests],” said Dr. McCarthy. “We Every project we do is led by a physician,” said Dr. McCarthy.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

From smartphones to tablets, computers to TVs and even smart watches, screens and digital technology are part and parcel of our daily lives. As a result, the term screen addiction (also known as screen use disorder, or ScUD) has found its way into the realm of public debate.

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Myriad Genetics

MARCH 13, 2024

1 Besides harnessing technology, doctors and families have two other tools they can use much earlier in their journeys to help them diagnose a rare disease: Newborn screenings and genetic carrier screens. Which one of those 17 doctors ultimately was able to pull together the pieces of Alex’s health picture and suggest a diagnosis?

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