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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)The proportion of family physicians providing care to children from 2017 to 2018 has dropped again, according to research. This the latest sign of a long-term decline, and it "poses a broader concern for a specialty...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Pretty much everything connected with family medicine has undergone a great deal of change in the 50 years since Family Practice News published its first issue, and the men and women who practice it are no exception....
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA showing children using insulin delivery pens to self-inject hyaluronic acid has prompted a safety warning from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association. In the safety warning,...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Nearly half (47%) of family physicians who reported experiencing burnout in a Medscape survey said the burnout had had a strong or a severe impact on their lives, and 1 in 10 said it was serious enough to make them...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Patients who received intensive lifestyle training by coaches in the primary care setting experienced improvement in several indicators of cardiometabolic health in a 2-year trial. The 803 trial participants comprised a...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES in the first 2 years of life improved in children whose mothers received the revised Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) while pregnant, based on data from...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Science by press release and preprint has cooled clinician enthusiasm for the use of colchicine in nonhospitalized patients with COVID-19, despite a pressing need for early treatments. As previously reported by this...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Caption: Sources: AMA Physician Masterfile; AAMC: Faculty Roster, Dec. 31 snapshots, as of Dec. 31, 2020; U.S. Census Bureau; Health Serv Res. 1978;13(4):351-68 Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available due to...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)In the days since recreational sales of marijuana became legal in Colorado in January 2014, concerning trends have emerged among the state's young cannabis users. According to a report from the Rocky Mountain High...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)While the likelihood of a cesarean delivery usually drops as maternal education level increases, the disparities seen in cesarean rates between White and Black or Hispanic women actually increase with more maternal...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)FROM ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE A Zika virus (ZIKV) vaccine candidate prompted antibody responses in 80% of individuals who received two doses, based on data from a phase 1 study of 100 healthy adults. Although Zika...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)What to do if a patient or employee in a private practice tests positive for COVID-19 varies depending on state/local laws, or your particular situation. But here is some general advice. First, you need to determine...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Over the past 20 years, patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have seen next to no improvement in problems of delayed care because of cost or unaffordable medications, despite wider...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Exposure to antibiotics in mid- to late pregnancy was associated with childhood asthma in vaginally born children, in a Danish birth cohort study. The reason behind the correlation is unclear. Maternal infections,...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Long-term use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was associated with higher self-reported physical activity levels in adults with co-Occurring obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), in...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)If you have had the chance to watch any TV over the last 6 months, you have probably seen the commercials for home devices that allow patients to quickly check for atrial fibrillation in the comfort of their own home....
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)Each February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with multiple professional organizations, releases an updated Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule. Recent years have seen fewer...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)I THINK THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS explaining why the percentage of family physicians treating children declined again. Not the least of these is that pediatricians have a very limited scope of practice and need to...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)MORE EVIDENCE HAS EMERGED linking sleep deficiency, dementia, and mortality. "Sleep disturbance and insufficiency have been shown to be associated with both the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease and...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 3)THE U.S. FOOD and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever generic glucagon injection kit for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes and as a diagnostic aid. The FDA determined that...