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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Hispanic diabetes patients are significantly less likely than Black or White patients to receive preventive guideline-based care soon after diagnosis, based on data from more than 7,000 individuals. Racial and ethnic...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Current models used to predict suicide risk fall short for racialized populations including Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BI-POC), new research shows. Investigators developed two suicide prediction models to...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)WHEN CARING FOR older adults with multiple chronic conditions, prioritizing patient goals is more effective and efficient than trying to address each condition in isolation, said Mary Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Family physicians again ranked near the bottom in average earnings, but pay increased slightly this year, to $236,000, up from $234,000 last year, even as many practices saw a decrease in hours and patient visits during...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)NSAIDS DON'T BOOST the risk of more severe disease or death in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, a new study finds. "To our knowledge, our prospective study includes the largest number of patients admitted to...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)A study of long-term outcomes after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy for knee osteoarthritis suggests the procedure is associated with significant and sustained improvements in pain, function, quality of life,...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Restrictions due to COVID-19 created new challenges for maintaining the values of palliative care and educating medical students about it during the pandemic, Clarissa Johnston, MD, said during a virtual presentation at...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)High adolescent body mass index is tied to increasing risks of stroke in young adulthood in both men and women, results of a large, population-based cohort study show. High and even high-normal body mass index (BMI)...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Perimenopausal women are using prescription sleep medications for long periods of time despite no evidence of efficacy, a new study shows. "While there are good data from [randomized, controlled trials] that these...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)NEARLY ONE OUT OF FIVE American adults with hypertension is on a prescription drug known to raise blood pressure, based on analysis of more than 27,000 people included in recent reports from the recurring National...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)THE USE OF BRACES or insoles in combination with nonbiomechanical treatments appear to deliver the greatest pain relief for patients with medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis, although the evidence supporting these...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Most people whose medical record says they are allergic to penicillin are not actually intolerant, an allergist said during the annual Internal Medicine meeting of the American College of Physicians. The mislabeling...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)For the first readers of Family Practice News, it started with this: "How safe is the pill? An extensive epidemiologic study being carried out in the United Kingdom by the Royal College of General Practitioners is...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Six months after mild SARS CoV-2 infection in a representative health care workforce, no long-term cardiovascular sequelae were detected, compared with a matched SARS-CoV-2 seronegative group. "Mild COVID-19 left no...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)As the number of elderly patients with cancer continues to rise - and geriatricians remain in short supply - primary care providers and community oncologists need to incorporate formal geriatric assessment into routine...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)As the number of patients struggling with lingering effects of COVID-19 grows, much of the diagnosis and symptom management will fall on primary care, experts say. "It could be as many as 5% to 10% who are still having...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)As has been dominating the headlines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released updated public health guidance for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This guidance was issued on May...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy appear to be similarly effective for the treatment of depression, and a combination of both treatments might pack the biggest punch, according to a network meta-analysis (NMA) comparing...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 6)Final results from the landmark SPRINT study confirm that aggressive blood pressure (BP) management, targeting a systolic blood pressure (SBP) below 120 mm Hg, significantly reduces the risk for heart disease, stroke,...