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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure therapy protects against myocardial infarction, stroke, and other cardiovascular (CV) events, particularly for patients with moderate to severe...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)The investigational, novel, injected once-weekly "twincretin" tirzepatide met its primary efficacy endpoint of significantly cutting hemoglobin A1c as well as its secondary weight-loss endpoint in patients with type 2...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)Antihypertensive medications that cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) may be linked with less memory decline, compared with other drugs for high blood pressure, suggest the findings of a meta-analysis. Over a 3-year...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)A REPORT by the American Medical Association's medical education advisory body points to systemic racism or other systems of oppression as causing a lack of representation, exclusion, and marginalization in medical...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)Imagine this scenario: You are seated at the dinner table with your family when your smartphone buzzes; you look over, and the push notification reads "new biopsy results!" There is a sudden spill of icy anxiety down...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)Prophylactic anticoagulation to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) was associated with reduced 60-day mortality in patients with COVID-19 who were ill enough to require hospitalization, a new report shows. In a...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)Swelling of the heart appears to be a very rare side effect that primarily strikes young people after vaccination for COVID-19, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert reported on June 10, detailing data on...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)In the absence of formal clinical trials, pediatricians are racing to determine the efficacy and risks of currently used therapies for the SARS-CoV-2-linked multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). That...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)A 1-hour treatment with a low concentration of nitrous oxide, commonly known as "laughing gas," appears to relieve symptoms of treatment-resistant major depression (TRMD), with effects lasting as long as several weeks,...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)As doctors struggled through several surges of COVID-19 infections, most of what we learned was acquired through real-life experience. While many treatment options were promoted, most flat-out failed to be real...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)Gerald E. Harmon, MD, a family physician in South Carolina whose patients sometimes leave produce in the back of his pickup truck, has practiced medicine during military deployments and during 15-hour shifts in the...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)There's abundant evidence linking higher alcohol intake levels to greater stroke risk and, separately, increasing risk for new-onset atrial fibrillation (AFib). Less settled is whether moderate to heavy drinking worsens...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)FAMILIES WITH PRIVATE health insurance pay around $3,000 for newborn delivery and hospitalization, while adding neonatal intensive care can push the bill closer to $5,000, based on a retrospective look at almost 400,000...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)A delaying tactic used by some U.S. health insurers to limit coverage of bariatric surgery does not jibe with the clinical experience at one U.S. center with 461 patients who underwent primary or revisional bariatric...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 7)Primary care practices with zero burnout are more often solo practices owned by physicians and practices not involved in transformation initiatives, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to an analysis...