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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)PRESCRIBING HIGHER DOSES of vitamin D may not provide any additional benefits to children's brain development, a new study suggests. New research published online in JAMA (2021 Sep 8. doi:...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)As private practices try to recover and rebuild in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have faced an unexpected challenge: a paucity of employees. My own office is prime example: I have had job listings for both...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Watch-based monitoring of blood glucose is clearly in the works, and, in the near future, we expect it to change the way we manage diabetes. For now, the newest technology available for monitoring glucose is continuous...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)From testing to treatment, Global Fund HIV services have been hampered by COVID-19. "We've been set back by COVID but we've seen remarkable resilience, a lot of innovation and creativity," Siobhan Crowley MD, head of HIV...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)A "quadpill" containing quarter doses of four blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications was more effective than monotherapy for initial treatment of hypertension, with similar tolerability, in the 1-year, phase 3 QUARTET...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)One-year-olds who received a parent-led intervention targeting early signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had significantly reduced symptoms and chances of an autism diagnosis at age 3 years, in a new study. These...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Cobra the dog has been hard at work at the Miami International Airport, sniffing masks proffered by American Airlines employees making their way through a security checkpoint. If she identifies a specific scent, she'll...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)BARIATRIC SURGERY is associated with a reduction in risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE), and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is linked to a greater reduction than sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Those are the key...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Disturbances in gut microbiota are associated with depletion of anti-inflammatory bacteria and proliferation of proinflammatory bacteria, a pattern tied to several major psychiatric disorders including depression,...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)In the first revision to its guidance on the management of osteoporosis in a decade, the North American Menopause Society has issued an updated position statement addressing evolving evidence on osteoporosis issues...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Amid ongoing debate over potential adverse effects of radioactive iodine (RAI) in the treatment of hyperthyroidism, a new metaanalysis shows no significant increase in the risk of cancer or cancer mortality in the vast...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)THE U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES Task Force (USPSTF) announced on Tuesday that it is standing by its 2014 recommendations that sexually active girls and young women be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea. But the panel is...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Whereas previous scientific statements from the American Heart Association have addressed how diet, physical activity, and weight control can help prevent and manage hypertension, a new AHA statement focuses on...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Despite a decrease in reported adverse events after receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, among parents of unvaccinated adolescents, concerns about the vaccine's safety rose 80% from 2015 to 2018, according...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)OPIOID-RELATED drug overdose deaths in the United States exploded to an estimated record high of 69,031 people in 2020, topping the 49,860 deaths logged in 2019, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Physicians are bracing for upcoming changes in reimbursement that may start within a few months. As doctors gear up for another wave of COV1D, payment trends may not be the top priority, but some "uh oh" announcements in...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Women who receive COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy pass antibodies to their babies, which could protect newborns from the disease, research has shown. In a new study that examines umbilical cord blood from 36...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)The pandemic was more disruptive to the home life of female primary care doctors who had children than that of those who did not have children, suggests a new survey's results. The survey, conducted by the Robert...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)Judy C. Washington, MD, a mentor of many young academic family physicians, particularly underrepresented-in-medicine (URM) physicians, advises her mentees on how to see ahead and plot paths to leadership. For URM...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 51, Issue 10)For middle-aged individuals, walking at least 7,000 steps per day may reduce mortality risk up to 70%, based on prospective data from more than 2,000 people. Findings were consistent regardless of race or sex, and step...