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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Medicare has received a key endorsement of its plan to restrict payment for the controversial Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) - but also drew pleas from other groups for more generous reimbursement of...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Researchers have found a simple, low-cost way to get more adults to complete a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) to screen for colorectal cancer (CRC). In a randomized controlled trial, patients who received an electronic...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)PATIENTS WITH BOTH DIABETES and atrial fibrillation may derive greater benefits from nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants than from warfarin, suggests a new study. The new research, which was published in Annals of...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)A 2021 update to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lung cancer screening guidelines eliminated racial disparities that were prevalent in the group's 2013 guidance, according to a report in JAMA Oncology (2022 Jan...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)The American Academy of Pediatrics said it supports the "Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2022." In a policy statement published online Feb. 17 in Pediatrics (2022. doi:...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Researchers evaluating whether endometriosis is linked with preterm birth found no such association in a multicenter cohort study of more than 1,300 women. These new findings, which were published online in JAMA...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Estrogen supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of death from COVID-19 among postmenopausal women, new research suggests. The findings, from a nationwide study using data from Sweden, were published online...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)A DROP-OFF IN CANCER screening during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a marked increase in people presenting with advanced breast and colon cancer at Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, Calif., according...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)THE RISK FOR ACUTE ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19 appears to be significantly elevated in the first 3 days after the infection, new research shows. The study among Medicare beneficiaries with COVID-19 also...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)The recommended vaccination schedule for people in the United States aged 19 years and older has been released by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Over 40% of the antibiotic prescriptions filled by Medicare Part D beneficiaries in 2019 were prescribed by just 10% of health care providers, based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services....
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Use of e-cigarettes was not more effective than other methods at helping cigarette smokers quit, authors of new research found. From 2013 to 2017, e-cigarette sales in the United States nearly doubled, driven by a...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)THE PICTURE OF REBELLIOUS teenagers sneaking "shots" has widened beyond breaking into Mom and Dad's liquor cabinet. For some teens now, it means getting a COVID-19 vaccination without their parents' consent - and, unlike...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Reports based on a press release in October 2021 suggested it, but now the full data tell the story: Early monitoring and treatment of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) cut risk for anal cancer by...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)PERIODONTAL disease (PD) may increase the risk of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC), findings from the population-based case-control COLDENT study suggest. The rate of new CRC diagnoses among individuals in the study...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Models using novel kidney and cardiac biomarkers were the most effective predictors of 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease patients, in a new study. Chronic kidney disease...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Repeat testing of lipoprotein(a) to assess a patient's cardiovascular risk doesn't seem to yield any additional helpful information, and a one-time baseline measure of Lp(a) molar concentration could be sufficient to...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)The majority of Americans are not aware that alcohol consumption causes a variety of cancers and especially do not consider wine and beer to have a link with cancer, suggest the results from a national survey. "Alcohol...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)Nearly one-third of adults over age 65 developed one or more new medical conditions in the weeks following a COVID-19 infection, according to new research. The findings of the observational study, which were published...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 52, Issue 3)UPDATED GUIDELINES for the management and treatment of endometriosis reflect changes in clinical practice to guide clinician and patient decision-making, according to a statement from the European Society of Human...