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The Rising Tide of Atrial Fibrillation: Is Primary Care Ready?
Lifestyle choices such as sleeping habits can contribute to AF outcomes.
News
Does the Road to Treating Endometriosis Start in the Gut?
Researchers may be on track to develop a much-needed tool for studying endometriosis: A noninvasive stool test.
Opinion
Abnormal TSH: Forget it or Fret it?
Medications and the presence of a minor infection can affect TSH values.
News
Primary Care: Re Carpe Your Diem
We need to evolve our payment system from a fee-for-service system into a blended system where you have some population-based payments along with...
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Primary Care: Try These Steps to Boost Lung Cancer Screens
Lung cancer is likely if caught early, but screening is uncommon, while colon and breast cancer are routine.
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The History of Aspirin in Heart Disease Prevention
Once touted to prevent heart attacks and strokes, aspirin’s efficacy was questioned in 2018, but other health factors may play a role.
News
Lead Has Not Gone Away — What Should Pediatric Clinicians Do?
Despite efforts to reduce lead decades ago, recent contamination in food and water mean pediatricians and PCPs should be vigilant.
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How PCPs Can Contribute to Epilepsy Care
Information to aid primary care physicians in referring patients with epilepsy to specialist.
News
Breaking the Diagnostic Bottleneck in RA
RA diagnosis can be challenging, but technology may speed the process, and help patients receive treatment earlier.
News
Why Is Kidney Disease So Often Missed?
Study suggests screening for CKD in patients 35 and older is an effective way to identify early disease.
News
Despite effective therapies, fibroid care still lacking
The biggest challenge is to ensure that women can take advantage of the newer minimally invasive therapies.
News
Illicit steroids: If MDs don’t ask, patients won’t tell
“They felt discriminated against, they did not feel comfortable working with their physicians, and they felt that the doctors did not know what...
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Are ketogenic supplements the key to healthy aging?
Drawbacks of the initial formulations of ketone esters, first developed 20 years ago, included high cost and terrible taste.
News
New clues to an old mystery: Recent gains in endometriosis
In 1927, American gynecologist ...
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Here’s how we can rebuild trust in vaccines
“Even if it’s the wildest conspiracy theory I’ve ever heard, that is my opportunity to show them that I’m listening and to empathize.”