Importance: Persistent pain is highly prevalent, costly, and frequently disabling in later life.
Objective: To describe barriers to the management of persistent pain among older adults, summarize current management approaches, including pharmacologic and...
Importance: Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the US. In 2020, an estimated 228 820 persons were diagnosed with lung cancer, and 135 720 persons died of the disease. The most important risk factor for lung cancer is smoking....
Physicians have a legal and ethical duty to protect their patients and support them during times of clinical need; the decision to end a doctor-patient relationship should not be made lightly. However, in a recent survey of 794 primary care practices, 90% reported discharging patients in the...
Background: Obesity is a global health challenge with few pharmacologic options. Whether adults with obesity can achieve weight loss with once-weekly semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg as an adjunct to lifestyle intervention has not been confirmed.
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Primary Care First is a voluntary five-year payment model that rewards value and quality by offering an innovative payment structure to support advanced primary care delivery. Primary Care First aims to improve quality and access to care for all patients, particularly those with complex chronic...
The 46th Annual Advances in Pediatrics is a one-day course for community Pediatricians provides an update of what is currently known about COVID-19 in the pediatric patient population both nationally and locally. The course is taught by 17 national and local experts. Each lecture based, active...
Importance: Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting nearly 800 000 individuals annually.
Observations: Sudden neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain ischemia with imaging evidence...
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Background: Mobile phone-based smoking cessation support (mCessation) offers the opportunity to provide behavioural support to those who cannot or do not want face-to-face support. In addition, mCessation can be automated and therefore provided affordably even in resource-poor...
About 11% of patients in primary care reported bleeding symptoms in a 2010 Canadian study.1 Mild bleeding disorders should be considered in patients with disproportionate bleeding (i.e., excessive postsurgical bleeding...
