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...
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Individualized approach to primary prevention of substance use disorder: age-related risks
Background: The misuse of legal and illegal substances has led to an increase in substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. Although primary prevention strategies have been successfully used to target chronic physical diseases, these strategies have been less effective...
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AAFP Chronic Pain Management Toolkit
Chronic pain is common in the U.S., with anywhere from 11% to 40% of the adult population reporting daily pain.1 Approximately one-third of patients experiencing pain receive a pain medication.2 While the number of prescriptions for pain management have declined in recent years3, opioid misuse...
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Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedule
COVID-19 Vaccination
ACIP recommends use of COVID-19 vaccines within the scope of the Emergency Use Authorization or Biologics License Application for the particular vaccine. Interim ACIP recommendations for the use of COVID-19 vaccines can be found on the ...
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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Emergency
The family physician's role in recognizing and managing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is crucial. A recently updated otolaryngologic clinical practice guideline has been released for this emergency syndrome, but dissemination is limited to a specialty journal. As a result, the...
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Rethinking mechanisms, diagnosis and management of endometriosis
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, which causes pelvic pain and infertility. This disease should be viewed as a public health problem with a major effect on the quality of life of women as well as being a substantial...
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Diagnosis and treatment of adenomyosis
Adenomyosis is a benign gynecological disorder characterized by aberrant development of endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium, causing inflammation and neuroangiogenesis. Adenomyosis often coexists with other gynecological conditions and may cloud the clinical presentation.
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Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Importance: Carotid artery stenosis is atherosclerotic disease that affects extracranial carotid arteries. Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis refers to stenosis in persons without a history of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other neurologic symptoms referable...
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Conservative versus surgical management for patients with rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and META-analysis
Background: This study aims to compare conservative versus surgical management for patients with full-thickness RC tear in terms of clinical and structural outcomes at 1 and 2 years of follow-up.
Methods: A comprehensive search of CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE...
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Health Policy Brief: Understanding Suicide Risk and Prevention
- Suicide rates have been rising during the past several years, but suicide is preventable.
- There are many known risk factors for suicide, but the predictive utility of any single risk factor is low, requiring a focus on population-level rather than individual-level prevention....
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