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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

Sensible Medicine

A subsequent article in BMC Medicine highlighted the dearth of evidence. The title of this article kind of says it all: The authors suggest a depression screening RCT should exclude individuals with known depression, randomize people to screening or no screening, and make the same mental health services available to both groups.

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I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection

Sensible Medicine

So I buried my head in the sand until an article of the February 2 nd WSJ -- Who’s Afraid of Early Cancer Detection? -- made me commit to learning about the test. Today and next week I will post articles about Galleri. This was the validation article in a series of diagnostic test articles.

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The collective voice of the IGPM – By Kay Keane

Practice Index

At 6:45 AM, I shared the article in the IGPM WhatsApp group. By 10:45 AM, we had gathered comments from our members, compiled them and sent them to the articles author. By midday, they had responded, expressing interest in meeting us to discuss a follow-up piece incorporating our views and experiences.

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How One Nurse Made $2 Million in Two Years Selling Study Sheets Online

Scrubs

Beggs shared the videos on TikTok where she quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views. She now has over 600k followers on the app. She said she feels a responsibility to show up for her audience now that she’s built such a devoted following. In fact, it’s enhancing her knowledge and experience.

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To Treat or Not to Treat

Sensible Medicine

Being perfectly honest, not all the articles have aged well. One of these was an article that Vinay Prasad and I wrote back in 2016: Wearables, Smartphones and Novel Anticoagulants: We Will Treat More Atrial Fibrillation, but Will Patients Be Better Off? I am actually embarrassed by a few of them and many are forgettable.

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The AI Doctor Will Message You Now

Sensible Medicine

I’ve been following the general conversations and have been particularly interested in AI’s potential to improve diagnostic performance. We covered an early, ingenious article by John W. I started with a steroid two years ago, but the pain was too severe and I ended up with an injection in my back. Adam Convinced?

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How can Practice Managers get more recognition (and reward) for what we do?

Practice Index

Those are the words of a Manchester-based Practice Manager who was talking to us following a recent article by Kay Keane asking What is a Practice Manager Worth?. The Manchester Practice Manager continued: The article really resonated with me, especially the quote that When the PM is out of the practice, the practice falls apart.