KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

America has a systemic and pernicious problem: health care without primary care. Just a century ago, primary care physicians were the trusted cornerstone of the U.S. health care system, providing the first point of entry into health care, addressing most ailments, and managing patients across a lifespan. This primary care “first” system has gradually eroded Read more… America’s “sick” secret and the need for a primary care czar originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

There continues to be much debate about whether or not social media truly harms the mental health of teens and adolescents, and whether or not it conclusively causes p.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Recently John Mandrola, once again, stepped out of his lane. About a recent, cancer trial, which was celebrated by oncologists, he said this: In fact, John’s observation is broadly true for this revolutionary class of medications. Although these drugs— checkpoint inhibitors— are great for melanoma and cutaneous squamous cell cancer, they aren’t wonder drugs and many uses are marginal.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Manifestation is about envisioning what you want to help it become a reality one day. In the book Mind Magic, James R. Doty, M.D. describes the science behind it.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

CenterWell Senior Primary Care’s value-based care model and organizational leadership sets physicians up for success, especially when it comes to tackling burnout

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey has been placed on injured reserve due to Achilles tendinitis, which means he'll miss at least 4 weeks.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I learned a lot from Elizabeth Fama’s multipart series on the back-to-sleep recommendation for infants. She agreed to put the entire series into an audio file. Here you go. JMM Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Women in the U.S. are more likely to avoid care than men in America, Deloitte found in the consulting firm’s latest survey on consumers and health care. Deloitte coins this phenomenon as a “triple-threat” that women face in the U.S. health care environment, the 3 “threats” being, Affordability, Access, and, Prior experience — that is the health disparity among women who have seen personal mis-diagnosis, bias, or treatment that hasn’t been consistent with

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