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Mashup Score: 0Cholesterol screening in children - 6 hour(s) ago
The appropriateness of screening for hyperlipidemia in children has been debated for years in the medical literature, including the pages of American Family Physician. In 2010, Dr. Robert Gauer wrote an editorial arguing that screening could identify children at risk of developing premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and allow clinicians to counsel these patients about lifestyle modification and to start statin therapy.
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Four states voted in yesterday’s election on ballot measures to legalize or regulate marijuana (cannabis).
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Legalizing cannabis for medical and recreational use: unintended consequences https://t.co/hnnU1rchmb
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We are five days away from a very consequential U.S.
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What else could we buy with the billions we spend on cancer screening? https://t.co/ZKiYpymCTo
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Mashup Score: 0Supreme Court v. Constitution: activism or restraint? - 26 day(s) ago
Drafted in 1787, the Constitution has been the foundation of the United States’s democratic system for over two hundred years.
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Supreme Court v. Constitution: activism or restraint? https://t.co/VKVDWbUSLS
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Mashup Score: 0Is Congress corrupt? - 1 month(s) ago
Hardly a day passes when people do not accuse national lawmakers of being corrupt and engaging in unethical behavior.
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Is Congress corrupt? https://t.co/LkA4IuG15e
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Mashup Score: 0Is there a right to not vote? - 1 month(s) ago
The right to vote in the direct election of public officials is today taken for granted by citizens of the United States.
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Is there a right to not vote? https://t.co/qibF927C0B
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Mashup Score: 1Improving primary care for patients with opioid use disorder - 2 month(s) ago
Earlier this year, the National Center for Health Statistics announced that in 2023, the estimated number of drug overdose deaths decreased for the first time since 2018 from 111,029 in 2022 to 107,543 in 2023.
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Improving primary care for patients with opioid use disorder https://t.co/M7Q8P0StRY
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Mashup Score: 0Get out the vote: supporting civic health in primary care - 2 month(s) ago
The national organization Vot-ER designated August as Civic Health Month, “a time to showcase the link between voting and health and celebrate efforts that ensure each and every voter has the opportunity to support their community’s health at the ballot box.” Partners, including the
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Get out the vote: supporting civic health in primary care https://t.co/dqagM8m1MH
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One strategy that I’ve found ensures a long and productive academic career is collaborating with talented and curious colleagues.
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Assessing new screening strategies: collaboration and persistence pay off https://t.co/9AXm2oj3M8
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Mashup Score: 0Race-based medicine and routine PSA screening in Black men - 2 month(s) ago
Originally posted on Common Sense Family Doctor on July 1, 2022.
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Race-based medicine and routine PSA screening in Black men https://t.co/VmvI1dj6sI
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Cholesterol screening in children https://t.co/O5MAqR0jrt