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Congress Passes Comprehensive Health Care Reform Measure
AAFP Praises Legislation That Expands Health Care Coverage Congress has passed a comprehensive health care reform bill that will expand coverage to millions of people and move the country toward a more primary care-based health care system."The AAFP commends...
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CDC Issues Recommendations for Treatment, Evaluation of Haitian Orphans
Children Allowed to Bypass Overseas Medical Screening After Earthquake The CDC has released interim medical screening recommendations for U.S.physicians evaluating orphans who were evacuated from Haiti. Under normal circumstances, internationally adopted...
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Match Results: 2010 Fill Rate for Family Medicine Highest Ever
After a downturn in 2009, more U.S.medical students chose family medicine as their specialty this year, resulting in a fill rate of 91.4 percent, the highest percentage for family medicine ever, according to the results of the 2010 National Resident Matching...
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News Briefs: Week of March 15-19
This roundup includes the following news briefs: AMA Releases Physician Resource on Older Drivers The AMA has released a 2010 edition of its Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers, saying the resource is intended to protect the lives of...
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Graham Center Study Documents Effect of Socioeconomic Factors on Health and Avertable Death Rates
The combination of higher income and education levels has a direct bearing on preventable deaths.Thus, consideration of these and other socioeconomic factors are necessary when setting strategy to improve the overall health and wellbeing of the population,...
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FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Clopidogrel
Tests Available to Identify Patients Who Can't Metabolize Drug The FDA has added a boxed warning to the label for clopidogrel, the anti-blood clotting medication marketed as Plavix, because some patients do not effectively metabolize the drug and may not...
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House Action Moves Congress Closer to Approving Payment Patch
21.2 Percent Payment Cut Still Looms at End of April The House has passed a bill that would provide another one-month extension of the current Medicare physician payment rate and avert a payment reduction scheduled to take effect under the sustainable growth...
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AAFP Approves Universal Flu Immunization Recommendation
Academy Also Supports Use of New Pneumococcal Vaccine The AAFP has approved a provisional recommendation by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, to expand the recommendation for annual influenza vaccination to include all people ages...
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Study Finds Physicians' Efforts to Reduce Disparities 'Modest and Uneven'
Although many U.S.physicians identify language or cultural barriers as obstacles to providing high-quality care to minorities, their adoption of practices to reduce these barriers is "modest and uneven," according to an issue brief based on the 2008 HSC...
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NIH Panel Calls for Broader Access to TOL, VBAC
Recommendations Mirror Existing AAFP Policy An NIH consensus panel has issued recommendations (26-page PDF; About PDFs) for vaginal birth after cesarean delivery, or VBAC, that contain elements similar to those in recommendations made by the AAFP (20-page PDF;...
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