Prevalence of Fracture Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women Enrolled in the POSSIBLE US Treatment Cohort by Nicole Yurgin, Sally Wade, Sacha Satram-Hoang, David Macarios, Marc Hochberg

“…Results were stratified by physician-reported osteoporosis/osteopenia diagnosis. …”
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The Strength of a Story: Partnering With a Community Organization to Destigmatize Substance Use Disorder by Noah Sorkow, Cameron Lauf, Stephen H. Berns

“…Results One hundred twenty-four second-year medical students, 16 attending physician preceptors, and 10 community members in recovery participated in the session. …”
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La déviance dans l’œuvre de Charles Fourier : un symptôme de la société civilisée by Mariana Saad

“…This article shows that Charles Fourier considers the world around him with the eyes of a physician and that he criticises the way society produces its own deviants which he sees as so many signs of malfunctioning. …”
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Doctor, There's a Tadpole in my Feces! by Rosemary Drisdelle, Kevin R Forward

“…A 36-year-old male resident of a coastal Nova Scotia community presented to his family physician after he noted moving objects in his feces (Figure 1). …”
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Survey of Current Practices among Members of CAG in the Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with Gastric Ulcer by Niall P Breslin, Lloyd R Sutherland

“…The practice and attitudes of physician members of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) on the follow-up of such patients were assessed.…”
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Is Less Surgical Treatment Possible in the Treatment of Degenerative Spine Diseases? Four-Year Follow-up Results of Foraminal Epidural and Facet Joint Injection Treatments by Uğur Ertem

“…I will especially try to contribute to this article from the perspective of a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician.…”
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Relationship between pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder and healthcare utilisation in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective population-based cohort by Sonya Cressman, Louisa Edwards, Kimberlyn McGrail, Stirling Bryan, Alison Hoens, Rohit Vijh, Sandra Peterson, Zeina Waheed, Mary Bunka, Nick Pang, Shahzad Ghanbarian, Gavin Wong, Linda Riches, Jehannine Austin

“…The study revealed higher outpatient physician visits for the pharmacotherapy group and no major association for inpatient visits. …”
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Initial Presentation of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis with Ocular Lesions by Edward J. Quinlan, Veenu Gill

“…This highlights the need for physicians to have a heightened suspicion for testing for valley fever in patients living in endemic regions who present with ocular inflammation so that rapid and timely initiation of antifungal therapy may prevent loss of vision.…”
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Paul Farmer : élaboration d’une représentation collective du sida en zone rurale d’Haïti au prisme du contexte historique et géopolitique haïtien (1983-1990) by Dolorès Pourette

“…This text, published in 1990, presents an anthropological study of the development of a collective representation of AIDS in rural Haiti between 1983 and 1990. Paul Farmer, a physician and medical anthropologist, highlights how local experiences and interpretations of AIDS, the subjective experience of the disease, and the discursive practices around AIDS are are profoundly affected by the sociohistorical and geopolitical context of the region, especially relations with the Hatian capital and the United States. …”
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Reasons and Features of Patients Who Leave the Emergency Department Without Being Seen by Fahad Abuguyan, Abdulaziz Alhusainy, Omar Alsuliman, Sarah Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Alrajhi

“…Conclusion: We conclude that in our center, prolonged waiting time and ED overcrowding are the main reasons why patients leave the ED without seeing a physician. Younger patients are more prone to LWBS, with trauma and gastroenterological complaints being the most common presenting symptoms. …”
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Doctor´s formation in Cuba. A critical perspective of its history. by Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Marta Rosa González Debén, Ana Margarita López Rodríguez, Magdalena López Rodríguez del Rey

“…In this work a historic análisis is made about the teaching of Medicine in Cuba, since its beguining back in 1726 until present days, that is why the study has three stages: Colony, Neocolony, and Revolution, with the aim of carrying out a hystorical reflection on the formation of the physician in Cuba. We use history as a methodological criterium, but it is interesting to highlight the evolution of practical and political ideas that mark the tendencies and regularities of the process in question.…”
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Anatomické ilustrace spisu Leonarda Ferdinanda Meisnera z Löwenberku by Marie Vymazalová

“…Meisner’s work was based on the lectures by a Prague physician and university teacher Joannes Antonio Cassinis de Bugella. …”
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Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic by Yusimí Isaguirre Martínez, José Julio Requeiro Molina, Ana María Machado Consuegra, Hugo Jiménez Vázquez, Félix Rodríguez Fernández

“…Thanks to the media campaigns and the family physician activity, there are few transmissible and not transmissible diseases people do not have any reference about. …”
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Appraisal of the risk index as instrument to the stratification of the patient with acquired pneumonia in the community in the emergency department. by Dianelis Sierra Martínez, Orestes Fresneda Quintana, Luis Alberto Corona Martínez, María Caridad Fragoso Marchante, Iris González Morales, Caridad Hernández Abreus

“…Important deficiencies are identified that interfere in the application of this instrument and in its usage for the behaviour decisions taking by the assistance physician, of what comes the necessity of its improvement.…”
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Liquid biopsies coming of age: biology, emerging technologies, and clinical translation- An introduction to the JITC expert opinion special review series on liquid biopsies by Valsamo Anagnostou, Mark D. Stewart

“…Composed of five expert-opinion review articles and five accompanying expert-physician viewpoints, this Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer Special Review Series focuses on capturing and synthesizing the current state of science of liquid biopsies and their clinical relevance for cancer immunotherapy and beyond.…”
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Atypical Focal Osteomyelitis as Initial Manifestation of AIDS by A. Akiki, Y. Bilde

“…Isolation of an atypical Mycobacterium haemophilum in any abscess should lead the physician to accomplish further investigations and look for AIDS even in young healthy subjects.…”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Treatment of Physical Health Problems Without a Known Cause, Exemplified by Hypertension and Tinnitus by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…Using the theories and tools of holistic medicine wisely, the physician can often provide treatment for the patient. …”
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Determinants of Deescalation Failure in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Nawal Salahuddin, Lama Amer, Mini Joseph, Alya El Hazmi, Hassan Hawa, Khalid Maghrabi

“…Integrating an antibiotic stewardship program may increase physician confidence and provide support towards increasing deescalation rates.…”
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Kiwifruit and Kiwifruit Extracts for Treatment of Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohamed Eltorki, Russell Leong, Elyanne M. Ratcliffe

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Managing Liver Cirrhosis: a Multidisciplinary Approach by V. M. Durleshter, S. A. Gabriel, N. V. Korochanskaya, O. V. Kovalevskaya, S. N. Serikova, P. V. Markov, O. A. Usova, D. S. Murashko, V. Yu. Dyn'ko, A. Yu. Bukhtoyarov, M. A. Basenko

“…A resident physician should coordinate the multidisciplinary team at the outpatient stage, and a surgeon — upon the patient's admission in case of surgical LC complications.…”
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