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AAFP Board Chair Sterling Ransone, Jr, MD, encourages patients to get both shots at one visit; if they don't, he has strategies to bring them back for the one they didn't get.

Analysis of national health data found that 16.5% of all adult insulin users skipped doses in the past year.

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AAFP Board Chair Sterling Ransone, Jr, MD, offers an Academy refresher on the annual push-back from patients that is so familiar to family medicine clinicians.

CHEST 2022. Tezepelumab significantly reduced AAER and improved lung function in patients taking 1, 2, or ≥3 long-acting β-agonists in addition to ICS.

About half of American adults plan not to get a flu shot this year; everyone is tired of COVID talk and prevention; but flu is brewing in the southern hemisphere, Ransone says.

Findings underscore the need for ongoing efforts to improve prevention strategies, as CVD risk factors in younger women continue to rise, according to authors.

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Early age at either type 1 or type 2 diabetes diagnosis was associated with earlier age a menopause, suggesting an impact of diabetes on reproductive health, authors say.

Ransone hasn't had a case of influenza in his practice in 2 years, but with mitigation measures all but over and COVID-19 in the wings, this year could be different.

Not every physician has to be a mental health expert to assist their colleagues, staff, and patients in improving their mental well-being. Just start the conversation.

The investigational respiratory syncytial virus vaccine had an overall efficacy of 82.6% against RSV-LRTD, 94.6% against severe disease, and 94.1% in adults with comorbidities.

For the first time, the task force recommended screening children aged 8 and older for anxiety in primary care settings.

Smoking, age, diabetes, race/ethnicity, and BMI may all pose a greater risk for mortality in severe COVID-19 infection than preexisting CVD, study suggests.

There was no change in physician burnout in the past year and it remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic times, according to a new nationwide survey.

The FDA amended EUAs for omicron-adapted vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna, authorizing the shots for children and adolescents.

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A large cohort study confirms the observed efficacy of initial and follow-up COVID-19 vaccination and prior infection against infection, hospitalization, and death.