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The overall US COVID-19 vaccination picture has both bright spots and dark areas. Get a quick look at details from the most recent KFF Vaccine Monitor survey.

The high-dose influenza vaccines provided greater relative vaccine effectiveness/efficacy vs standard dose in a cohort of more than 45 million.

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CMHC 2022: Patients with NASH are often not diagnosed until an advanced stage, and have a high burden of comorbidities, according to new study.

CHEST. After a moderate COPD event, treatment with TT within 30 days significantly reduced risk for exacerbation over 12 months vs treatment after 30 days.

Gabapentin-involved overdose deaths doubled in Q2 2020 compared to Q1 2019, the CDC reports. What do you know, and maybe not know, about the troubling trend?

AAFP Board Chair Ransone points to recent data that show two-thirds of long COVID patients are already treated in primary care settings.

Another choice of booster may help increase follow-up vaccination among the 50% of US adults who have yet to get a first booster dose.

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CMHC 2022. Post-hoc analysis of the LIGHT-UP study found GS200 significantly reduced postprandial insulin secretion in adults with overweight and prediabetes.

CMHC. PCPs and cardiologists appeared to perform only half of items considered necessary for care of T2D patients in a new simulated patient study.

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CMHC 2022: A decrease in vitamin D levels is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to new study.

In the absence of randomized controlled head-to-head trials comparing the 2 anticoagulants, study authors say clinicians should consider their findings when choosing treatment.

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.