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Why Aren’t More PCPs Offering Contraceptive Services?

Medscape Medical News January 9, 2025

Experts say the primary care workforce is well suited to meet patients’ contraceptive needs but the numbers of primary care physicians offering prescriptions and procedures is strikingly low.
Dietary Calcium Cuts Colorectal Cancer Risk by 17%

Medscape News UK January 8, 2025
Family Physicians See Culture Improve, Challenge RVU System

Medscape Medical News January 8, 2025

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Medscape Medical News January 10, 2025
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Medscape Medical News January 10, 2025
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Medscape Medical News January 10, 2025
AI and the Art of Nursing

Medscape Medical News January 10, 2025
How to Diagnose and Treat Pruritus in Older Adults

Medscape Medical News January 10, 2025
Do Antibiotics Before Conception Affect Fertility?

Medscape Medical News January 9, 2025
hMPV: Is There Cause for Concern?

Medscape Medical News January 9, 2025
Leaving ED Without Being Seen Entails Increasing Risks

Medscape Medical News January 9, 2025

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History Repeats? Lead Pollution and the Roman Economy

Commentary January 7, 2025

A story hidden in the icy layers of the Arctic may have lessons for cognitive health in the modern era.
Change Makers: Richard Francis on the Pillars of Innovation

Commentary January 10, 2025

One in every 13 prescriptions in the US is a generic from Teva. Now, CEO Richard Francis is focusing on drug development, delivering better medications faster.
Getting Sepsis Right

Viewpoint January 10, 2025
Consensual Nonmonogamy and Primary Care: Aim for Affirmation

Commentary January 10, 2025

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Interactive Quiz January 10, 2025

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A 5-Year-Old Girl With Recurrent High Fever, Nonproductive Cough, and Emesis

Case Challenge January 10, 2025
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Skill Checkup January 9, 2025
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Change Makers: Richard Francis on the Pillars of Innovation

Medscape January 10, 2025

One in every 13 prescriptions in the US is a generic from Teva. Now, CEO Richard Francis is focusing on drug development, delivering better medications faster.
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