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House Calls, #925, May 5, 2024: You are what you speak or maybe not. AI note taking in the physician’s office.
What do you need to know before you consent to a recording of your conversation with your doctor being converted into official medical chart notes. Despite pilot projects and best case scenario bias/anecdotal reporting of outcomes, there are significant medicolegal and privacy implications to this process. AI Scribes: Answers to frequently asked questions Other topics:…
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Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds… if you adopt other healthy lifestyle and exercise activities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 30, 2024 Source:Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds
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‘Your brain isn’t fully formed until you’re 25’: A neuroscientist demolishes the greatest mind myth
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 29, 2024 Source:‘Your brain isn’t fully formed until you’re 25’: A neuroscientist demolishes the greatest mind myth
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House Calls, #924, April 28, 2024: What excuse or hoops to jump through will the insurance companies now employ so that they can avoid or delay covering the cost of Wegovy? Hopefully none but who am I kidding?
On May 6, 2024, Wegovy will now be available in Canada. Many people who had been using Ozempic and responding well to treatment were summarily told by their health insurance companies that they were participating in a “lifestyle” choice and thus were no longer covered. Now that Wegovy is out, and is the exact same…
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Ontario scrapping sick notes to cut down on doctors’ paperwork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 25, 2024 Source:Ontario scrapping sick notes to cut down on doctors’ paperwork
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Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes. They are not screening tools and are fraught with misinterpretation and false positives in otherwise healthy people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 24, 2024 Source:Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes
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Itchy skin can be the result of different conditions. However in many cases eczema/allergies is a common cause.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 23, 2024 Source:Are you always itchy? It might be more serious than dry skin, experts say — here’s why
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House Calls, #923, April 21, 2024: “But they said it was magic…”
A secondhand story influences a woman to purchase a pain-relieving natural supplement only to discover that she is suffering significant side effects because it contained (unlabeled) 2 to 8 times the normal dose of diclofenac, a common anti-inflammatory medication. Your Calls and Comments:
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