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The article offers information on the complementary and integrative care which will continue to become more common in medicine as medical students, trainees, and current physicians learn about the possibilities and see more of the evidence. It discusses that a key area that learning and practicing physicians should understand about pain involves how it is recognized and treated; and mentions the comment from Mary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, Registered nurse.

This article, titled "A call to defend science--and scientists," discusses the recent baseless accusations made against Dr. Anthony Fauci by members of Congress during a national television broadcast. The author, a retired physician and former member of the Minnesota Medical Association, highlights Dr. Fauci's significant contributions to medicine and his leadership during various pandemics, including COVID-19. The author expresses concern about the public abuse Dr. Fauci received and emphasizes the importance of defending scientific facts and scientists to protect public health and safety. The article also mentions the role of Rep. Thomas Emmer, a Minnesota congressman, and calls on the Minnesota Medical Association to vigorously defend medical science and scientists. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents the annual report for 2021 of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA). It is noted that 2021 was memorable for the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, which continued to challenge professionals in ways few ever experienced or imagined. It is noted that In January, the MMA worked to improve the state's communication and processes regarding COVID-19 vaccine distribution for and to physicians.

The article discusses a study by University of Minnesota researchers, which reveals that noninvasive neural stimulation can modulate brain wave activity, potentially aiding in the treatment of conditions like Parkinson's disease, depression, and ADHD. It also mentions the possibility of using stimulation of the prefrontal cortex to address cognitive function abnormalities associated with psychiatric disorders, highlighting the promising implications of this research for psychiatric therapie.

The article informs about Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) first reported on the COVID-19 pandemic in its February 27 edition of MMA News Now and how the MMA worked to keep Minnesota physicians and physicians-in-training well informed. It also mentions how they created a dedicated webpage with resources on the pandemic; distributed information on the state's response; alerted physicians to executive orders, federal laws, and state policy change.

The article discusses the success and expansion of the Minnesota Drug Overdose and Substance Use Surveillance Activity (MNDOSA) program, which screens clinical specimens from overdose patients to identify clusters, substances involved, and individuals at risk. It mentions the program provides valuable data for emergency physicians, informs public policy, and aims to empower local communities in responding to the overdose crisis.

Americans spend a disproportionate amount of health care dollars during their last year of life, but much of this spending is incongruous with patients' goals and preferences. The Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form was introduced in Minnesota in 2009 as a tool to convey patients' wishes during acute medical events. Little research has been done about the use of POLST forms in Minnesota since its introduction. This research surveyed physicians from the Minnesota Medical Association's membership. We found that most physicians were familiar with POLST. Among the providers most likely to interact with terminally ill patients, a high percentage were using POLST forms. Physicians in rural Minnesota and urban physicians were equally likely to use and sign POLST forms. Physicians felt that there was a need for more patient education about POLST forms, and that POLST forms would benefit from increased clarity about patients' wishes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the author talks about requirements of government agencies and insurance companies have changed the ways in which and how much physicians are reimbursed. It mentions that the growth of large health care organizations has meant that fewer and fewer physicians work in private practices and so have less influence on the way their practices operate day to day. It also informs about the earliest days of medical education and practice.

In this article the author talks about Mayo Foundation House window which illustrates the eras of medicine. Topics discussed include Doctors and investigators at Mayo Clinic have traditionally embraced the study of the history of medicine, and the luminaries, their contributions to science and medicine and the famous quotes or aphorisms included in the panels of the stained glass window are summarized.

The article focuses on the implementation of universal newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) in Minnesota which is the first state in the U.S. to do so. Topics include the prevalence and impact of cCMV, previous unsuccessful efforts to identify cases, and the benefits of early detection through newborn screening including timely consultation with pediatric infectious disease specialists and evaluation for hidden damage caused by the virus.

The article presents a case study of a 74-year-old woman with morphea, emphasizing the challenges in diagnosis due to the changing clinical and histologic morphology. Topics discussed include the evolving nature of morphea, treatment options such as methotrexate and phototherapy, and the importance of clinical suspicion for various morphea variants.

The article previews the Minnesota Medical Association's Annual Conference to be held on September 21-22, 2018 in Saint Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The article presents an interview with physician Cheryl Bailey on the personal experiences of a physician including their career journey and decision to quit practicing, . Topics include the physician's motivations for becoming a doctor, the challenges and decisions involved in leaving the medical profession, and their current endeavors in artistic and advocacy pursuits.

The article focuses on the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) and its upcoming 170th anniversary. Topics include the formation of the MMA as the Minnesota Medical Society in 1853, its reorganization as the Minnesota State Medical Society in 1869, and the subsequent name change to the Minnesota Medical Association in 1903.

The article focuses on a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic which found an increase in Minnesota's death rate during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years. It also mentions the study reveals that the greatest increase in deaths was due to factors other than COVID-19 such as gun deaths, accidental poisonings and overdoses, and alcoholic liver disease highlighting the impact of societal despair and lack of support on mortality.

The article focuses on the recent pay cut for physicians in the U.S. despite their heroic efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include the reduction in Medicare physician payments, the efforts made by medical societies to prevent a larger cut, and the need for Congress to fix the broken Medicare payment system that unfairly targets physicians.

The article focuses on how physicians can boost COVID-19 vaccine acceptance by asking patients which type of vaccine they prefer instead of asking if they want to be vaccinated. Topics include this approach can significantly increase acceptance even among hardcore skeptics, it could protect more Americans if widely adopted, and that the comparative approach is more effective with conservative populist voters who tend to employ heuristic processing.

The article discusses the highlights of the annual conference of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) held in Saint Louis Park in Hennepin County, Minnesota on September 23 and 24, 2016. Topics covered include presentation on health disparities by physician Damon Tweedy, a talent show featuring performances by give MMA members and a student/resident poster competition.

The article offers information on the Minnesota Medical Association's 2016 Annual conference scheduled to be held on September 23-24, 2016.

The article offers information on 2018 MMA Annual Conference hosted by Minnesota Medical Association (MMA). Topics discussed include state of health in Minnesota, rural maternity care and social determinants, the speakers include Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm, list of new elected officers, list of award winners and role of new House of Delegates (HOD).

The article provides information on the Saint Anthony and Minneapolis Union Medical Society including head and neck surgery. Topics discussed include its establishment as Hennepin County Medical Society (HCMS) in 1869 and Minnesota Medical Association (MMA); innovative surgical developments; and available medical faculty.

The article defines rat-bite fever as a zoonotic illness caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis in North America and Spirillum in Asia. It mentions that rat-bite infection is spread through contact with rodents or through polluted food or water. A staggering number of people suffer rat-bite fever in the United States and children are more vulnerable to this infection.

The article discusses the highlights of the Minnesota Medical Association's (MMA) 2015 Annual Conference in September 2015. It cites keynotes on the future of the health care marketplace and technology, educational sessions and policy forums on end-of-life issues and value-based payment. It announces MMA Foundation award winners including Patrick Zook, Distinguished Service Award, Steven Meister, George Schoephoerster and Jane Willet, President's Award, and Ashok Patel, Community Service Award.

The article explores the relevance and roles of component medical societies in Minnesota. Topics discussed include several developments that negatively affected the state's component medical societies such as the acquisition of smaller groups and solo practices. Several actions taken by such societies to boost their relevance are also cited which include creating socially-relevant programs.

The article reports on the plan of the Minnesota Medical Association to make some governance changes as of September 2014. Topics discussed include the decision to reach out to doctors through listening sessions and advocacy discussions. Information is also presented on the medical association's September 2014 conference that will feature policy forums.

The article profiles women physicians in the top leadership of medical societies and specialty societies in Minnesota. Topics discussed include the goals of Amy McIntosh, a Mayo Clinic pediatric orthopedic surgeon, as president of the Minnesota Orthopaedic Society (MOS). Also mentioned are Essentia Health general surgeon Audrey Park-Skinner as president of the Lake Superior Medical Society (LSMS) and Cindy Firkins Smith as fourth female president of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA).

A case study is presented of an eight-year-old boy presented with swelling on the left side of his head, nightly headaches, with an unclear history of fall and questionable head injury two weeks prior. Topics include how differential diagnosis for solitary osteolytic lesions of the skull is broad, comprising pseudolesions, benign lesions, and malignant lesions; and how he underwent a non-contrast head computerized tomography (CT) and additional laboratory tests.

The article presents a case study of a 27-year-old female who admitted to inpatient psychiatric unit with major depressive disorder and worsening suicidal ideation, undergoing a therapeutic titration of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, sertraline. The article discusses that diagnosis of serotonin syndrome is clinical, with no specific set of laboratory tests to confirm it; and Hunter Serotonin Toxicity criteria is a validated measure.

The article focuses on the efforts of medical organizations to reduce hospital readmissions in Minnesota. The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA), and Stratis Health launch a campaign to rally institutions that have not started addressing the readmission issue. The discharged practices of each hospitals that enrolls in the campaign will be reviewed. Stratis Health also facilitates a project to standardize discharge.

In 2008, the Minnesota Medical Association created a task force to develop a standardized Physician/Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form that could be used throughout Minnesota. Whereas advance directives are created by patients to communicate their wishes about end-of-life care to a physician or other health care provider, POLST forms are used by a physician (or other designated health care provider) to document and communicate a person's end-of-life wishes to other health care professionals, including other physicians. Several states have adopted POLST forms. This article describes the effort to create a POLST initiative and form in Minnesota. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the resolutions of the 2009 Minnesota Medicine Association (MMA) House of Delegates. The name Stearns- Benton County Medical Society will be changed to Stearns Benton Medical Society. The MMA opposes the efforts to lower the legal drinking age from 21 years. The MMA supports the concept of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) and other high deductible health plans for public sector populations.

The article focuses on Minnesotans closed out the calendar while experiencing a devasting surge in COVID cases. Topics include the cyclical nature of contagion, cold weather forcing us indoors and waning post-vaccination immunity likely all play a part, and the largest contributor to community spread, however, continues to be the segment of Minnesotans who remain unvaccinated.

The article focuses on the medical story of James Mona, a physician at the Hutchinson Medical Center, in Minnesota. Mona is diagnosed of an anterolateral ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) when he felt a burning sensation of his chest on April 11, 2007. According to American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, he is recovered through the clot-busting drugs that reduce the door-to-balloon time. INSET: False Alarms.

The article presents a case study of a 53-year-old male presented with right sided flank and upper back pain progressing over the last six months. It mentions that initial workup showed elevated liver enzymes and hepatic steatosis on ultrasound. Further evaluation with contrast enhanced MRI demonstrated an incidental right-sided retroperitoneal mass.

The article discusses Richard Anderson, has been working with Nancy Smith for many years. Topics discussed include they have enjoyed a good professional relationship and have often turned to each other for advice and support; and Smith has noticed that Anderson has been increasingly erratic in his behavior.

The article presents a case study of a 54-year-old Mexican-American man presented to clinic with fever and night sweats of two months duration. It mentions that he denied any foreign travel since moving to the U.S. from Mexico prior and had no history of IV drug abuse; and this case demonstrates a late presentation of infective endocarditis with glomerulonephritis.

The article informs that physicians and physicians-in-training gathered in St. Paul for the MMA's annual Day at the Capitol on March 4, 2020 before the full-blown outbreak of the COV!D-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include reducing minors' access to tobacco and e-cigarettes, preventing firearm injury and death, increasing immunization rates and reducing third-party interference in patient care; and legislative priorities in remarks to need for physicians to get involved in advocacy.

The article explores how to talk with patients about serious illness and death. Topics discussed include information on St. Paul conference of the Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care in April; physicians are uncomfortable with talking about death with their patients thinking about death; and physician is going to see patients whose medical issues will lead to death or life-changing disabilities and have the resources to have an honest and caring discussion with their patients.

In this article the author talks about medical practice-or treatment of patients in the hospital and/or clinic, is affected due to Coronavirus. Topics discussed include time spend doing paperwork and electronic medical records; administrative role at the hospital as a part-time position, director of medical affairs; and range of family medicine, from delivering babies to taking care of children and their parents to working with older residents of the area.

The article presents a systematic and meta-analysis of risk of dysplastic progression in patients with Barrett's esophagus indefinite for dysplasia. Topics discussed include actively inflamed surface epithelium making definitive diagnosis of dysplasia difficult; rates of progression are known to increase with increasing degree of dysplasia; and interobserver variation in pathology interpretation and study design.

A case study of 36-year-old man, who is diagnosed with Levamisole-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis is presented. Topics discussed include patients reported with cutaneous vasculopathic findings of lemavisole induced vasculopathy; symptoms resolve on continued prednisone and cocaine cessation; and initial presentation in patients with sudden onset systemic cutaneous symptoms with unclear etiology.

The article discusses the importance and the history of web log in medical society. In 1997, the Web site robotwisdom.com was launched by Internet savvy Jorn Barger and he coined the term Web log or blog when he saw that people were giving their thoughts and activities in the site. The medical blog started to exist in 1999 when Blogger, the software to automate the creation of blogs was released in the public.

The article presents the author's comment who is also the Minnesota Medical Association's (MMA) Chief Executive Officer. It discusses that the work of the MMA is always evolving to meet the needs of Minnesota physicians and physicians-in-training; and mentions that these governance changes also expanded member involvement with the adoption of member-wide elections and creation of a new Policy Council.