Atkinson Family Practice

10/26/2025

We now have Covid vaccines for all ages 6 months and up at both offices!!

10/25/2025

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Next Friday October 31 is our annual AFP halloween costume contest.
All of our staff and their family( and even pets!) get into the spirit.
By noon we will start posting everyone’s costumes and you can vote. You can also come by either office(wear your own costume too if youd like) to vote or see us in our glory.
AFP gives awards for:
Funniest Costume
Most Creative Costume
Best kids’ Costume
Most Environmentally friendly Costume
Best Team Costume
Best Animal Costume
Which AFP OFFICE has the best Halloween spirit

10/24/2025

Next Friday October 31 is our annual AFP halloween costume contest.
All of our staff and their family( and even pets!) get into the spirit.
By noon we will start posting everyone’s costumes and you can vote. You can also come by either office(wear your own costume too if youd like) to vote or see us in our glory.
AFP gives awards for:
Funniest Costume
Most Creative Costume
Best kids’ Costume
Most Environmentally friendly Costume
Best Team Costume
Best Animal Costume
Which AFP OFFICE has the best Halloween spirit

10/24/2025

Suzie and Chamomile at the Noho office

10/23/2025

https://menopause.org/press-releases/when-women-initiate-estrogen-therapy-matters

New large-scale analysis shows potential long-term benefits of initiating hormones during perimenopause

10/21/2025

No surprise to us…

Most Primary Care Physicians Spend More Than 60 Hours Per Week Caring For Patients, Study Suggests

a study suggests that “primary care physicians (PCPs) clocked more than 60 hours a week caring for their patient panel.” The research team found that “among more than 400 PCPs, the median work effort was 2,844.3 yearly hours – or 61.8 weekly hours – for each clinical full-time equivalent (cFTE) physician, assuming a 46-week work year.” This translates to a “median of 1.7 hours per patient per year.” Researchers noted that “patient panel characteristics and patient message volume also were associated with physician time expenditure.” The study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

10/20/2025

Have you met our new therapist Maggie?! She just started at AFP.
Maggie loves dogs, kids and singing!!

10/18/2025

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10/17/2025

Welcome to our newest therapist Maggie!!!

https://www.atkinsonfamilypractice.com/maggie-hallowell-bio

10/17/2025

This is an interesting study suggesting that anti-depressant use may decrease the likelihood of long Covid

SSRIs May Reduce Long COVID Risk In Patients With Depression,
a study found that “selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may help prevent long COVID symptoms among adults with depression.” In Cox proportional hazards models, researchers observed “the risk for long COVID was significantly lower in the SSRI vs non-SSRI cohort, both through 3 to 6 months (0.63% vs 1.13%) and 3 to 12 months (1.07% vs 1.82%) of follow-up. The findings were similar in sensitivity analyses that used a long COVID definition from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and that examined different periods of the COVID-19 pandemic.” In addition, further analyses “revealed SSRI use was associated with a reduced risk for neurologic symptoms and joint or muscle pain at 3 to 6 months and at 3 to 12 months, with no impact on depression or anxiety symptoms.” The study was published in Infection.

Purpose To evaluate the potential of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in reducing the risk of long COVID in patients with depression. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed U.S. electronic health records from TriNetX platform to compare the risk of long COVID among adults wi...

10/17/2025

At AFP we are comfortable diagnosing and treating ADHD. talk with your Provider if you have concerns.

Study Finds Women With ADHD Face Delayed Diagnosis, Worse Outcomes Than Men
The study presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress found that “women with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face delayed diagnosis and worse outcomes than men.” The researchers “analyzed differences in ADHD severity, its comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, and its impact on psychosocial functioning by sex.” They found that “the combined ADHD subtype was the most common, affecting 48.2% of participants. Age of symptom onset was similar for men and women, although women were diagnosed significantly later (28.96 versus 24.13 years). Men more frequently had legal problems than women (18.1 versus 6.6%). Women with ADHD had worse outcomes, including higher symptom severity, worse psychosocial functioning, and greater disability, as well as higher rates of depression and anxiety.” The study was also published in European Psychiatry.

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