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Your Patient Has a Drug Addiction, What's After Screening? Primary care clinicians can play a pivotal role in helping patients with substance abuse disorders achieve long-term recovery from addiction, through frequent checkup visits.
news, December 22, 2023
Where Is the 'Microbiome Revolution' Headed Next? Famed microbiome researcher Dr Martin J. Blaser shares what he sees as the most promising applications, and the rigorous clinical trials needed to realize them.
news, December 19, 2023
Debate Grows Over Facility Fees, Lawmakers Urge Transparency There's continued interest in more transparency about medical costs, in particular facility fees. But there's also a divided opinion about eliminating these payments for US medical care.
news, December 18, 2023
Compounders: Don't Listen to Bad Press on GLP-1s The compounding industry is trying to quell misconceptions about its GLP-1 products, which prescribers can order while branded versions of the drugs are in short supply.
news, December 15, 2023
GLP-1 RAs for CVD: Are Cardiologists Ready? The SELECT trial catapulted GLP-1 RAs into the forefront of CVD prevention, but cardiologists are making their own decisions about whether and how they might integrate these agents into practice.
news, December 14, 2023
Acne in Primary Care: The Best of Times? The repackaging of old medications into new formulations that are easier on the skin, and the availability of combination drug creams, should improve acne care.
news, December 13, 2023
Gyno Procedures Can Be Less Wasteful: Why Aren't They? Some experts have sounded the alarm that changing clinical practices in gynecology is a necessary step toward reducing waste and is possible without sacrificing patient outcomes.
news, December 13, 2023
Sotatercept Endorsed for PAH by ICER Drug's novel mechanism of action raises hopes of disease-modifying activity, but long-term cost-effectiveness rests on improvement in functional status.
news, December 06, 2023
Geriatricians, Look Out for Patients With Long COVID Patients residing in nursing homes may exhibit signs of long COVID that are missed.
news, December 06, 2023
Long-Acting PrEP in Europe's Fight Against HIV Europe's advances in HIV prevention strategies, including PrEP and long-acting retrovirals, bring hope amidst persistent access challenges and disparities.
News, December 01, 2023
Ohio Group Scores Record Hypertension Control Rates Artificial intelligence is vastly improving blood pressure control at one Midwestern primary care practice. Could your group do the same?
News, November 30, 2023
Underdiagnosed: Anemia in Pregnancy Clinicians should screen patients who are pregnant for iron deficiency anemia, experts said.
News, November 30, 2023
Despite Effective Therapies, Fibroid Care Still Lacking Minimally invasive procedures for uterine fibroids are highly effective, but gaps in diagnosis, racial disparities, and lack of availability outside urban academic centers limit their use.
news, November 27, 2023
Clinicians May Not Prescribe New Postpartum Depression Drug The 14-day oral medication for postpartum depression will be available soon, but will clinicians prescribe?
News, November 22, 2023
Why Don't Doctors Feel Like Heroes Anymore? The 'hero' title can be an inspiring way to honor medical work. But there is a growing belief that while superhuman effort is indeed heroic, superhuman expectations are a systemic problem.
News, November 21, 2023
GLP-1 RAs: How to Manage Real-World GI Complications Although GLP-1 receptor agonists are transforming the treatment of diabetes and obesity, gastroenterologists increasingly are being called upon to manage the side effects of these medications.
News, November 14, 2023
How AI Uses Voice to Detect Diabetes A new study builds on research showing diabetes can cause subtle vocal changes, paving the way for voice analysis as a potential diagnostic tool.
News, November 09, 2023
Hows and Whys of Skin Biopsy Test For Parkinson's Disease A commercially available skin test to aid Parkinson's disease diagnosis is available in most states. How do clinicians use it? Could it help in the development of alpha-synuclein-targeted therapies?
News, November 07, 2023
Stripped Privileges: Alarming Precedent for Community Oncs? A Philadelphia healthcare system has set a new precedent by taking away the in-hospital privileges of five community oncologists, sparking a legal battle.
News, November 01, 2023
Why Aren't Docs Managing Pain During Gyno Procedures? Physicians are routinely underestimating how painful these procedures can be.
News, October 30, 2023
How to Boost COVID Vaccination Rates in Pregnant Women Physicians provided tips on how to increase rates of pregnant women receiving the COVID-19 booster.
News, October 30, 2023
Why Do So Many MDs Love Making Wine? Despite evidence nixing the perceived health benefits of wine, a lot of doctors embrace winemaking as a fulfilling side gig and scientific challenge with high-quality results. Here's how.
News, October 27, 2023
Inappropriate Cardiac Imaging Triggers Too Many Alarms Ordering inappropriate cardiac imaging can set off a cascade of unnecessary tests, referrals, and treatment.
News, October 26, 2023
Postmenopausal Testosterone for Low Libido Only, Doctors Say Can testosterone replacement therapy help postmenopausal patients restore libido and improve overall health and vitality?
News, October 25, 2023
GI Docs Nutrition Education Deficit May Shortchange Patients Fitting nutrition into the educational curriculum of gastroenterologists has been a struggle, but prioritizing it could go a long way toward helping patients with various gastrointestinal conditions.
News, October 23, 2023
A War on Another Front: Ukraine's Fight Against Hepatitis C Despite ongoing hostilities, healthcare professionals take mobile clinics to their fellow Ukrainians, as the battle extends to fighting the country's high levels of hepatitis C.
News, October 20, 2023
Researchers Link Two Genes to Raynaud Disease The discovery will hopefully lead to new therapeutic avenues for the condition, experts say.
News, October 19, 2023
How Massive Health Databases Are Revolutionizing Clinical Care Vast medical databases have connected dots where smaller randomized trials could not. But the United States has a long way to go.
News, October 19, 2023
Compounding Pharmacies for Semaglutide Cause Concern The continuing shortage of antiobesity medications sends many patients to compounding pharmacies, but at what risk?
News, October 18, 2023
Bone Degradation Measure Can Sway Osteoporosis Diagnosis Factoring in a patient's trabecular bone score may alter treatment decisions.
News, October 12, 2023
As MOC Debate Heats Up, Cardiology Societies Weigh In The MOC process is once again under attack by cardiologists and other specialty physicians. A petition aiming to end the requirements has garnered more than 17,000 and counting signatures.
news, August 22, 2023

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