Oral contraceptive efficacy unaffected by dimethyl fumarate
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Delayed-release dimethyl fumarate (DMF) coadministered with norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol, a commonly used progesterone-estrogen combination oral contraceptive, did not alter... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
E-cigarette use may increase the risk of other types of tobacco use
It appears that if high school students smoke e-cigarettes, they are more likely to start smoking regular cigarettes, study results show.
The students were asked whether they had ever tried... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 11, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
VIDEO: Telehealth program provides weight management support to rural clinics
MINNEAPOLIS – Can telehealth help obese patients lose weight?
Weight management experts at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, sought to find out through a unique program to... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Prepare early for peer review hearings to avoid negative outcomes
CHICAGO – Being targeted for a peer review can be unnerving for physicians, but proper preparation can help doctors smoothly navigate the process and increase their chances for a favorable... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
End-of-life aggressive cancer care continues despite recommendations
CHICAGO – Aggressive care for most patients with incurable solid tumors continued in the final 30 days of life, and one-third died in the hospital, a recent, large retrospective study of health... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Preoperative chemotherapy improves survival in patients with large anorectal GIST
LOS ANGELES – The size of anorectal gastrointestinal stroma tumors is the most important determinant of survival following resection, results from an analysis of national data showed.
In addition,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Few adverse events linked to flibanserin with self-reported alcohol use
A small number of women reported adverse events related to hypotension and syncope while taking flibanserin and drinking alcohol, an analysis of data from five phase III trials has... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
VIDEO: Smoking, excess weight hinder sustained remission in early RA
LONDON – Tobacco use and excess weight can make it harder to achieve sustained remission in the treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis, according to findings from more than 1,000 patients in the... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Distress or depression in a 12-year-old girl?
A 12-year-old girl presents for a well-child visit but is withdrawn, and her mother reports recent behavioral changes. Symptoms suggest a possible depressive disorder. The physician did not... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Lupus may confer higher risk for cervical cancer
LONDON – Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have more than twice the risk of developing cervical neoplasia than do women in the general population, according to the results of a large... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Smoking causes worse outcome in MS
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Follow-up of a cohort of patients in the United Kingdom has demonstrated associations between smoking and a higher risk of development of multiple sclerosis (MS), progression... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
FPs generating less revenue for hospitals
Family physicians generated less revenue for hospitals in 2015 than in 2012, as did primary care physicians in general, while physicians overall increased the revenue generated over that time,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Secukinumab may slow structural ankylosing spondylitis progression
LONDON – Long-term treatment with the interleukin 17A inhibitor secukinumab showed suggestive evidence of inhibiting structural progression of spinal disease in 168 patients with ankylosing... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Over 20% of Americans skipped needed mental health care
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Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
A new sort of consultant: Advising doctors, patients on California’s aid-in-dying law
BERKELEY, Calif. – Few people have the unusual set of professional experiences that Dr. Lonny Shavelson does. He worked as an emergency room physician in Berkeley for years – while also working as a... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
