FDA is investigating Zecuity sumatriptan patch for reports of serious burns
The Food and Drug Administration is evaluating patient reports of serious burns and potential permanent scarring that have occurred with the use of the Zecuity patch (sumatriptan iontophoretic... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Low-FODMAP diet eased abdominal symptoms in IBS
SAN DIEGO – For patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, avoiding FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols) improved abdominal pain and... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
VIDEO: Daily fecal transplants put refractory ulcerative colitis into remission
SAN DIEGO – When fecal transplants don’t work for ulcerative colitis, it’s probably because they aren’t used often enough, according to investigators from the University of New South Wales, Sydney.... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Fewer adults with psychological distress getting mental health care
The percentage of adults with psychological distress who saw or spoke with a mental health professional has gone down every year since 2012, according to the National Center for Heath Statistics.... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Less education tied to more anxiety
Adults with less than a high school education are more than twice as likely as are those with high school degrees to have reported an anxiety disorder in the past year, according to the National... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Hungry and obese
Does it seem strange to you that while on one hand we hear from multiple sources that a troubling number of adults and children are going hungry, but on the other hand data from the <a... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Maternal vaccination against pertussis can protect premature infants
Maternal immunization in the early third trimester (from 28 weeks’ gestation) may protect premature infants from pertussis, study results found.
This was the finding of an observational substudy of... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Disappointing results for GI bleed prevention in high-risk aspirin users
SAN DIEGO – Neither a proton pump inhibitor nor an H2 antagonist is an optimal choice for users of low-dose aspirin with previously confirmed ulcer bleeding, according to data from a 12-month... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CDC guidelines: Opioids for chronic pain
Opioids are commonly prescribed for chronic pain, and in fact approximately 20% of patients presenting with noncancer pain symptoms will receive an opioid prescription in a physician’s office. Opioid... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Monitored anesthesia care for endoscopy on the rise even without financial incentives
SAN DIEGO – Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) for outpatient endoscopy is on the rise in the United States, presumably because of financial incentives for fee-for-service gastroenterology (GI)... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Duodenal resurfacing achieves metabolic benefits in type 2 diabetes
DMR entails thermal ablation of the duodenal mucosa via minimally invasive endoscopy. According to the pioneer behind this technique, Dr. Harith Rajagopalan, who is the founder and CEO of Fractyl... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
VIDEO: Asymptomatic pancreatic cysts rarely became malignant
Only 1% of adults with asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts developed invasive pancreatic adenocarcinoma after more than 5 years of follow-up, according to a multicenter retrospective study... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - June 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Methylphenidate tied to greater risk of arrhythmia in children, adolescents
Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder who are prescribed methylphenidate to manage their conditions stand at a higher risk for arrhythmia and other, more serious,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - May 31, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Long-term benefits seen in sacral nerve stimulation for constipation in kids
SAN DIEGO – Children with refractory constipation may benefit from sacral nerve stimulation, although complications are common, according to a study that found benefits over more than 2 years, as... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - May 27, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
VIDEO: Integrated care effective in first-episode psychosis
ATLANTA – Increasingly, data support taking an integrated approach to care in the intervention of first-episode psychosis.
But what are the key components of such treatment?
Dr. Charles Schulz,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - May 27, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
