After-hours texting and professional boundaries
Recently, I was out on a Friday night with a friend who is a resident in another program. I hadn’t seen her in a very long time because of our hectic schedules. Around 10 p.m., she received a text... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Thymectomy improves clinical outcomes for myasthenia gravis
Thymectomy improved 3-year clinical outcomes and proved superior to medical therapy for mild to severe nonthymomatous myasthenia gravis, according to a report published online Aug. 11 in the New... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Study finds clues to fibrosis progression in chronic HCV infection
Fibrosis progression in hepatitis C virus–infected individuals is not linear, is associated with alanine aminotransferase–related flares, and varies according to stage, with those who are least... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic tops hospital rankings for 2016-2017
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., was named the top hospital in the United States, according to the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals ranking for 2016-2017.
After finishing second to... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Epilepsy has wide-ranging psychosocial impact on youth
The psychosocial impact of epilepsy on children and adolescents is profound, ranging from a sense of vulnerability and disempowerment to discrimination, results from a systematic review of medical... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 10, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medicaid expansion leads to better access to care
Low-income adults living in two states that expanded Medicaid enrollment are showing significant increases in outpatient utilization and preventive care, improved health care quality, and reductions... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 9, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Same-day PrEP protects MSM from HIV
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – On-demand preexposure prophylaxis using oral antiretroviral therapy taken by men as little as 2 hours before engaging in high-risk sex with other men proved even more effective... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 8, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Elbasvir-grazoprevir works effectively against HCV despite current drug use
A 12-week course of elbasvir plus grazoprevir proved effective against hepatitis C virus in 301 patients who were receiving opioid agonist therapy for injectable drug addiction, according to a report... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 8, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Primary care’s rising role in behavioral health requires specialty partnerships
Amid rising suicide rates and a raging opioid crisis, the key to improving behavioral health care services nationally is to structure primary care practices for collaborative care, according to... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 8, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AGA Clinical Practice Update: Experts carve pathway for celiac trials
Celiac disease’s only treatment is far from ideal. Not only is the gluten-free diet hard to follow, costly, and socially isolating, but even adherent patients can suffer persistent and disabling... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 8, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Core curriculum for opioid prescribing preempts certification
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – If the Food and Drug Administration moves to require some form of certification to prescribe opioids, an educational program based on the FDA’s own risk evaluation and... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
For neuropathic pain, marijuana yields modest benefits
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. – As medical marijuana penetrates mainstream medical practice in the United States and elsewhere, awareness of the potential benefits, potential risks, and local laws governing... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning predicts cognitive decline
TORONTO – A thinner-than-normal layer of retinal nerve fibers in the eye is now linked with cognitive decline – another suggestion that extracranial physical findings could be leveraged into dementia... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Deals likely the way forward for Medicaid coverage of hepatitis C drugs
As state governments struggle to find a balance between access to hepatitis C drugs and being able to afford them, it appears that individual deals with drug manufacturers will be the way to get... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Early Alzheimer’s treatment decreases both costs and mortality
TORONTO – For patients with Alzheimer’s disease, early treatment may translate into lower health care costs and better survival, based on study results reported at the Alzheimer’s Association... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
