Ultra-Processed Foods and Mortality; Improving Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 18, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
When it Comes to Preventive Health, Play the Long Game
(MedPage Today) -- The Senate has an opportunity to increase access to preventive health interventions by passing legislation that would better measure the long-term budget savings that these interventions would generate.
Senators should pass... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 18, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care
(MedPage Today) -- For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner (NP) has become a routine part of primary care, in which these NPs often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for.
But NPs in specialty care? That's not routine... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 17, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Another Study Debunks Benefits of Omega-3 Supplements for Dry Eye Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Re-esterified triglyceride ω-3 fatty acid supplementation did not improve symptoms of dry eye disease associated with meibomian gland dysfunction, a randomized trial from South Korea showed, adding to the growing body of... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 16, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
There's Bird Flu in U.S. Dairy Cows. Raw Milk Drinkers Aren't Deterred.
(MedPage Today) -- Sales of raw milk appear to be on the rise, despite years of warnings about the health risks of drinking the unpasteurized products -- and an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows.
Since March 25, when the bird flu virus was... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 15, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Farm-to-Hospital Meals Can Help Protect Patients and the Climate
(MedPage Today) -- While the media has been hyper-focused on how to address the recent avian influenza A (H5N1) outbreak in cattle, the situation also speaks to a larger story about industrialized food systems that prioritize production efficiency... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Investigational Drug Could Help Vapers Quit
(MedPage Today) -- Adding daily use of the investigational drug cytisinicline to behavioral support doubled abstinence rates in e-cigarette users attempting to quit, a randomized phase II trial showed.
In the 12-week study, 31.8% of the vapers... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Stranded in the ED, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm
(MedPage Today) -- Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency department (ED) corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises.
Even when physicians... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Hospital Operator Steward Health Care Files for Bankruptcy Protection
(MedPage Today) -- Hospital operator Steward Health Care filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, but pledged to maintain the eight hospitals it operates in Massachusetts.
In a press release, company officials said Steward took the step as a... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 7, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Increasing the Dose of Smoking Cessation Treatments Improved Abstinence
(MedPage Today) -- Increasing the dosages of varenicline (Chantix) or combined nicotine replacement therapy (CNRT), or switching from CNRT to varenicline, improved abstinence from smoking, a randomized clinical trial showed.
Among participants... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 3, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Potential First Known Case of Mammal-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Detailed
(MedPage Today) -- Strong genetic evidence makes it highly likely that a dairy farm worker in Texas contracted avian influenza A (H5N1) from cattle, according to a detailed case report from the CDC and Texas Department of State Health Services... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 3, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Missing Teeth and Joint Pain? RA May Be Imminent
(MedPage Today) -- Although the mechanistic relationship is still unclear, that periodontal disease is connected with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is no longer in question. A new study suggests that clinicians seeing patients with suspicious joint... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
House Republicans Bash New Nursing Home and Home Care Rules at Hearing
(MedPage Today) -- A Medicaid official tried to walk a fine line Tuesday as House Republicans expressed their displeasure with new Medicaid rules implementing minimum nursing home staffing requirements and higher pay for home care workers.
"While... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Progressing Interstitial Lung Abnormalities Linked to Respiratory Distress
(MedPage Today) -- In smokers without known interstitial lung disease (ILD), worsening pulmonary parenchymal abnormalities on chest CT were still associated with more severe acute respiratory disease (ARD) events, a secondary analysis of the COPDGene... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
DEA Will Move to Reclassify Marijuana in Historic Shift, Sources Say
(MedPage Today) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
The DEA's... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 30, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
