Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- A multi-pronged electronic health record-based population health management intervention failed to move the needle for slowing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, a cluster randomized trial showed.
Over a median follow... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 15, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
High Lipoprotein(a) Levels' Hit on Heart Health Doesn't Discriminate
(MedPage Today) -- All sex, race, and risk category groups appeared to be affected by the heart disease risk posed by elevated lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), according to pooled analysis of primary prevention studies.
Compared with people with below... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 15, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
More Medicare $$ Needed to Pay Docs for Treating the Chronically Ill, Senators Told
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians need to be paid better for taking care of chronically ill patients, and they should also be relieved of onerous paperwork burdens such as prior authorizations, senators and witnesses agreed Thursday at a Senate Finance... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
A Few Phrases I Never Say to Patients
(MedPage Today) -- The most famous rule about the practice of medicine is to "First, do no harm."
The reality is that we do harm all the time, but with good reason. The rule should be more like, "Do no net harm." But even that wouldn't be enough... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Here's a Good Exercise Option for Hip OA
(MedPage Today) -- Neuromuscular exercise was as effective as progressive resistance training (PRT) for helping people with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip improve functional ability and reduce pain, a cluster-randomized trial showed.
Patients... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medicare Can Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs for Heart Disease -- But at What Cost?
(MedPage Today) -- On March 8, 2024, FDA approved Wegovy (semaglutide) to treat cardiovascular disease risks -- heart attack, stroke, and death -- for obese or overweight adults with a history of cardiovascular disease, making it the first... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Chelation Flops for Cardio Health After Heart Attack
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Chelation to remove lead and other heavy metals didn't improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients after myocardial infarction (MI), the TACT2 trial showed.
Cumulative incidence of time to first event (MI, stroke... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Paging Dr. Sinclair
(MedPage Today) -- About a month ago, our institution announced, to quite a bit of fanfare, the selection of the artificial intelligence program that it would be using going forward.
The initial rollout for general users is limited to the full... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Physicians Are No More Likely to Be Politically Active Than Non-Physicians
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians as a group are no more politically active than non-physicians, and they attend fewer public meetings, researchers found.
After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, physicians were more likely than non-physicians... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Experts in Industry Wrangle Over Whether Combo Vaccines Are Beneficial for Adults
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- The benefits of combination vaccines may seem obvious (fewer visits, less discomfort), but their development for adults is not without challenges, pharmaceutical company experts said at the World Vaccine Congress... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
5 Dead and Over 100 Hospitalized From Recalled Japanese Health Supplements
(MedPage Today) -- TOKYO (AP) -- Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a pharmaceutical company issued a recall of the products, officials said.
Osaka... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
5 Dead After Taking Supplements; RFK Jr. Taps Running Mate; Bird Flu in Cows Spreads
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Five people died and more than 100 were hospitalized after taking Japanese dietary supplements made by Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals. (AP)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Are Deadly Strep Infections on the Rise? Here's What to Know
(MedPage Today) -- Japan has been experiencing a dramatic rise in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), according to the country's National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) and as reported in the Japan Times.
In 2023, a record... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Death Is Inevitable. Doctors Should Be Prepared to Manage It Appropriately.
(MedPage Today) -- It was the second week of 2015, and instead of joining my medical student peers in our first week of clinical year, I was racing north on I-95 from New York with my mom.
Her older sister was in the intensive care unit in a hospital... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Steward Health Strikes Deal to Sell Its Physician Network to Optum
(MedPage Today) -- Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances.
The move comes as Massachusetts... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
