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

Smartphone app helps decrease depression symptoms in pregnancy
BETHESDA, MD. – A smartphone application helped decrease depressive symptoms and improve confidence in self care for low-income pregnant women in their third trimester, a pilot study has... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 6, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Checklist captures new predementia diagnosis of mild behavioral impairment
TORONTO – Researchers have described a behavioral syndrome that they say can be a forerunner of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases and released a tool for diagnosing it. Mild... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 4, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Driving skills already affected with mild cognitive impairment
TORONTO – Patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment made significantly more errors during a complex test of driving skills and showed altered brain activity while performing this test in a... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 3, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

FDA grants fast track status to volixibat
The Food and Drug Administration has granted fast track status to volixibat, an investigational treatment manufactured by Shire. “The FDA’s fast track is a process designed to facilitate the... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 3, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Psychiatric disorders often impair antiretroviral adherence in perinatally HIV-infected teens
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Adolescents who were perinatally infected with HIV have a high prevalence of selected psychiatric disorders that impede their adherence to antiretroviral therapy, Claude Ann... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

CMS announces regions for Primary Care Plus demo
Fourteen regions across the United States have been selected to be a part of the 5-year Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) initiative. CPC+ is a public-private partnership aimed at improving... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 1, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news