How Should Doctors Handle the Microbiome Craze? How Should Doctors Handle the Microbiome Craze?
Is there a way to identify patients with unhealthy microbiomes? And do doctors have a clear idea how to incorporate the latest knowledge into their practice?Medscape News UK (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Understanding and Promoting Compassion in Medicine Understanding and Promoting Compassion in Medicine
Chronic exposure to conflicting work demands may be associated with the depletion of physicians ' psychological resources, including the ability to express compassion.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Exercise Plus Pharmacotherapy Better for Keeping Off Weight Exercise Plus Pharmacotherapy Better for Keeping Off Weight
Supervised exercise combined with obesity pharmacotherapy helped maintain weight loss for up to a year after treatment termination, a study published in The Lancet showed.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
Conduce Health Secures $3 Million in Seed Funding to Power Multi-Specialty Value-Based Care Marketplace
Investment accelerates team expansion and market growth of specialty agnostic marketplace NEW YORK, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Conduce Health (Conduce), a multi-specialty value-based care marketplace providing turnkey solutions for primary care organizations and specialists,... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: CXP Source Type: news
Senior MP urges government to 'value' general practice and increase funding
A former leader of the Liberal Democrats has called on the government to show it ‘values’ general practice and provide increased funding ‘before it's too late’ to stop more practices going out of business. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 20, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
An App Helps Primary Care Physicians Detect Suicide Risk An App Helps Primary Care Physicians Detect Suicide Risk
A Spanish family physician has helped develop an app that uses patient information and clinical guidelines to gauge suicide risk.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
UK to Introduce Bill to Phase Out Smoking Among Young People UK to Introduce Bill to Phase Out Smoking Among Young People
The British government will introduce a bill in parliament on Wednesday to fulfill its promise to phase out smoking among young people by banning tobacco sales for future...Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines)
Source: Medscape PublicHealth Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Public Health & Prevention Source Type: news
Higher Polygenic Risk Score Tied to Increased Risk for Glaucoma
(MedPage Today) -- Higher polygenic risk score (PRS) was associated with an increased risk for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in patients with ocular hypertension, according to a post-hoc analysis of the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 19, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GP funding in Northern Ireland 'astonishingly low', warns BMA
The 'astonishingly low' share of health and social care funding spent on general practice in Northern Ireland is the key factor driving practice closures and a workforce shortage, the BMA has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 19, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
General practice funding in Northern Ireland 'astonishingly low', GPs warn
The 'astonishingly low' share of health and social care funding spent on general practice in Northern Ireland is the key factor driving practice closures and a workforce shortage, the BMA has warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - March 19, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Don ’ t Be Surprised If Your Doctor Starts Charging You for Email
Doctors are starting to charge for responding to email, and other offline tasks. Is it justified or just extra costs in an endless stream of medical bills?
It’s 6 pm and you might expect your doctor’s workday to be complete after a busy patient load. Yet for majority, work has just begun. It’s time to open their patient portal, review test results, answer piles of patient email. Then they do whatever needs to be done, like ordering more tests or consults.
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Patient portals have improved access to test results and physicians. Day or night, you can review yo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Glatter and Jesse Pines Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
USPSTF: Evidence Lacking for Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 -- The current evidence is insufficient for assessing the balance of benefits and harms of interventions in primary care for preventing child maltreatment. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Do Sex Therapists Do? (Hint: It's Not What You Think) What Do Sex Therapists Do? (Hint: It's Not What You Think)
When it comes to sexual health, if you don ' t ask, patients won ' t tell. Plus: how to find a sex therapist.Medscape Urology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Cut Meat Consumption to Save the Climate, Say French Groups Cut Meat Consumption to Save the Climate, Say French Groups
Climate Action Network France and the French Society of Nutrition recommend reducing consumption of meat products for environmental sustainability.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
How to Help Patients Lose Weight After Menopause How to Help Patients Lose Weight After Menopause
Many postmenopausal women struggle to lose weight. Hormonal changes are only part of the puzzle.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - March 19, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
