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Including Lifestyle Medicine in Medical Education: Rationale for American College of Preventive Medicine/American Medical Association Resolution 959
Publication date: May 2019Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 56, Issue 5Author(s): Jennifer Trilk, Leah Nelson, Avery Briggs, Dennis MuscatoIntroduced by the American College of Preventive Medicine and released by the American Medical Association House of Delegates in 2017, Resolution 959 (I-17) supports policies and mechanisms that incentivize and/or provide funding for the inclusion of lifestyle medicine education and social determinants of health in undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education. Resolution 959 was passed to help address the current healthcare costs of lifestyle-related, n...
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - April 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
States Move to Substitute Opioids With Medical Marijuana to Quell Epidemic
This Medical News& Perspectives article discusses recently enacted state laws that allow prescribed opioids to be substituted with medical marijuana.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - November 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Study: Doctors Who Prescribe More Opioids Make More Money
This study suggests that conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry may influence oncologists in high-stakes treatment decisions for patients with cancer,” the authors concluded.
Some studies have looked at whether the amount of money a doctor receives makes a difference. Studies by researchers at Yale University, the George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health and Harvard Medical School have all found that the more money physicians are paid by pharmaceutical companies, the more likely they are to prescribe certain drugs.
Dr. Patrice Harris, a spokeswoman for the American Medical Associ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Local TV opioid crisis opioids Source Type: news
Perioperative Pain Management Strategies in the Age of an Opioid Epidemic
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services 2016 and 2017 data, an estimated 130 people per day died from opioid-related drug overdoses; 42,249 people died from overdosing on opioids; and 2.1 million people had opioid-use disorder. Health care organizations such as the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Medical Association have information related to pain management and/or the opioid epidemic on their Web sites.
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - April 14, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Marjorie Everson, Nina McLain, Mary Jane Collins, Michong Rayborn Tags: Continuing Education Source Type: research
AMA, Other Leading Medical Organizations Urge Insurance for Non-Pharma/Integrative Pain Care
The nation's crisis in pain treatment and need to reduce opioid dependence has lifted a powerful chorus of voices to change insurance practices. The American Medical Association is among the organizations urging payers to cover non-pharmacological approaches. Many specifically extend this call to integrative treatments.
The statements were discovered by representatives of the Acupuncture Now Foundation (ANF) and the American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) among comments submitted to the USA Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC had a public comment period prior to its March 2016 issuance of its Guidelines ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nation's Largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager Puts Limits on Opioid Prescriptions
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager will soon limit the number and strength of opioid drugs prescribed to first-time users as part of a wide-ranging effort to curb an epidemic affecting millions of Americans.
But the new program from Express Scripts is drawing criticism from the American Medical Association, the largest association of physicians and medical students in the U.S., which believes treatment plans should be left to doctors and their patients.
About 12.5 million Americans misused prescription opioids in 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. More than 33...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - August 16, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jim Salter, Associated Press Tags: News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news
Clarification of Reporting of Potential Conflicts of Interest in 2 Articles
In the Viewpoint titled “Ten Steps the Federal Government Should Take Now to Reverse the Opioid Addiction Epidemic” published in the October 24/31, 2017, issue and in the Letter titled “Government Actions to Curb the Opioid Epidemic—Reply” published in the April 17, 2018, issue of JAMA, an author’s potential co nflicts of interest disclosure statement was incomplete. In the Viewpoint, the disclosure statement should have read as follows: “Dr Kolodny reported that he is the executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) and serves as an expert witness in malpractice cases invol ving...
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - September 4, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Community-Based Organizations Step Up to Confront HIV in Southern States
This Medical News article discussed the deeply rooted HIV epidemic in the US South and community-based efforts to provide prevention services and medical care.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - June 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
The Psychology of Obesity
Obesity has now officially been declared a chronic disease. The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a new policy this Tuesday that declares obesity as a chronic disease. The obesity epidemic raises a host of questions aimed directly at the psychology of eating. Read more to find out what psychologist think. read more
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - June 21, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Cynthia M. Thaik, M.D. Tags: Diet Health AMA american medical association behavioral factors body calories centers for disease control centers for disease control and prevention chronic disease genetic factors health concerns healthy meal planning holistic a Source Type: news
Did Trehalose Contribute to the C. difficile Epidemic?
This Medical News article discusses whether trehalose, a sugar manufactured from cornstarch used to sweeten and texturize foods, has contributed to the emergence of epidemic strains ofClostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - March 21, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
On the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic in Huntington, West Virginia
This Medical News article profiles Beth Toppins, an emergency physician on the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Huntington, West Virginia. It is part of an ongoing JAMA News series profiling the daily routine of health care professionals making a difference in their communities.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - March 21, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Vapes Hidden in Hoodies —the Youth e-Cigarette Epidemic
This Medical News article is an interview with the American Heart Association ’s Rose Marie Robertson, MD, about the explosion of electronic cigarette use among young people.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - January 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Addressing Clinician Well-being and the Opioid Epidemic
This Viewpoint describes the connections between the US opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic and crises in health care workforce well-being and describes a collaboration between the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) to address both and harmonize regulatory standards and practices where possible.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - June 2, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
AMA House of Delegates Calls on Congress to Lift Ban on Firearms Research
Congress should lift a ban that effectively prohibits research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on gun violence as a public health hazard, declared members of the American Medical Association House of Delegates today in an emergency resolution approved in the wake of the mass shooting early Sunday morning at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub. The resolution, which was co-sponsored by the AMA Section Council on Psychiatry, calls on the AMA to “immediately make a public statement that gun violence represents a public health crisis which requires a comprehensive public health response and solution.” Impor...
Source: Psychiatr News - June 14, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: 2016 AMA House of Delgates meeting APA gun violence Saul Levin U.S. Congress Source Type: research
Opioids No Better Than Over-The-Counter Pain Meds For Chronic Pain
CBS Local — A yearlong study offers rigorous new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain. In patients with stubborn back aches or hip or knee arthritis, opioids worked no better than over-the-counter drugs or other nonopioids at reducing problems with walking or sleeping. They also provided slightly less pain relief.
Opioids tested included generic Vicodin, oxycodone or fentanyl patches although few patients needed the most potent opioids. Nonopioids included generic Tylenol, ibuprofen, and prescription pills for nerve or muscle pain. The study randomly assigned patients to take opioids or other ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - March 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Addiction Chris Melore Local TV opioid crisis opioids Painkillers talkers Tylenol Source Type: news
