Mortality rates higher among influenza B patients than influenza A patients
Influenza-attributable mortality was significantly greater in children with influenza B, compared with influenza A, investigators found.
Among those with influenza B, patients aged 10-16 years were... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 17, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
5 tips to surviving Meaningful Use audits
The Meaningful Use (MU) program as doctors know it may soon be ending, but audits of past attestations are slated to continue for at least the next 6 years.
Experts offer the following guidance on... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Blue and white light for seasonal affective disorder
Perhaps it’s the northern climate. Perhaps it’s that people at my office work a lot in the absence of office windows. But there are a lot of seasonal affective disorder lamps around me.
The one in... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cognitive impairment predicts worsening multiple sclerosis
Cognitive impairment in individuals at the time of multiple sclerosis diagnosis imparts a significantly higher risk for disability progression, transition to secondary progressive disease, and... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Study identifies link between rosacea and several GI disorders
A Danish population-based cohort study identified a significant association between patients who have rosacea and their risk of having certain other gastrointestinal diseases – specifically, celiac... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Don’t sell your practice short
I’ve written quite a lot over the past few years about the trend toward soloists and small groups selling their practices to hospitals, multispecialty groups, or larger practices. And I’ve made it... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Nearly three-quarters of physician specialties saw compensation increases in 2015 – AMGA
Seventy-four percent of physician specialties saw increases in their compensation in 2015, led by emergency medicine, according to the American Medical Group Association.
Overall, the weighted... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 16, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
FBI questions legality of telemedicine compact laws
The FBI is raising concerns that language in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact violates federal regulations over criminal background checks. The government pushback could mean implementation... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 15, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Most physician practices unsure about joining ACOs
The majority of physician practices are uncertain about joining or starting an accountable care organization (ACO), according to a survey.
Of nearly 400 hospital-owned and freestanding outpatient... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 14, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Antiretroviral efavirenz linked to increased suicidality
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – The use of efavirenz in HIV-infected participants in the landmark START trial was associated with significantly increased risk of suicidal behavior, Alejandro Arenas-Pinto, MD,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Portable device may underestimate FEV1 in children
The PiKo-1 device (nSpire Health) has limited utility in determining forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) in children with asthma, according to Jonathan M. Gaffin, MD, and his... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Intensified rifampicin boosts outcomes in TB/HIV coinfection
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Prescribing high-dose rifampicin in addition to antiretroviral therapy reduces 12-month all-cause mortality in patients who are coinfected with tuberculosis and HIV and who... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Don’t delay treatment for patients with TB and HIV
Clinicians should treat patients diagnosed with HIV and tuberculosis for both conditions immediately, according to new guidelines on the treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis.
The clinical... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 13, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
FDA approves generic version of Tamiflu
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), a medication for the treatment of influenza A and B.
The announcement was made Aug. 3,... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Hypoxia of obstructive sleep apnea aggravates NAFLD, NASH in adolescents
A new study has found that a strong association exists in adolescents who have obstructive sleep apnea, and their risks of developing more highly progressed forms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - August 12, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
