MIND Diet Trial Reports Brain Findings
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Changes in cognition and brain MRI outcomes did not differ significantly over 3 years in overweight or obese people with a family history of dementia who followed the MIND diet -- a hybrid of the Mediterranean... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Oral Challenge Alone May Be Enough to Rule Out Penicillin Allergy
(MedPage Today) -- A direct oral penicillin challenge sufficed to remove an incorrect penicillin allergy label on people considered to have a low-risk history, the international PALACE trial found.
Just 0.5% of people with a record of low-risk... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
This Common Device Can Slow Cognitive Decline, Trial Shows
(MedPage Today) -- AMSTERDAM -- Cognitive decline in older adults with dementia risk factors was slower when they wore hearing aids in a randomized trial.
But no benefit from hearing aids was seen in otherwise similar individuals without risk... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Docs Still Shifting Away From Private Practice, Survey Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians continue to shift away from private practice, according to the latest data from the American Medical Association's biennial report on the physician workforce.
The share of doctors who worked in practices wholly owned... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Age No Barrier to Preserved QoL, Functional Recovery After Surgery for CRC
(MedPage Today) -- Most older patients who had surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) had functional recovery (FR) with preserved quality of life (QoL), a large prospective study showed.
Three-fourths of patients had functional recovery 3-6 months... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 13, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The Key to Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance? Dollars, Experts Say
(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. cannot begin to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance without first changing the way antibiotics are reimbursed, experts argued during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
"Antibiotics ... are curative life-saving... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 12, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Social Isolation Tied to Brain Volume in Older Adults
(MedPage Today) -- Frequency of social contact was tied to brain volume in cognitively normal older adults, a cross-sectional study in Japan showed.
Total brain volume was smaller in people who had the lowest frequency of social contact versus... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 12, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
AKI Cleared of Worsening CKD Trajectory
(MedPage Today) -- Acute kidney injury (AKI) didn't predict worsening kidney function in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a prospective study showed.
According to findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study, CKD... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 11, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Imaging for Back and Joint Pain: Overuse Is an International Problem
(MedPage Today) -- Records in an Australian database indicated that primary care physicians very often order diagnostic imaging for patients with musculoskeletal pain shortly after first seeing them, despite evidence and guidelines that say these... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 7, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Survey Shows Primary Care Got a Pay Bump
(MedPage Today) -- Medical groups and healthcare organizations reported a 6.1% increase in primary care compensation from 2021 to 2022, compared with increases of 1.5% and 1.6% for medical and surgical specialties, respectively, according to survey... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Why Isn't Buprenorphine Available at All Pharmacies?
(MedPage Today) -- You're dealing with a life-threatening illness that has an effective treatment. The only problem is the medication is only available at about 60% of pharmacies. What now?
This isn't a hypothetical for patients with opioid use... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - July 2, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Time to Incorporate Quality Measures Into Telemedicine
(MedPage Today) -- Although remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunication technology may seem like something new, that is not the case. Fun facts: The idea was discussed in an 1879 article in The Lancet (using the telephone... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - June 30, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CDC: 'Drastic' Rise in Tranq-Related Overdose Deaths
(MedPage Today) -- Drug overdose deaths with xylazine involvement have multiplied, with age-adjusted death rates 35 times higher in 2021 than in 2018, the CDC reported.
The age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving the animal sedative... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - June 30, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Berry Eaters Beware: Hepatitis A May Be Lurking
(MedPage Today) -- *Patient's name has been changed.
Late last year, the U.S. began to see a tiny flurry of hepatitis A virus [HAV] infections linked to frozen, organic strawberries grown on farms in Baja, Mexico.
At the time of this writing... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - June 28, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA is expected to grant full approval soon to the Alzheimer's therapy lecanemab (Leqembi). When that happens, physicians and their patients will have to navigate the path to access and reimbursement, and wrestle with concerns... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - June 27, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
