Physicians Are No More Likely to Be Politically Active Than Non-Physicians
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians as a group are no more politically active than non-physicians, and they attend fewer public meetings, researchers found.
After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, physicians were more likely than non-physicians... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 5, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Experts in Industry Wrangle Over Whether Combo Vaccines Are Beneficial for Adults
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- The benefits of combination vaccines may seem obvious (fewer visits, less discomfort), but their development for adults is not without challenges, pharmaceutical company experts said at the World Vaccine Congress... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
5 Dead and Over 100 Hospitalized From Recalled Japanese Health Supplements
(MedPage Today) -- TOKYO (AP) -- Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a pharmaceutical company issued a recall of the products, officials said.
Osaka... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
5 Dead After Taking Supplements; RFK Jr. Taps Running Mate; Bird Flu in Cows Spreads
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Five people died and more than 100 were hospitalized after taking Japanese dietary supplements made by Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals. (AP)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 1, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Are Deadly Strep Infections on the Rise? Here's What to Know
(MedPage Today) -- Japan has been experiencing a dramatic rise in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS), according to the country's National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) and as reported in the Japan Times.
In 2023, a record... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Death Is Inevitable. Doctors Should Be Prepared to Manage It Appropriately.
(MedPage Today) -- It was the second week of 2015, and instead of joining my medical student peers in our first week of clinical year, I was racing north on I-95 from New York with my mom.
Her older sister was in the intensive care unit in a hospital... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Steward Health Strikes Deal to Sell Its Physician Network to Optum
(MedPage Today) -- Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances.
The move comes as Massachusetts... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 28, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Liquid Biopsy for CRC Screening May Not Be Ready for Prime Time
(MedPage Today) -- While screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) with a blood-based test would result in better outcomes than no screening at all, it would likely result in worse outcomes than currently available tests -- while increasing costs... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medicare Debuts Another Primary Care-Focused Accountable Care Model
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare is trying again with another accountable care organization (ACO) payment model aimed at primary care doctors, but reactions to the new model are mixed so far.
The voluntary model, known as ACO Primary Care Flex, would... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Surgery; Bird Flu in U.S. Milk; Light Pollution and Strokes
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Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent surgery for a pacemaker, saying he's become "a little bit more of a machine." (People)
Pope Francis skipped the homily during Palm... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 26, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Using an Interpreter Is Great, but It Also Needs to Be Documented
(MedPage Today) -- Perhaps there's a way we can get automation to help us eliminate some of the rote things we are asked to do that have little to nothing to do with the art and science of practicing medicine.
As we head into a major site visit... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Skin Test Detects Parkinson's and Other Synucleinopathies
(MedPage Today) -- Skin biopsies detected cutaneous phosphorylated alpha-synuclein (p-syn) in a high proportion of people who met clinical consensus criteria for Parkinson's disease and three other synucleinopathies, cross-sectional data showed... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 21, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
GOP Lawmakers Blast HHS, Biden for Plans to Loosen Marijuana Restrictions
(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra fielded questions on Wednesday about the agency's plans to relax marijuana restrictions and about its opposition to Medicaid work requirements during a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 21, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Acute Kidney Injury: The Price of Straight Hair?
(MedPage Today) -- A young woman with no previous health issues experienced three consecutive episodes of acute kidney injury (AKI) following "Brazilian" hair-straightening procedures.
Though the 26-year-old Tunisian woman's kidney function quickly... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 20, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Aspirin Cuts Liver Fat in Preliminary MASLD Trial
(MedPage Today) -- Daily low-dose aspirin reduced hepatic fat in patients with noncirrhotic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), a randomized phase II trial showed.
Among the 80 patients in the single-center study... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 20, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
