Exercise Counseling for Arthritis Up, but Still Room for Improvement
Clinicians are increasingly counseling adults with arthritis about exercise for symptom relief, but 40% of patients still aren ' t being counseled, according to findings in MMWR... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 5, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Tied to Improved Ovarian Cancer Survival
In women with advanced ovarian cancer, increased use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by surgery — rather than primary cytoreductive surgery — is associated with reduced mortality... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 5, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Breast Implants Tied to Significantly Higher Risk for Rare Type of Breast Lymphoma
Women with breast implants face 400 times the risk for anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) in the breast as women without implants, according to a... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 5, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Implicit Bias in Medical Education, Top Emergency Medicine Stories, North Carolina OB/GYN Opportunity
Check out today ' s offering from NEJM Group: NEJM Knowledge+ Blog: Who gets chosen for your residency, and who gets overlooked? Read more about implicit bias... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 5, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Folic Acid, Multivitamin Use During Pregnancy Tied to Lower Autism Risk
Use of multivitamin or folic acid supplements before or during pregnancy is associated with reduced risk for autism in the offspring, according to an observational... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 4, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

DASH and Mediterranean Diets Tie for Best Overall Diet
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and Mediterranean diets tied for first place in the " Best Diets Overall " category of U.S. News& World... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 4, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Headache, Anemia, and Thrombocytopenia / Top Gastroenterology Stories / California Faculty Positions
Here ' s what we ' ve chosen for you today from NEJM Group: NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Case Record: A 32-year-old woman was admitted to the... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 4, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

U.S. Researchers: Change or End the Current Pay-for-Performance System
The current financial incentive system for U.S. hospitals has had a " limited and disappointing " effect, researchers write in The BMJ. They say that given the... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 4, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Adult Hearing Loss Review / New Cognitive Screening Tool? / New Mexico Hospitalist Opportunity
Take a look at today ' s offering from NEJM Group: NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Review Article: Half of adults in their seventh decade and 80% who... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 3, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

New Use of Long-Acting Bronchodilators in COPD Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who begin treatment with a long-acting beta agonist (LABA) or long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) face significantly increased... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 3, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

New Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine Cost-Effective
The new two-dose, adjuvanted herpes zoster subunit vaccine, approved in 2017, is cost-effective when compared with the live attenuated vaccine or with no... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 3, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Risk-Based Screening for Lung Cancer May Save More Lives Than USPSTF-Based Screening
Lung cancer screening based on a smoker ' s individual risk — rather than on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening criteria — would prevent more deaths, according to... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 2, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Legal Action to Address Opioid Crisis / Sax's ID On-Service Digest / New Hampshire FM Opportunities
Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: NEJM Audio Interview: Declaring an Opioid Emergency: Dr. Lainie Rutkow discusses legal action taken by... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 2, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Meta-Analysis: Calcium, Vitamin D Supplements Don't Prevent Fractures in Community-Dwelling Elders
Supplementation with calcium or vitamin D — either alone or in combination — does not reduce fracture risk in community-dwelling older adults, according to a meta... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 2, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Safety Events Rare in Patients with " Legacy " Pacemakers and ICDs Undergoing MRI
Long-term adverse events are rare in patients with " legacy " pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator devices (ICDs) who undergo MRI, according to a prospective study... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 2, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news