(Portland, Ore.) July 10, 2017 - NASA has awarded a four-year, $283,000 grant to Portland State University engineering professor Ed...

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Credit: Peter Zwart, Berkeley Lab Understanding the 3D molecular structure of important nanoobjects like proteins and viruses is crucial in...

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Buprenorphine reduces mortality for those with opioid use disorder, but periods off treatment are associated with much higher mortality rates....

When a family physician moved to a new rural community, she was unprepared for the constant flow of patients seeking...

In a Point/Counterpoint, two doctors debate whether or not family physicians should provide medication-assisted treatment to their patients with opioid...

Credit: Leonid Moroz Ten new awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $14 million will enable biologists to develop...

A 2012 cervical cancer screening guideline change is associated with reduced testing for cervical cancer and chlamydia and reduced identification...

Although deprescribing (tapering and withdrawing medicines when risks outweigh potential benefits) is essential to best prescribing practices, it runs counter...

A health plan's ability to offer access to clinicians in primary and specialty care is crucial to ensuring access to...

Between 2000 and 2014, the mobility rate of younger primary care physicians was approximately double that of older physicians. According...

A new series of clinical decision rules integrating signs, symptoms, and C-reactive protein diagnose acute rhinosinusitis and acute bacterial rhinosinusitis...

When patients are admitted to the hospital, their connection to their primary care physician is often disrupted, leading to difficult...

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Physicians regularly encounter losses: not only the death of patients but also more ambiguous losses, including changes in professional roles,...

In a medical culture that values technical prowess and the ability to make complex clinical decisions, personal reflection can help...

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