Admitting community college students to med school can increase and diversify workforce
With both a growing demand for primary care physicians and declining medical student interest in the field, a new study offers a possible pathway to...
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July/August 2018 Annals of Family Medicine media tip sheet
Alcohol Consumption is Associated With Nocturnal Leg Cramps New research finds that, among patients over 60 years old, there is a strong association between consumption...
Alcohol consumption is associated with nocturnal leg cramps
New research finds that, among patients over 60 years old, there is a strong association between consumption of alcoholic beverages and nocturnal leg cramps. In...
Perceptions of primary care notes by patients with mental health diagnoses
Primary care patients with mental health diagnoses are as enthusiastic about the utility of viewing their doctors' notes as other patients. A survey of 2,534...
Drug’s impact on amino acid transporter may offer non-small cell lung cancer patients new hope
Credit: Georgia State University An amino acid transporter named xCT may affect the growth and progression of non-small cell lung cancer, a discovery that may...
Physicians and patients perceive good communication differently
Family physicians have a different view of what constitutes good communication compared to patients and trained clinical raters. In a study from the University of...
Scribes may be more financially viable under capitated payment
Team documentation (i.e., the use of scribes) has the potential to improve primary care clinician satisfaction and efficiency, yet little has been known about the...
Researcher honored for improving health and safety of home care workers
LOWELL, Mass. - A UMass Lowell researcher dedicated to improving the quality and safety of home health care recently received international recognition for her work....
Physician views of self-monitoring blood glucose in patients not on insulin
Physicians continue to recommend routine self-monitoring of blood glucose for patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes, in spite of its lack of effectiveness, because...
Booklet on childhood fever reduces antibiotic prescriptions if used
Antibiotic prescribing rates are not affected (to a statistically significant degree) when physicians have access to a parent-focused booklet on childhood fever but do decrease...
Individual characteristics that predict multiple chronic conditions are identified
If multimorbidity (multiple medical conditions in an individual) is to be prevented, it is important to identify the characteristics that contribute to it. Results of...
Warm handoffs do not improve attendance at behavioral health intake appointments
In programs that integrate behavioral health services into primary care, "warm handoffs," in which primary care clinicians introduce patients to behavioral health professionals, are commonly...
Diagnosis is a collaborative process
According to family physician Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, building an effective relationship with a patient and making a diagnosis are not separate skills. Rather, diagnosing a patient...
UMN Medical School discovery could mean improved immunity against reinfections
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 10, 2018- For years, researchers have had an established viewpoint of the function of a unique protein in the body called purinergic...
American Cancer Society outlines blueprint for cancer control in the 21st century
The American Cancer Society is outlining its vision for cancer control in the decades ahead in a series of articles that begins publishing today. The...
