Doctor cautions against denial of the opioid epidemic
When a family physician moved to a new rural community, she was unprepared for the constant flow of patients seeking prescriptions for opioids. In this...
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Who should treat patients with opioid use disorder?
In a Point/Counterpoint, two doctors debate whether or not family physicians should provide medication-assisted treatment to their patients with opioid use disorder. Family physician David...
Ten new awards from the National Science Foundation
Credit: Leonid Moroz Ten new awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $14 million will enable biologists to develop enhanced genomic tools that can...
Chlamydia screening drops after change in cervical cancer screening guideline
A 2012 cervical cancer screening guideline change is associated with reduced testing for cervical cancer and chlamydia and reduced identification of chlamydia cases in young...
Deprescribing in primary care runs counter to medical culture
Although deprescribing (tapering and withdrawing medicines when risks outweigh potential benefits) is essential to best prescribing practices, it runs counter to patient expectations, medical culture,..
Insured patients have limited access to behavioral health care
A health plan's ability to offer access to clinicians in primary and specialty care is crucial to ensuring access to care. New research finds that...
Younger primary care physicians have greater turnover
Between 2000 and 2014, the mobility rate of younger primary care physicians was approximately double that of older physicians. According to a study of rural...
Predictive model accurately diagnoses sinusitis
A new series of clinical decision rules integrating signs, symptoms, and C-reactive protein diagnose acute rhinosinusitis and acute bacterial rhinosinusitis with good accuracy. Researchers developed...
Call for the creation of chief primary care medical officer in hospitals
When patients are admitted to the hospital, their connection to their primary care physician is often disrupted, leading to difficult transitions of care, readmissions, higher...
Lost in translation: To the untrained zebra finch ear, jazzy courtship songs fall flat
Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don't react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do, hinting...
Physicians’ losses can contribute to burnout
Physicians regularly encounter losses: not only the death of patients but also more ambiguous losses, including changes in professional roles, duties, and identity. A family...
Medical trainees find meaning in written reflection
In a medical culture that values technical prowess and the ability to make complex clinical decisions, personal reflection can help physicians cultivate their inner lives,...
Aphasia recovery via speech therapy related to structural plasticity of the ventral stream
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Leonardo Bonilha and Emilie McKinnon. All rights reserved. Language disturbances (aphasia) are common after stroke and can manifest as difficulty...
Cannibalism: A new way to stop the spread of disease
Credit: Ben Van Allen, UCSD Cannibalism may be just what the doctor ordered, according to a new study that will be published in American Naturalist...
Phase II Study: Radiotherapy dose increase to hypoxic NSCLC lesions
Credit: QuantIF - LITIS EA 4108 - FR CNRS 3638, Henri Becquerel Cancer Center, Rouen, France RESTON, Va. - Fluorine-18 (18F)-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) is a positron...
