http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of death from cancer, and while family physicians in Canada only see 1 cases a year, the number of cases is expected to increase as the population ages. A review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides an evidence-based overview of diagnosis and treatment of the disease for general physicians. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-diagnosis-pancreatic-cancer-physicians.html Cancer Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:05 EST news285847247 (HealthDay)—Neither C-reactive protein testing nor enhanced physician communication training resulted in reduced office visits, but enhanced communication training resulted in less prescribing for antibiotics for respiratory tract infections, according to research published in March/April issue in Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-prescriptions-antibiotics.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:41:36 EST news284110887 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of Florida studied health care providers to determine the factors associated with disparities in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among girls, ages 9 to 17, from low-income families. They found that physician vaccination strategies and the type of practice play a role in whether or not girls were vaccinated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-hpv-vaccination-disparities-girls-low-income.html Cancer Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:11:48 EST news283579901 For the first time in Canada, patients attending a family practice clinic will be offered genetic testing to see whether or how they will respond to psychiatric medication treatment, in partnership with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-family-genetic-effective-psychiatric-meds.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:44:08 EST news278779053 (HealthDay)—Family physicians can play a role in addressing and preventing violence in the community, according to a Jan. 17 letter to President Obama from the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-aafp-obama-family-docs-key.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:03:18 EST news278341393 (HealthDay)—Family practice physicians are adopting electronic health record (EHR) systems at a fast pace, with 68 percent using an EHR system by 2011, and 80 percent expected to be users by 2013, according to research published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-family-docs-early-electronic-health.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:01 EST news277565386 (HealthDay)—Family physicians who see Medicaid patients and are entitled to enhanced payment will get their pay, although it is likely to be delayed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-family-docs-due-jan-retroactive.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:50:01 EST news277565359 With more women in family medicine in Canada, what does this mean for the specialty and the profession, for patients and for society, asks a Salon opinion piece in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-feminization-family-medicine.html Other Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:00:10 EST news267702756 Millions of women experience a loss of bladder control, or urinary incontinence, in their lifetime. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-u-m-guidelines-family-physicians-urinary.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:41:46 EST news266755293 (Medical Xpress) -- Even with an imminent Supreme Court ruling on the health care overhaul law, it's still the primary care physician and the local community that will determine the path of true health care reform. That's the message from "Communities of Solution: The Folsom Report Revisited," a policy paper published online in the May/June issue of Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-health-reform-local-court-decision.html Health Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:33:48 EST news259478449 (HealthDay) -- Even though autism symptoms typically emerge before age 3, most children with autism are diagnosed when they're 5 or older, a new snapshot of autism in America shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-autism-age-older.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20:01 EST news257100705 (HealthDay) -- A majority of primary care physicians report ordering lung cancer screening tests for asymptomatic patients, according to research published in the March/April issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-asymptomatic-lung-cancer-screening.html Cancer Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:50:01 EST news250832227 A new analysis has found that many doctors report that they do not appropriately offer breast and ovarian cancer counseling and testing services to their female patients. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that efforts are needed to encourage these services for high-risk women and discourage them for average-risk women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-mismatch-cancer-genetics-guidelines-physician.html Cancer Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:22:25 EST news230782918 A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert is calling for all sexually active American women age 40 and older to get tested for the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis after new study evidence found that the sexually transmitted disease (STD) is more than twice as common in this age group than previously thought. Screening is especially important because in many cases there are no symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-sexually-transmitted-parasite-trichomonas-vaginalis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:32:53 EST news229678345 The Royal College of Psychiatrists of London has published a report related primarily to problems of unrecognized alcohol misuse among the elderly. The report provides guidelines for psychiatrists and family physicians on how to find and how to treat elderly people with misuse of alcohol and drugs. Forum members consider it very important to identify abusive drinking among the elderly and this report provides specific and very reasonable recommendations to assist practitioners in both the identification and treatment of such problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-alcohol-elderly-benefits.html Addiction Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:27:57 EST news228389266 Fewer than half of primary care physicians for adults talk to their patients about diet, exercise and weight management consistently, while pediatricians are somewhat more likely to do so, according to two new studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-primary-physicians-dont-patients-weight.html Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:50:46 EST news226662627 Primary care doctors have long been on the front lines of depression treatment. Depression is listed as a diagnosis for 1 in 10 office visits and primary care doctors prescribe more than half of all antidepressants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-tool-aims-primary-depression-outcomes.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 25 May 2011 09:59:13 EST news225536334 Medicare beneficiaries residing in areas with higher levels of primary care physicians per population have modestly lower death rates and fewer preventable hospitalizations, according to a study in the May 25 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-higher-primary-physicians-area-favorable.html Health Tue, 24 May 2011 16:48:01 EST news225474463 Boston- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found that by adding one family physician per 1,000, or 100 per 100,000, could reduce hospital readmission costs by $579 million per year, or 83 percent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) target. These findings currently appear on the website of the "Robert Graham Center," a primary care think tank. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-family-physicians-hospital-readmissions.html Health Tue, 03 May 2011 11:40:53 EST news223641615