A new research study published today in Family Practice finds that when doctors tell patients living with obesity to lose weight, the guidance they give is generally vague, superficial, and commonly not supported by scientific ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Black Medicare patients have lower odds of receiving a surgical consultation after being admitted from the emergency department with an emergency general surgery condition versus similar White Medicare patients, according ...
Oct 18, 2022
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During a patient's consultation with a general practitioner (GP), physicians and patients can interrupt each other. Those interruptions are often considered as pushy actions of (male) doctors that hinder patients. Linguist ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Patient-initiated care supported with smartphone self-monitoring is noninferior to usual care for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in patients with stable low disease activity, according to a study published online July 11 in Arthritis ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Recent immigrants to Canada face barriers to accessing primary care and may be missing out on the benefits that come with having a family physician.
Jun 7, 2022
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An increase in intimate partner violence (IPV) referrals was seen after the emergence of COVID-19, particularly for emotional abuse, according to a study published online March 22 in Pediatrics.
Mar 28, 2022
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Only 20 percent of patients being treated in the hospital for severe stroke received a palliative care consultation, and only 43 percent of patients who died in the hospital met with a palliative care team, according to a ...
Mar 9, 2022
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COVID-19 patients who receive a palliative care consultation are 5.6 times more likely to receive comfort care at the end of life and are just as likely to receive CPR if needed as those who did not receive a consultation, ...
Feb 28, 2022
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A University of Manchester evaluation of remote physiotherapy services used across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the mix of inpatient and remote care was safe and acceptable for patients.
Feb 16, 2022
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According to the Royal College of General Practitioners, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ways in which patients accessed their GP reversed from around 70 percent face-to-face and 30 percent by phone, video or online ...
Jan 18, 2022
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