Health
Taking a team approach to patient care
Improved data and encouraging doctors to work together as a team on patient care could be one way to improve conditions for stressed GPs, a new study has found.
Mar 3, 2023
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News tagged with general practice
Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests link between brain injury and use of mental health and substance-use services
Individuals who use mental health or substance use services may be more likely to have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) when compared to the general population, according to a new scoping review led by Lawrence ...
Feb 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Even when at low risk, some women should remove fallopian tubes to avoid ovarian cancer, say experts
More women, even those at low risk for ovarian cancer, who have finished having children should have their fallopian tubes removed as a precaution to prevent the deadly disease, a leading research group has advised.
Feb 1, 2023
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Health
Primary care plays a role in helping patients with long COVID symptoms by providing holistic, trustworthy care
Many people are experiencing a variety of long COVID-19 symptoms and are relying on some of their own methods to allay those symptoms. Others are in need of additional therapies from their medical care team.
Jan 27, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Fear of public places is common in adults with epilepsy, says study
About 5.1 million people in the U.S. have a history of epilepsy, which causes repeated seizures. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder. While current research has shown ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals GPs faced pressures of workload, personal risk and public scrutiny during COVID-19
GPs felt under-resourced, under-valued and worried about widening health inequalities during the pandemic, new research shows.
Jan 19, 2023
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Surgery
Surgery for spinal stenosis linked to lower mortality and costs, compared to nonoperative treatment
For patients with spinal stenosis, operative treatment is associated with a lower risk of death and lower costs over two years, compared with nonoperative treatment, suggests a study in the February issue of The Journal of ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Medications
UK researchers reveal worrying rise in antipsychotic prescriptions for children and young people
The proportion of children and adolescents prescribed antipsychotics in English general practice doubled from 0.06% to 0.11% between 2000 and 2019, find researchers at The University of Manchester's Centre for Women's Mental ...
Jan 11, 2023
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Medical economics
Private equity changes workforce stability in physician-owned medical practices
New research reveals private equity firms that acquire physician-owned medical practices experience greater replacement of the workforce and rely more heavily on advanced practice providers—such as physician assistants ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Health
Call to address women's reproductive needs holistically
New research, published in The Lancet Public Health, brought together a variety of different types of evidence—including previous studies, new data on women's preferences, and case studies of existing practice across the ...
Jan 9, 2023
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