Health
Youth drug use trends will compel primary care physicians to keep up
The times are changing, and so are drug and alcohol use trends among American youth.
Jun 14, 2019
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Health
VA study backs use of physician assistants, nurse practitioners in diabetes care
Veterans Affairs patients with diabetes have similar health outcomes regardless of whether their primary provider is a physician, nurse practitioner (NP), or physician assistant (PA), according to a Durham VA Health Care ...
Jun 07, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Delays lead to late-stage diagosis of young people with colorectal cancer
The incidence of early onset colorectal cancer has increased nearly 50 percent in the last 30 years. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting ...
May 29, 2019
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Primary care specialist discusses AI enhancing the human connection in medicine
Artificial intelligence promises to transform medicine. It is already diagnosing cancers and arrhythmias, providing digital health coaching and predicting which patients are at the highest risk of heart failure. Soon, patients ...
May 29, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The key to avoiding measles: knowing your vaccination history
In the face of the worst measles outbreak in the United States in more than 25 years, some adults are wondering whether they should be taking additional precautions to protect themselves from the extremely contagious disease. ...
May 23, 2019
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Medical research
Poor broadband penetration in rural areas limits telemedicine
(HealthDay)—Broadband penetration rates are considerably lower in the most rural counties, especially where access to primary care physicians and psychiatrists is inadequate, according to a study published online May 21 ...
May 22, 2019
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Health
Chinese-Americans abused earlier in life face greater abuse risk as elders
Chinese-Americans who were victims of child abuse or intimate partner violence are at a greater risk of abuse when they are elderly, according to a Rutgers study in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
May 20, 2019
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Surgery
Generalist nurse practitioners and physician assistants may prescribe disproportionate share of opioids
In an effort to identify which health care providers may be overprescribing opioids and potentially fueling the opioid epidemic, Johns Hopkins researchers looked at the different type of providers at the front lines of caring ...
May 06, 2019
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Medications
Opioid crisis burning out doctors, study finds
As the opioid crisis take a deadly toll in human lives, the complex needs of patients in chronic pain are also leaving their doctors increasingly exhausted and overwhelmed, a new Western-led study says.
May 06, 2019
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Cardiology
Open heart surgery outperforms stents in patients with multivessel disease
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery may be the best treatment option for most patients with more than one blocked heart artery, according to research published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, published ...
May 02, 2019
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