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Primary Care Doctors' Knowledge of IPF Could Speed Up Diagnoses
Prompt diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is essential to reduce mortality, and improving education of primary care providers can help.
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Biggest Money Mistakes Med Students Make
Medical schools teach the basics of being a doctor, but students told Medscape they want to learn how to handle future earnings too. So we asked them: What kinds of money faux pas have you made or fear?
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USPSTF: Screen At-Risk, Nonpregnant People for Syphilis
Providers should continue screening sexually active, nonpregnant adolescents and adults for syphilis, according to a United States Preventive Services Task Force report.
Medscape Medical News
Few Places Have More Medical Debt Than Dallas–Fort Worth
Some hospitals notch big profits while patients are pushed into debt by skyrocketing medical prices and high deductibles, a KHN analysis finds.
Kaiser Health News
Aspirin Primary Prevention Benefit in Those With Raised Lp(a)?
A new analysis of the ASPREE primary prevention trial of aspirin has shown a net clinical benefit in those with genotypes associated with raised levels of Lp(a), results which validate similar findings in the Women's Health Study.
Medscape Medical News
Community Health Workers Linked With Better Results in T2D
A new intervention study showed patients with type 2 diabetes who spoke with community health workers and learned to manage blood sugars at home had positive outcomes over a 4 year follow up period.
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Do You Ask Your Patients About Recreational Cannabis Use?
Many cannabis users do not consider it a 'real drug' and therefore may not tell their physicians that they use the substance.
Medscape Reader Polls
COVID Vaccine Linked to Temporary Change in Menstrual Cycle
Vaccinated people had an adjusted increase in menstrual cycle length of less than 1 day with both the first and second vaccine doses.
WebMD Health News
COVID Pandemic Associated With Anorexia in Canadian Youth
The pandemic has contributed to the development of anorexia in almost half of children studied and has precipitated hospitalization in more than one third, data indicate.
Medscape Medical News
Long COVID Could Cost the Economy Trillions, Experts Predict
Data show that of the 40% of American adults who contracted COVID-19, nearly 1 in 5 still have long COVID symptoms. That works out to 1 in 13, or 7.5%, of the overall US adult population.
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CDC Releases Data on Chronic Diseases and Related Risk Factors
2021 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are now available through CDC’s easy-to-use web-based tool. [...]
Number of States with High Rates of Adult Obesity More Than Doubles
Nineteen states and two territories have at least 35% of residents with adult obesity - more than doubling the number of states with a high obesity prevalence since 2018 -… [...]
CDC announces $90M funding to support Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) network
Today, CDC announced 5-year awards to five state public health departments. The awards will establish the Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) network. [...]
Many Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Not Receiving Lifesaving Screening and Treatment
In 2019, less than half of children aged 2–16 years with sickle cell anemia received the recommended screening for stroke, a common complication of the disease, according to a new… [...]
Four in 5 pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are preventable
More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable, according to 2017-2019 data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs), which are representatives of diverse clinical and non-clinical backgrounds who review the… [...]
New Vital Signs Report: Children with sickle cell anemia are at risk for stroke and other complications
Sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that primarily affects Black and African American people, can cause severe pain and shorten life expectancy by more than 20 years. Yet, few children… [...]
CDC opening applications for Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program
Today, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organizations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the recently… [...]
United States confirmed as country with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus
CDC today announced that polioviruses found in New York, both from the case of paralytic polio in an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County and in several wastewater samples from communities… [...]
CDC Recommends the First Updated COVID-19 Booster
Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations for use of updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12… [...]
Increased Use of Telehealth for Opioid Use Disorder Services During COVID-19 Pandemic Associated with Reduced Risk of Overdose
The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated overdose, according to a new study. [...]