Dietary Interventions Beat Medication in IBS Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- Two dietary interventions were more effective in reducing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom severity compared with pharmacotherapy, a randomized controlled trial showed.
After 4 weeks of treatment in the modified intention... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 24, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Hands-On Treatment May Help in Knee Osteoarthritis
(MedPage Today) -- Acupressure performed by patients on their own was at least somewhat effective for relieving symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in a randomized trial from Hong Kong, researchers said.
With 314 patients age 50 and up assigned... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Getting in Touch, Figuring It All Out
(MedPage Today) -- When in the course of taking care of our patients we often come across a sticking point, a time where we don't know what to do next.
Being able to admit this is incredibly important. It can help our patients achieve the best... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Underweight, but Not Obesity, Linked to Glaucoma Progression
(MedPage Today) -- A higher body mass index (BMI) was significantly associated with slower rates of retinal nerve fiber layer change among patients with glaucoma, while those with underweight had significantly faster rates of structural loss, according... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Trader Joe's Sold Contaminated Product, CDC Warns
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC and FDA are warning about a multistate outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium infections linked to fresh basil sold at Trader Joe's stores in over two dozen states.
Twelve cases have been reported across seven states as... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 18, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Death After Hemorrhoid Cream; Working Late and Illness; Full-Blown Hoarding
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A California woman died of lead poisoning associated with use of castor oil hemorrhoid ointment produced in Vietnam. (People)
A bill passed by the British parliament... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 17, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Lawmakers Take Up Fallout From Change Healthcare Cyberattack
(MedPage Today) -- Over $1,000 for diabetes test strips? That's what one patient was told he would have to pay during the Change Healthcare cyberattack earlier this year, a lawmaker said at a House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 16, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Multidisciplinary Team Intervention Flops for Improving CKD Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- A multi-pronged electronic health record-based population health management intervention failed to move the needle for slowing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, a cluster randomized trial showed.
Over a median follow... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 15, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
High Lipoprotein(a) Levels' Hit on Heart Health Doesn't Discriminate
(MedPage Today) -- All sex, race, and risk category groups appeared to be affected by the heart disease risk posed by elevated lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), according to pooled analysis of primary prevention studies.
Compared with people with below... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 15, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
More Medicare $$ Needed to Pay Docs for Treating the Chronically Ill, Senators Told
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians need to be paid better for taking care of chronically ill patients, and they should also be relieved of onerous paperwork burdens such as prior authorizations, senators and witnesses agreed Thursday at a Senate Finance... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 12, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
A Few Phrases I Never Say to Patients
(MedPage Today) -- The most famous rule about the practice of medicine is to "First, do no harm."
The reality is that we do harm all the time, but with good reason. The rule should be more like, "Do no net harm." But even that wouldn't be enough... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Here's a Good Exercise Option for Hip OA
(MedPage Today) -- Neuromuscular exercise was as effective as progressive resistance training (PRT) for helping people with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip improve functional ability and reduce pain, a cluster-randomized trial showed.
Patients... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Medicare Can Cover Anti-Obesity Drugs for Heart Disease -- But at What Cost?
(MedPage Today) -- On March 8, 2024, FDA approved Wegovy (semaglutide) to treat cardiovascular disease risks -- heart attack, stroke, and death -- for obese or overweight adults with a history of cardiovascular disease, making it the first... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Chelation Flops for Cardio Health After Heart Attack
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Chelation to remove lead and other heavy metals didn't improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients after myocardial infarction (MI), the TACT2 trial showed.
Cumulative incidence of time to first event (MI, stroke... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Paging Dr. Sinclair
(MedPage Today) -- About a month ago, our institution announced, to quite a bit of fanfare, the selection of the artificial intelligence program that it would be using going forward.
The initial rollout for general users is limited to the full... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
