Family Medicine News

• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• How Long Does It Take to See a Neurologist? On average, older adults waited 34 days for a new visit to a neurologist after a referral, and nearly 20% waited more than 3 months, new Medicare data showed.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• What’s the Best Approach for Sustained Weight Loss? With nutritional, pharmaceutical, and surgical options available for obesity, clinicians are being called upon to make decisions about how to best help their patients lose weight and keep it off.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Are Patients On GLP-1s Getting the Right Nutrients? As GLP-1 RA use soars, experts are worried that patients may not be getting the right nutrients in their diets. How can clinicians support their patients’ nutritional needs?
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Long-Term Budesonide Shows Sustained Efficacy in EoE Long-term budesonide orodispersible tablets effectively maintained remission in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis and demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• End-of-Life Care Talks Occur Late for Young Cancer Patients Documented palliative goals of care rarely occurred among adolescents and younger adults with cancer before the last 30 days of life.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• AI and the Art of Nursing As artificial intelligence makes its way to nursing, nurses navigate between cutting-edge technology and the human touch.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Alert J&J Halts Varipulse Field Ablation for AFib The temporary pause follows reports of four cases of neurovascular events in the US external evaluation study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• How to Diagnose and Treat Pruritus in Older Adults Experts shared diagnosis and management strategies for chronic pruritus at the Dermatology Days of Paris 2024 conference.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Dementia Risk Higher for Stroke Survivors Dementia risk is nearly 80% higher in stroke survivors than in those without stroke, with risk declining within 1 year but remaining elevated for up to 20 years, data show.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Do Antibiotics Before Conception Affect Fertility? An expert cautions against misinterpretation of a meta-analysis linking preconception antibiotics to infertility and pregnancy complications.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Empathy-focused Calls Boost Diabetes Self-Care Empathetic calls made by laypeople with a goal to learn more about the patient improved glycemic control in low-income patients with diabetes, a 6-month parallel-arm superior trial showed.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• No-Implant Shunt Wins FDA Breakthrough Status for HF The new approach is designed to create a connection between the left and right atrial chambers of the heart in a single procedure without leaving an implant behind.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• hMPV: Is There Cause for Concern? Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk owing to widespread immunity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• AI-Enhanced ECG Predicts Hypertension, Related Risks A new AI-ECG risk estimation model can predict the development of hypertension and flag patients who may require more monitoring.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Leaving ED Without Being Seen Entails Increasing Risks Researchers call for long-term, consistent funding for primary, emergency, hospital, and long-term care.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• SABCS 2024 Can Some Patients Safely Skip Postmastectomy Radiation? Most women with intermediate-risk breast cancer can safely skip chest wall irradiation after mastectomy and avoid the risks for chest wall pain, fibrosis, heart damage, and lung cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Why Aren’t More PCPs Offering Contraceptive Services? Experts say the primary care workforce is well suited to meet patients’ contraceptive needs but the numbers of primary care physicians offering prescriptions and procedures is strikingly low.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Incentives Do Not Boost Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance A cohort study analyzed data from 15,273 men with prostate cancer to determine active surveillance rates at difference points in time.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• Inventory System Supplier Settles Anti-Kickback Claim A specialty pharmacy company agreed to a $1.67 million settlement that it gave inventory management systems to retina specialty practices for free in exchange for drug orders.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025