November 26, 2024
TOPLINE: Patients who visited physicians within their family practice group after normal working hours were 10% less likely to seek care at the emergency department (ED) […]
November 26, 2024
TOPLINE: Direct Primary Care (DPC) practices are less prevalent in health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) than are primary care physicians, with only 44% of DPC practices […]
November 26, 2024
’Tis the season for recognizing seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Just don’t expect to find SAD in diagnostic handbooks. As a memorable term, SAD “stuck in the […]
November 26, 2024
TOPLINE: About one in five people who live in the same household as an individual infected with the influenza virus develop secondary infections within a 7-day […]
November 26, 2024
Working as an emergency physician can be demanding. It’s also dangerous. In a 2022 study, two thirds of emergency physicians were assaulted in the past 12 […]
November 25, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s vision for the nation’s top health agencies is coming into focus with three nominations announced late Friday that drew both criticism and praise: […]
November 25, 2024
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Family physicians should familiarize themselves with doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy PEP) as a prescription for patients who frequently have unprotected sex (including […]
November 22, 2024
Roshan Bransden didn’t count how many job offers she received during her recently completed training in family medicine. “It was pretty nonstop throughout all of my […]
November 22, 2024
More than 6 years after the legalization of nonmedical cannabis, Canadian scientists are reporting a mix of observations. Legalization has improved drug safety and reduced some […]