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Influenza vaccination rates in children may decrease without option of nasal spray

Influenza vaccination rates in children may have decreased for the 2016-17 influenza season because of a recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the nasal spray version of the vaccine not be used, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

24 Aug 2017

Incisionless surgery method can safely treat painful bone tumors, study shows

Doctors from the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System have completed a clinical trial that demonstrates how osteoid osteoma, a benign but painful bone tumor that commonly occurs in children and young adults, can be safely and successfully treated using an incisionless surgery method called magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU).

24 Aug 2017

UA Valley Fever Center For Excellence awarded NIH grant to accelerate vaccine development

The Valley Fever Center for Excellence at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson has been awarded a four-year, $4.8 million grant for research to speed development of a vaccine to combat Valley fever, the sometimes deadly respiratory illness caused by Coccidioides spores found in soils of the U.S. Southwest.

24 Aug 2017

Study: Tired family caregivers linked to greater ER visits, higher health care costs for disabled elders

Emergency room staff call it a "pop drop" - when a disabled older person comes in for medical attention, but it seems like the person who takes care of them at home is also seeking a break from the demands of caregiving.

24 Aug 2017

New trial plans to use text messages for identifying, reducing high blood pressure in at-risk patients

Most primary care doctors will measure a patient's blood pressure during an appointment. Emergency department physicians do, too.

22 Aug 2017

Vegan diets linked to lower levels of total cholesterol, review finds

A new dietary review of 49 observational and controlled studies finds plant-based vegetarian diets, especially vegan diets, are associated with lower levels of total cholesterol, including lower levels of HDL and LDL cholesterol, compared to omnivorous diets.

22 Aug 2017

Children being increasingly diagnosed with hypertension

According to the latest set of guidelines released yesterday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, more and more children and adolescents who visit their pediatricians annually for routine health checkups are likely to be diagnosed with abnormal blood pressure making them vulnerable to developing hypertension.

21 Aug 2017

Physicians studying how to prescribe income security

Physicians at St. Michael's Hospital are studying how full-time income support workers hired by health-care clinics can help vulnerable patients or those living in poverty improve their finances and their health.

18 Aug 2017

New study finds way to improve health, lower costs among Medicaid, uninsured patients

As politicians struggle to solve the nation's healthcare problems, a new study finds a way to improve health and lower costs among Medicaid and uninsured patients.

17 Aug 2017

Smoking increases risk of developing frailty in older adults

A recent paper published in Age & Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, finds that current smoking in older people increases the risk of developing frailty, though former smokers did not appear to be at higher risk.

17 Aug 2017

Often missing in the health care debate: Women’s voices

Women, in particular, have a lot at stake in the fight over the future of health care. Not only do many depend on insurance coverage for maternity care and contraception, they are struck more often by such diseases as autoimmune conditions, osteoporosis, breast cancer and depression.

17 Aug 2017

Patient empowerment may be effective strategy to improve physicians’ hand hygiene adherence

Armed with new tools, patients and parents felt empowered to remind healthcare providers to perform hand hygiene, successfully improving compliance rates, but just over half of physicians felt that patients should be reminding providers, according to a new study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

17 Aug 2017

End-of-life advice: More than 500,000 chat on Medicare’s dime

The 90-year-old woman in the San Diego-area nursing home was quite clear, said Dr. Karl Steinberg. She didn't want aggressive measures to prolong her life. If her heart stopped, she didn't want CPR.

14 Aug 2017

A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid ‘treatment desert’

Heather Menzel squirmed in her seat, unable to sleep on the Greyhound bus as it rolled through the early morning darkness toward Bakersfield, in California's Central Valley.

11 Aug 2017

Obesity and depression are entwined, yet scientists don’t know why

About 15 years ago, Dr. Sue McElroy, a psychiatrist in Mason, Ohio, started noticing a pattern. People came to see her because they were depressed, but they frequently had a more visible ailment as well: They were heavy.

11 Aug 2017

Mental health crucial to overall wellbeing of athletes

Athletes at all levels are pressured to be physically superior, which can cause many to overlook their mental health needs.

10 Aug 2017

Emergency medicine-primary care partnership seeks to improve health of rural populations

Emergency physicians in Michigan propose a new health care delivery model for rural populations that depends on a partnership between emergency medicine and primary care and seeks to reverse the trend of failing health in underserved parts of the country.

10 Aug 2017

High-quality diet could make significant difference in South Asian women at risk for gestational diabetes

South Asian women in Ontario are at high risk for gestational diabetes, but a change in diet and pre-pregnancy weight could make a significant difference, according to a new study from McMaster University.

10 Aug 2017

Asthma, more deadly with age, takes heavy toll on older adults

In early June, Donna Bilgore Robins stood on a patio in Beaver Creek, Colo., under a crystal-clear blue sky and tried to catch her breath.

10 Aug 2017

Global report shows both public and HCPs embrace benefits of connected care technologies

An international report published by Royal Philips reveals that our beleaguered NHS is more integrated than we realize and, in contrast with some other countries, both the public and HCPs are positive about the benefits offered by connected care technologies.

10 Aug 2017

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Influenza vaccination rates in children may decrease without option of nasal spray

Incisionless surgery method can safely treat painful bone tumors, study shows

UA Valley Fever Center For Excellence awarded NIH grant to accelerate vaccine development

Study: Tired family caregivers linked to greater ER visits, higher health care costs for disabled elders

New trial plans to use text messages for identifying, reducing high blood pressure in at-risk patients

Vegan diets linked to lower levels of total cholesterol, review finds

Children being increasingly diagnosed with hypertension

Physicians studying how to prescribe income security

New study finds way to improve health, lower costs among Medicaid, uninsured patients

Smoking increases risk of developing frailty in older adults

Often missing in the health care debate: Women’s voices

Patient empowerment may be effective strategy to improve physicians’ hand hygiene adherence

End-of-life advice: More than 500,000 chat on Medicare’s dime

A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid ‘treatment desert’

Obesity and depression are entwined, yet scientists don’t know why

Mental health crucial to overall wellbeing of athletes

Emergency medicine-primary care partnership seeks to improve health of rural populations

High-quality diet could make significant difference in South Asian women at risk for gestational diabetes

Asthma, more deadly with age, takes heavy toll on older adults

Global report shows both public and HCPs embrace benefits of connected care technologies

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