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NINDS Director affirms NIH's committed to support pain research at APS meeting

In her keynote address to the 32nd American Pain Society Annual Scientific Conference, Story Landis, PhD, director of the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, told the APS audience that NIH is committed to research to improve understanding of the biological basis of pain and the development of effective treatments.

10 May 2013

Viewpoints: A nurse finds getting coordinated care for her husband challenging; Iowa legislator outlines problems with Medicaid; Researcher's quest to save experiments after sandy

In 2011, my husband, Eric, a trial attorney, was felled by a brain stem stroke just before he was to board a flight at O'Hare in Chicago. He was just 53 years old with no prior health conditions or problems. From the outset, we knew his recovery and rehabilitation would be long and difficult. We didn't know that his transition to post-hospital medical care would be just as challenging.

10 May 2013

Delivery services at birth center safe for low-income women and their infants

Low-income women who chose to deliver their baby at a birthing center under the care of a certified nurse-midwife had the same or better birthing experience as women under traditional care with a hospital-based obstetrician, according to a new study in Health Services Research.

9 May 2013

GHS patients to have access to doctors' notes through MyGeisinger online patient portal

More than 100,000 Geisinger Health System patients will have access to their doctors' notes for the first time through the secure MyGeisinger online patient portal when Geisinger expands OpenNotes in May due to the initiative's overwhelming success.

9 May 2013

Viewpoints: Capitol Hill antics on budget; A mom's concern about Plan B decision

Republicans, after berating Democrats for enacting Obamacare and other bills behind closed doors with extra-parliamentary procedures, are insisting that any talks with Democrats be behind closed doors with extra-parliamentary procedures.

9 May 2013

MD² International opens primary care office on Manhattan's Upper East Side

MD² International, the founders and definitive providers of concierge medicine, opened their Park Avenue practice on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with Drs. Shari Midoneck and George Ellis.

8 May 2013

PAMF provides support to improve high blood pressure prevention, detection and control

The American Medical Group Association announced today that the Palo Alto Medical Foundation donated $20,000 to support Measure Up/Pressure Down, a national campaign to improve high blood pressure prevention, detection, and control, spearheaded by the American Medical Group Foundation, AMGA's nonprofit education and research arm.

8 May 2013

HHS takes first steps in outreach effort to enroll consumers in health exchanges

CQ HealthBeat reports that the Department of Health and Human Services is now collecting contact information for consumers so the agency can provide updates. Meanwhile, Illinois opened a competitive grant process to award funds to community groups to help with the state's consumer education effort.

8 May 2013

Primary health care for patients with urinary tract infections can save nearly $4 billion in ER visits

Giving patients better access to primary health care could save nearly $4 billion a year in unnecessary emergency room visits for a single common complaint - urinary tract infections - according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

7 May 2013

Physical activity could reduce violent behavior among adolescent girls

Regular exercise is touted as an antidote for many ills, including stress, depression and obesity. Physical activity also may help decrease violent behavior among adolescent girls, according to new research to be presented Monday, May 6, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

7 May 2013

Researchers publish new Canadian guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia

Physicians from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and the University of Calgary have published a review article in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) to help family doctors diagnose and treat fibromyalgia.

7 May 2013

Roundup: Texas lawmakers quietly work to restore women's health services; brighter Calif. budget could mean new safety net cut fights

The political fireworks and high-octane drama that accompanied lawmakers' 2011 fight over women's health care and abortion has been absent this legislative session. It has been replaced with some semblance of concession, as legislators on both sides of the aisle work quietly to restore financing for women's health services.

7 May 2013

Program on Medicine and Religion selects faculty scholars

The University of Chicago Medicine's Program on Medicine and Religion has selected its second round of faculty scholars whose focus will be on the relationship between a physician's spirituality and their ability to deal with the pressures of practicing medicine.

6 May 2013

Over 90% of medical specialists do not follow ADHD guidelines

A recent study by pediatricians from the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York examined to what extent pediatric physicians adhere to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical guidelines regarding pharmacotherapy in treating young patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

6 May 2013

Research roundup: Surgical care at critical access hospitals; Digging into the cost of emergency medicine; Getting what you want for end-of-life care

During the past 15 years, the number of critical access hospitals – those with fewer than 25 acute care beds that receive higher reimbursements and other considerations from Medicare to help sustain them – has increased substantially, representing a quarter of all U.S. acute care hospitals in 2011.

4 May 2013

Exercise ineffective in reducing depression among elderly care home residents

Researchers at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London have shown that exercise is not effective in reducing burden of depression among elderly care home residents.

2 May 2013

Vanderbilt University launches Health App Challenge contest

Vanderbilt University announced today a $20,000 worldwide contest called the Health App Challenge, aimed to transform patient clinical summaries into easy to understand personalized health information.

2 May 2013

SSRIs associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, readmission and death

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - among the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications - are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission and death when taken around the time of surgery, according to an analysis led by researchers at UC San Francisco and Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass.

30 Apr 2013

Schizophrenia cardiovascular risk under-recognized in primary care

UK researchers have found that despite being a major contributor to premature deaths among patients with schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease is less likely to be recorded on their primary care records than those of people without schizophrenia.

30 Apr 2013

Analysis examines national expenditures on emergency care

Alternately praised in the aftermath of horrible tragedies as a heroic service and lamented in policy debates as an expensive safety net for people without primary care, emergency medicine is often a hot topic.

30 Apr 2013

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Latest Primary Care News and Research

NINDS Director affirms NIH's committed to support pain research at APS meeting

Viewpoints: A nurse finds getting coordinated care for her husband challenging; Iowa legislator outlines problems with Medicaid; Researcher's quest to save experiments after sandy

Delivery services at birth center safe for low-income women and their infants

GHS patients to have access to doctors' notes through MyGeisinger online patient portal

Viewpoints: Capitol Hill antics on budget; A mom's concern about Plan B decision

MD² International opens primary care office on Manhattan's Upper East Side

PAMF provides support to improve high blood pressure prevention, detection and control

HHS takes first steps in outreach effort to enroll consumers in health exchanges

Primary health care for patients with urinary tract infections can save nearly $4 billion in ER visits

Physical activity could reduce violent behavior among adolescent girls

Researchers publish new Canadian guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia

Roundup: Texas lawmakers quietly work to restore women's health services; brighter Calif. budget could mean new safety net cut fights

Program on Medicine and Religion selects faculty scholars

Over 90% of medical specialists do not follow ADHD guidelines

Research roundup: Surgical care at critical access hospitals; Digging into the cost of emergency medicine; Getting what you want for end-of-life care

Exercise ineffective in reducing depression among elderly care home residents

Vanderbilt University launches Health App Challenge contest

SSRIs associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, readmission and death

Schizophrenia cardiovascular risk under-recognized in primary care

Analysis examines national expenditures on emergency care

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