KevinMD

JULY 3, 2025

I have a great doctor. I’ve enjoyed his approach to providing care so much that I was greatly distressed when, at my last visit, he told me he was thinking of retiring early. While I consider myself fortunate to have a positive and dependable relationship with my doctor, fewer people now relate to that sentiment Read more… Healing the doctor-patient relationship by attacking administrative inefficiencies originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

JULY 3, 2025

POP! Faculty Volunteers Needed! The CAFP Foundation is seeking volunteer faculty to lend a few hours for the annual POP! Student Procedures Workshop, being held Friday, September 5th from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. We are offering procedural workshops in Reproductive Health (Pap Smears, Nexplanon, IUD), Ultrasound/POCUS, and MSK/Joint Injections. The high preceptor-to-participant ratio is what makes these workshops so incredibly special for students.

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KevinMD

JULY 3, 2025

When a neurosurgeon tells you she thinks she might want to leave surgery for interior design, you listen closely. Not because it’s outrageous, but because it’s honest. Many physicians carry similar longings. They wonder whether it’s OK to want a different life. In medicine, conformity is expected and often a means of survival. Especially for Read more… From burnout to balance: a neurosurgeon’s bold career redesign originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Dr Chatterjee

JULY 3, 2025

The summer months have a different flavour and feel to the other months of the year; there’s something different about our energy, motivation and willpower. And, if we can harness those differences, we have a golden opportunity to make meaningful changes in our life.

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KevinMD

JULY 3, 2025

What’s the least glamorous thing you’ve ever done as a physician on a holiday? Let me start. One year, I spent Christmas Day in the library. Not sipping cocoa. Not gathered with family in matching pyjamas. Not basking in the warmth of laughter or the gentle hush of snowfall outside a glowing window. I was Read more… The gift we keep giving: How medicine demands everything—even our holidays originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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NPR Health

JULY 3, 2025

After a meal, some people experience high spikes in blood sugar followed by crashing lows. This can cause fatigue, anxiety and trigger overeating. Learning how to manage your blood sugar can help.

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KevinMD

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Psychiatrist, internist, and addiction medicine specialist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article, “Physician patriots: the forgotten founders who lit the torch of liberty.” Muhamad calls for a remembrance of the five physician-patriots—Dr. Benjamin Rush, Dr.

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KevinMD

JULY 3, 2025

In 1971, President Nixon initiated a battle that would reshape the United States: The War on Drugs. As a key part of that campaign, he enacted the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which authorized the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to categorize modern-day controlled substances into 5 “schedules” based on their “medical use, potential for abuse, and Read more… From stigma to science: Rethinking the U.S. drug scheduling system originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Commercial pricing varies considerably for general surgery services, with facility prices exhibiting greater variability, according to a research letter published online June 25 in JAMA Network Open. Alexander P. Philips, and Christopher M. Whaley, Ph.D., both from Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, examined price data from ClarifyHealth for common surgical services across four large national insurers, which const

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KevinMD

JULY 3, 2025

There is substantial enthusiasm around the advancements of AI in health care, as exemplified by the media attention for the new HealthBench release from OpenAI and similar recent studies from Google (MedPalm2, AIME). Market enthusiasm often leads us to believe that we’re on the brink of AI doctors treating patients worldwide. However, while these developments Read more… The promise and perils of AI in health care: Why we need better testing standards originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women who experience five major adverse pregnancy outcomes have a higher long-term stroke risk, according to a study published online June 23 in the European Heart Journal. Casey Crump, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and colleagues conducted a national cohort study involving 2,201,393 women with a singleton delivery in Sweden during 1973 to 2015 to examine five major adverse pregnancy outcomes an

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GeriPal

JULY 3, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary In this week’s episode, we dig into two deceptively simple questions: When does someone become a cancer survivor, and should palliative care be in the business of caring for them? Spoiler: It’s more complicated than it seems. We’ve invited two palliative care doctors to talk about survivorship with us: Laura Petrillo , a physician-researcher at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Laura Shoemaker , an outpatient palliative care doctor at the Clevel

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For individuals with specific autoimmune conditions, there appears to be an increased risk for affective disorders, according to a study published online June 9 in BMJ Mental Health. Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ph.D., from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and colleagues examined whether people living with chronic inflammatory conditions experience mental health issues at higher rates than others in an observational study using dat

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Doctors for America

JULY 3, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 July 3, 2025 Win in Doctors for America Lawsuit Against Trump’s HHS Judge Orders Health Information Be Restored to Government Websites WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a federal judge ruled in favor of Doctors for America (DFA) and the City and County of San Francisco in their lawsuit challenging the removal of important health information from government websites.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The estimated mean annual number of hypertension deaths from excessive alcohol use was higher in 2020-2021 than in 2016-2017, with a higher increase among women than men, according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Gregory Leung, Ph.D., from the U.S.

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NPR Health

JULY 3, 2025

Ever wake up from a nap feeling extra groggy? Naps can be beneficial for your mental and physical health - but there's a few things you need to know. NPR's Life Kit has tips for the optimal nap.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Greater neighborhood disadvantage is associated with increased inflammatory and Alzheimer disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers in older adults, according to a study published online June 25 in Neurology. Marissa A. Gogniat, Ph.D., from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and colleagues examined how neighborhood disadvantage relates to core AD pathology, neurodegeneration, and inflammatory biomarkers in com

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NPR Health

JULY 3, 2025

In 2017, when President Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors rallied against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, they've gone quiet.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There are consistent associations between elevated urinary metal levels and increased heart failure risk over time across geographically diverse cohorts of adults, according to a study published online June 17 in JACC: Heart Failure. Irene Martinez-Morata, M.D., Ph.D., from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, and colleagues evaluated the prospective association of urinary metals with incident heart failure.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Too much screen time in late childhood is associated with developmental changes in the brain, leading to more depressive symptoms in early adolescence, according to a study published online June 23 in JAMA Pediatrics. João Paulo Lima Santos, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues conducted a prospective study to examine whether the association between screen time during late childhood (age 9 to 10 years) and depressive symptoms in

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Regular sexual activity is associated with a lower prevalence of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)-related symptoms, according to a study published online June 25 in Menopause. Yoshikazu Sato, M.D., Ph.D., from Sanjukai Urological Hospital in Sapporo, Japan, and colleagues examined the association between sexual regularity and sexual symptoms among perimenopausal and postmenopausal Japanese women.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There has been nationwide total of 1,267 confirmed cases of measles this year, with Kentucky being the latest state to announce an outbreak, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. There are currently five measles cases in Kentucky. Four of these cases are linked to the same outbreak. “When there are measles outbreaks in other states and nearby countries, it is not surprising to see spread to Kentucky,” S

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Higher temperatures across the globe are associated with an increased probability of having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study published online June 16 in Nature Communications. Bastien Lechat, Ph.D., from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and colleagues quantified the effect of 24-hour ambient temperature on nightly OSA severity in 116,620 users of a U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients undergoing abdominoplasty experience continued weight loss up to five years postoperatively, according to a study published in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Jonathan Bricker, M.D., from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and colleagues quantified continued weight loss after abdominoplasty procedures.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Kraft Heinz Foods is recalling some 370,000 pounds of fully cooked turkey bacon products that may be contaminated with listeria , the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service said. Listeria is a type of bacteria that can contaminate food and cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily strikes older adults, people with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For adults with overweight or obesity, time-restricted eating (TRE) does not lead to significant changes in sleep, mood, or quality of life, regardless of the timing of the eating window, according to a study published online June 25 in JAMA Network Open. Antonio Clavero-Jimeno, from the University of Granada in Spain, and colleagues conducted a prespecified secondary analysis of a parallel-group clinical trial involving men and women aged 30 to 60

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Synthetic dyes are present in 19 percent of U.S. food products and are more common in the top five categories marketed to children, according to a study published online June 24 in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Elizabeth K. Dunford, Ph.D., from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues examined the use of synthetic dyes in U.S. foods and beverages sold by the top 25 U.S. manufacturers in 2020.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

The Trump administration has declared that it will aggressively combat chronic disease in America. Yet in its feverish purge of federal health programs, it has proposed eliminating the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and its annual funding of $1.4 billion. That’s one of many disconnects between what the administration says about health — notably, in the “ MAHA Report ” that President Donald Trump recently presented at the White House — and wh

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by about $1 trillion over a decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, threatening the physical and financial health of tens of millions of Americans. The bill , which the Senate passed Tuesday, would reverse many of the health coverage gains of the Biden and Obama administrations, whose policies made it easier for millions of people to

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful” budget reconciliation bill would make some of the most sweeping changes in health policy in years, largely affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act plans — with reverberations felt throughout the health care system. With only a few exceptions, the budget reconciliation process — which allows the political party in control to pass a bill with only 51 votes in the Senate, rather than the usual 60 — is how nearly every major piece of

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