KevinMD

JULY 14, 2025

As we move through life, questions of identity echo through our minds—bouncing like a pinball, scattered and relentless. Am I a doctor? A friend? A colleague? A leader? A husband? A parent? A son? These questions don’t just arise—they linger. Because every day, we’re asked to balance who we truly are with who we’re expected Read more… The truth about perfection and identity in health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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NPR Health

JULY 14, 2025

'/> Doctors are writing "social prescriptions" to get people engaged with nature, art, movement and volunteering. Research shows it can help with mental health, chronic disease and dementia.

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KevinMD

JULY 14, 2025

In the high-stakes, knowledge-driven world of medicine, we’re taught from day one to project an aura of certainty. From the anatomy lab to the hospital wards, the message is clear: know the answers, lead with confidence, and never let them see you sweat. But what if that fixation on “knowing” is holding us back? What Read more… Civil discourse as a leadership competency: the case for curiosity in medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Family Medicine Austin

JULY 14, 2025

The days of one-size-fits-all dietary advice for digestive issues are quickly becoming a thing of the past. As our understanding of gut health evolves, healthcare providers are embracing personalized nutrition plans that consider each individual’s unique biology, lifestyle, and specific gastrointestinal needs. This tailored approach is revolutionizing how we treat everything from irritable bowel syndrome […] The post Personalized Nutrition Plans: The Future of Gastrointestinal Disord

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Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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KevinMD

JULY 14, 2025

In the current era of rapid health care changes, a very effective tool for workforce development is research mentorship based on evidence-based principles. As the health care industry faces a worsening shortage of professionals, the need to cultivate talent, empower early-career clinicians, and guide them through structured research and professional development is becoming more urgent.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

Shifts in RSV testing methodology, which were accelerated by changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic, mirror shifts seen in RSV detection rates. “While [respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)]-associated morbidity has historically been considered primarily a problem of childhood, it is increasingly recognized as an important cause of adult respiratory disease, particularly in immunocompromised individuals and in adults over 65 years of age,” researchers wrote in Swiss Medical Weekly.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Adherence to standard dialysis infection prevention and control (IPC) measures enabled safe provision of dialysis to patients with Candida auris colonization or infection, without transmission to other patients, according to research published in the July 10 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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KevinMD

JULY 14, 2025

Menstrual health is one of the most neglected aspects of adolescent care—especially for teens living in poverty. For these adolescents, getting a period doesn’t just mean discomfort—it means missing school, hiding pain, and facing daily choices between basic needs and menstrual products. In both low- and high-income countries, period poverty is a quiet crisis.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 cases are on the rise again across the United States, with the biggest increases in parts of the South, Southeast and West Coast. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 25 states are seeing growth in COVID cases as a summer wave appears to be starting, CBS News reported.

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KevinMD

JULY 14, 2025

For thousands of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) every year, the third week of March is defined by a single, gut-wrenching question: Did I match? The entire future seems to hinge on a single email. We spend years navigating exams, clinical rotations, and visa applications, all for a shot at a residency spot in the United Read more… Why clinical research is a powerful path for unmatched IMGs originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Physician's Practice

JULY 14, 2025

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

During the National Lipid Association 2025 Annual Meeting , there were several sessions discussing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) management. Findings on a similar topic that were not presented at the meeting explored the relationship between LDL-C, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and kidney function among people who have type 2 diabetes (T2D).

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Physician's Practice

JULY 14, 2025

Richard H. Hughes IV, J.D., M.P.H., joins the show to talk about the recent lawsuit filed against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JULY 14, 2025

While most people are familiar with general hypertension, pulmonary hypertension is a less well-known condition that specifically impacts the arteries in the lungs and the right side of the heart. Understanding how pulmonary hypertension differs from regular hypertension can facilitate early recognition and prompt treatment of this serious condition.

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Center for Family Medicine

JULY 14, 2025

Why Nutrition Matters For All Nutrition is essential to the health and well-being of individuals, young and old. Families, in particular, should consider the key vitamins, minerals, and compounds to consume daily for optimal health. Healthy eating is not only for the adults in the family. Proper nutrition supports growth in children, energy in adults, and disease prevention in older adults.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Artificial intelligence (AI) support improves radiologists’ breast cancer detection accuracy when reading mammograms, according to a study published online July 8 in Radiology. Jessie J.J. Gommers, Ph.D., from the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and colleagues compared radiologist performance and visual search patterns when reading screening mammograms with and without an AI decision support system in a retrospectiv

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Physician's Practice

JULY 14, 2025

Topics Access and Reimbursement Billing & Collections Coding & Documentation Finance Law & Malpractice MedMal by Coverys Patient Engagement & Communications Staffing & Salary Technology Media Video & Interviews Podcasts Medical World News Pearls Surveys Best States to Practice Great American Physician Survey Staff Salary Survey Conferences ACP Internal Medicine Meeting HIMSS MGMA All Conferences Events Virtual Events CME/CE Resources Sponsored Partners Publications Subscr

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Wearable-derived biorhythms can predict postoperative complications in children undergoing appendectomy, according to a study published online July 9 in Scientific Advances. Rui Hua, Ph.D., from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, and colleagues examined biorhythm-based metrics (circadian and ultradian rhythms, derived from the daily activity and heart rate patterns recorded by a consumer wearable) and their relationship with postoperative recovery

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NPR Health

JULY 14, 2025

The powerful health industry lobby couldn't persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Trump's tax and spending bill. What's behind the lobbying failure?

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) used in conjunction with corticosteroids aids outcomes for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), according to a study published online June 29 in Clinical Otolaryngology. Bang-Yan Zhang, M.D., from the Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan, and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of HBOT as an adjunct to corticosteroids in the treatment of SSNHL.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities contribute to frequent emergency department visits for seizures, according to a study published online July 5 in Epilepsia. Brad K. Kamitaki, M.D., from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study of adult patients presenting to the emergency department in four U.S. states with a primary diagnosis of seizure or epilepsy to e

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — During the past five years, there has been a marked reduction in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) severity, according to a study published online June 17 in Biomedical Reports. Jun Wang, from The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University in Taiyuan, China, and colleagues investigated changes in CRS characteristics over five years in an effort to understand the impact of clinical advancements on disease management.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients with higher-severity alopecia areata (AA) have a higher prevalence and incidence of comorbid atopic dermatitis (AD), according to a study published online June 26 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Christopher G. Bunick, M.D., Ph.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues used data from the Merative MarketScan Research Databases to examine the prevalence, incidence, and relative risk for comorbi

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — DropScreen (DS) and ViewAllergy39 (VA) are not equally effective for detecting specific immunoglobulin (Ig) E involved in pollinosis, according to a study recently published online in the Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry. Tomohiro Ono, Ph.D., from Ono Otolaryngology Clinic in Kakogawa, Japan, and colleagues compared performance of the DS point-of-care test with that of VA, a laboratory test for identifying causative aeroallergens, in patie

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution, including ultrafine particles (UFP), may be associated with developing meningiomas, according to a study published online July 9 in Neurology. Ulla A. Hvidtfeldt, from the Danish Cancer Institute in Copenhagen, and colleagues examined the possible relationship between air pollution exposure, including UFPs, and tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in a cohort study including all Danish adults aged 20 years and older identified f

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A popular brand of bread sold at Walmart, Kroger and other stores has been recalled in 12 U.S. states due to undeclared hazelnuts. Hartford Bakery Inc. is recalling six lots of its Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf bread because they may contain hazelnuts, a tree nut that can trigger dangerous allergic reactions, People reported. “People with a nut allergy or severe sensitivity to hazelnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic r

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Following priority review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kerendia (finerenone) for the treatment of patients with heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥40 percent. Kerendia is a nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that selectively blocks overactivation of mineralocorticoid receptors in the heart and kidneys.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

Both patients with IPF and patients with PPF treated with nerandomilast demonstrated a smaller decline in forced vital capacity over 52 weeks versus placebo. In concurrent phase III FIBRONEER trials, patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and those with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) treated with nerandomilast demonstrated a smaller decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) over 52 weeks versus those who were treated with placebo, according to a pair of study findings published in

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — From 1999 to 2020, obesity-related cancer mortality increased significantly, according to a study presented at ENDO 2025, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, held from July 12 to 15 in San Francisco. Rabbia Haider, M.B.B.S., from St. Luke’s Hospital in Ellisville, Missouri, and colleagues analyzed CDC WONDER mortality data for 33,572 obesity-related cancer deaths in 1999 to 2020.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer receiving guideline-concordant care have a much higher risk for death from causes other than prostate cancer, according to a study published online July 10 in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Pietro Scilipoti, M.D. from Uppsala University in Sweden, and colleagues followed men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer, registered in the National Prostate Cancer Register of Sweden from 2000 to

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 14, 2025

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but serious illness, health officials confirmed. The death happened in Coconino County in Northern Arizona, which includes Flagstaff. Officials gave no information about the person who died, the Associated Press reported. This is the first known U.S. death from pneumonic plague since 2007, according to local and federal health officials.

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