Joy in Family Medicine Coaching
JANUARY 17, 2025
(NEW) TLDR at the bottom* Welcome back to our series on physical well-being investments. Today, we’re diving into perhaps the most critical supporter of self-care, the very foundation - restorative sleep. How challenging that can be in this line of work! If you’re already waking up refreshed and energized throughout the day—keep doing what works for you.
Dr. Shin's Notes
JANUARY 16, 2025
A groundbreaking study reveals that eating too much red meat—especially processed kinds—could increase your risk of dementia. But don’t worry, swapping these foods for healthier alternatives might not just save your memory but also keep your brain young. Red Meat and Dementia Risk Dr. Daniel Wang and his team at the Harvard T.H. Chan School… Read More » Can Your Dinner Plate Predict Your Brain Health?
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Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby providing protection.
NPR Health
JANUARY 14, 2025
January is a big time for drugmakers to hike prices. This year saw higher prices for 575 medications so far, including Ozempic, drugs for HIV, cancer and many others.
The Clinical Problem Solvers
JANUARY 16, 2025
[link] In this Pulmonary & Critical Care episode, Dr. Meghan Nothem presents an unusual case of acute encephalopathy and unresponsiveness to Dr. Paul A. Bergl. Stay tuned to found out the final diagnosis! Session facilitator: Dr. Hui Ting Ruan Case discussant: Dr. Paul A. Bergl is an intensivist at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI and clinical adjunct assistant professor with the University of Wisconsin.
FDA Law Blog
JANUARY 13, 2025
By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Ritte van Laack On January 6, 2025, FDA released two final guidance documents on food allergens: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens, Including the Food Allergen Labeling Requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Edition 5) , and Evaluating the Public Health Importance of Food Allergens Other Than the Major Food Allergens Listed in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased states. In disease, high levels of IL-1 in the brain are linked to neuroinflammation, which can disrupt the body's stress response, cause sickness-like behaviors, worsen inflammation by activating brain immune cells, and allow immune cells from the body to enter the brain.
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GeriPal
JANUARY 14, 2025
The #HPMParty is returning to Denver during the 2025 AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly. We will be doing our traditional Pub Crawl, this time starting at 8 pm on Thursday, February 6th at the Celtic on the corner of 14th and Market in historic LoDo. From the Celtic, we will move on to the next location at 10 pm-ish (location is TBD). With that said, exact times and locations are subject to change, so go to geripal.org or follow the hashtag #HPMparty on Twitter or Bluesky for updates along the way.
FDA Law Blog
JANUARY 12, 2025
By Charles G. Raver & James E. Valentine & Ellis Unger & Frank J. Sasinowski On December 5, 2024, FDA published a new draft guidance on accelerated approval providing a much needed and substantial update to its guidance on the pathway. FDAs application and use of accelerated approval has evolved dramatically since it was first developed by the Agency to help address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
A new Health Affairs article highlights the detrimental impact of recent state and federal policies that restrict discussions of "divisive concepts," including structural racism. It warns that these policies undermine efforts to address health inequities and improve population health.
NPR Health
JANUARY 11, 2025
Wildfires have a history of causing problems with the drinking water systems. In some affected areas around LA, officials are warning residents not to drink from the tap or even to shower.
Evergreen Family Medicine
JANUARY 16, 2025
It’s been 45 years. I’ve had that long to consider health care in Douglas County. What we do well. What we don’t. Time to observe the impact of technology on health care for both good and bad, and to assimilate the cultural changes in physicians and society that influence how we relate to one another. I've had time to think about what matters most and what control I have over other people’s health and happiness.
FDA Law Blog
JANUARY 16, 2025
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC, (HPM), which will mark its 45thAnniversary on March 17, 2025, is pleased to announce that it is increasing its directors, counsel, and associates as it starts the year. Kalie E. Richardson has been promoted to Director. Mark Tobolowsky has been promoted to Counsel; and Esther Petrikovsky is joining the firm as an Associate.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Researchers analyzed the genetic connection of retinal cells and several neuropsychiatric disorders. By combining different datasets, they found that schizophrenia risk genes were associated with specific neurons in the retina. The involved risk genes suggest an impairment of synapse biology, so the ability of neurons to communicate with each other.
NPR Health
JANUARY 14, 2025
The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.
Common Sense Family Doctor
JANUARY 15, 2025
In early 2020, I accepted an invitation to participate in a live debate with a nationally prominent academic urologist at the annual scientific meeting of the American Society for Men's Health. The topic: "The Great Debate of the 21st Century: To PSA screen or not to screen." Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the meeting to the canceled. By the time I was re-invited in 2021, my academic interests had drifted away from prostate cancer screening, so I declined.
FDA Law Blog
JANUARY 15, 2025
By Charles D. Snow & Sara W. Koblitz On January 7, 2025, FDA announced that back on November 12, 2024, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) issued Warning Letters to six online retailers marketing unapproved new animal drug products that purported to treat and control seizures and epilepsy in dogs and cats. At minimum, this autumnal burst of Warning Letters from CVM is notable because CVM only issued a total of 22 Warning Letters in 2024at least that have been made public by the Agency.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
A new study shows that screenings of a locally-produced narrative film about parenting led to a significant reduction in physical violence against children.
NPR Health
JANUARY 17, 2025
The fires have turned some electric car batteries and household items into "unexploded ordnances," says an EPA official tasked with the cleanup (Image credit: David Crane/MediaNews Group)
PEMBlog
JANUARY 14, 2025
Here in early 2025 we are seeing a norovirus outbreak in the United States. That’s a lot of vomiting and diarrhea. I wanted to share my podcast episode on norovirus that is only 7 minutes and 13 seconds long! If you listen at 1.5x speed – I know there are those of you out there – that’s only 4 minutes and 49 seconds. If you listen at 2x you’re a sicko… You can find PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast wherever you listen and subscribe to podc
FDA Law Blog
JANUARY 14, 2025
By Ritte van Laack A little over two years ago, the Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Act (MoCRA) was (at long last) enacted. The passing of the law which, among other things, amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include requirements for facility registration and product listing, safety substantiation, adverse event reporting, and requirements for FDA to issue several new regulations, brought excitement and anxiety.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Trained health care professionals (THCPs), including medical assistants, respiratory therapists, and nurses, with artificial intelligence (AI) assistance can achieve lung ultrasound (LUS) images with diagnostic quality that does not differ significantly from that achieved by experts, according to a study published online Jan. 15 in JAMA Cardiology.
NPR Health
JANUARY 15, 2025
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds more ways to measure body composition and fat.
PEMBlog
JANUARY 13, 2025
Appendicitis! Rock Opera! McBurney’s point! Epic! Lyrics [Chorus] So Appy to see you Said the Surgeon to the doc Take out that appendix while I’m on the clock [Verse] Pain was vague then moved last night In the quadrant lower right Vomit and some hopping pain A fever now, can you explain? McBurney’s point and rebound Next step is an ultrasound Call the surgeon, call them quick Appendicitis made him sick [Chorus} So Appy to see you Said the Surgeon to the doc Take out that appen
Clinical Correlations
JANUARY 16, 2025
By Ella Feiner Peer Reviewed In a world abundant with food and sedentary lifestyles, the global prevalence of cardiometabolic disease has reached alarming levels.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Bone pain. Joint pain. Bone swelling. These are symptoms that about 1,000 people in the United States begin to feel each year shortly before being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of cancer that starts in the bones. Although any age can develop osteosarcoma, approximately half of diagnosed cases are in children and adolescents.
NPR Health
JANUARY 14, 2025
The Princess of Wales revealed that her cancer is in remission after an emotional visit to the hospital where she received treatment last year.
GeriPal
JANUARY 16, 2025
Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help.
PEMBlog
JANUARY 16, 2025
In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore the complex and often underrecognized issue of inhalant misuse. From the early days of glue sniffing to the recent rise of nitrous oxide misuse, fueled by brands like Galaxy Gas and viral trends on TikTok and Instagram, inhalant misuse has evolved into a growing concern among adolescents.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Megakaryocytes (MKs), known for their role in platelet production, have emerged as critical players in immune responses, showcasing versatility in both physiological and pathological contexts. Recent advances in technology have unveiled the diverse immune functions of MKs, which express immune sensors and participate in immune activities, thus expanding their traditional role beyond hemostasis and coagulation.
NPR Health
JANUARY 15, 2025
The FDA is expected to propose a new rule Wednesday that would mean cigarettes have lower nicotine limits to make them less addictive.
NPR Health
JANUARY 15, 2025
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, the deadliest tick-borne disease in the U.S., is a big problem on tribal lands in the Southwest. A community-led response on Apache lands in Arizona is helping save lives.
NPR Health
JANUARY 17, 2025
Dan Tsai discusses how he ran Medicaid under Biden, and his fears for how Republicans might try to change the program.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease affecting multiple organ systems, with pancreatic dysfunction representing a critical and often overlooked complication. A recent study published in eGastroenterology introduces young rabbits with CF as a novel and accessible model to study CF-related pancreatic endocrine pathology. This model offers an unprecedented opportunity to deepen our understanding of CF-related diabetes (CFRD), a condition affecting up to 50% of adults with CF.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
For Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia, delivery of mental health care through telehealth (telemental health care) diffused rapidly after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in JAMA Network Open.
NPR Health
JANUARY 13, 2025
A new study establishes that soda consumption is doing ever more damage to health with rising rates of diabetes in regions where soda-drinking is on the rise, like sub-Saharan Africa.
Medical Xpress
JANUARY 17, 2025
Fetuses of pregnant people who gained excess weight in the first trimester of pregnancy show signs of excess fat distribution in the upper arm and in the abdomen, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. These findings may inform efforts to prevent excessive weight gain early in life, a risk factor for adult obesity and related conditions, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
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