Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

(NEW) TLDR at the bottom* Well-being as an Investment Whether or not you embrace the practice, the new year often comes with resolutions, with many choosing to focus on well-being. This is for good reason: investing in your well-being produces significant returns! The new year offers a clean slate, but so does each and every new morning. The Dual Focus of Well-being When physicians hear “wellness,” it can evoke frustration toward the healthcare system.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Whether it's volunteering at a local school or taking soup to a sick neighbor, improving the welfare of others can also improve our own physical and mental health, a sizable body of research shows.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The ongoing spread of bird flu in the United States has alarmed expertsnot just because of human cases causing severe illness, but also due to troubling new instances of infections in cats.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients. As Dr. Dhruv Khullar writes, "They [private equity] are hardly the only corporations to learn this lesson.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Childhood is a time of growth, exploration, and, unfortunately, illness. As children’s immune systems develop, they are more susceptible to a range of common illnesses. While many of these can be managed at home, others require professional attention. Knowing when to see family care physicians is essential for ensuring your child's health and preventing complications.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A new study from Karolinska Institutet maps the cellular and molecular dynamics of human wound healing in exceptional detail. The study was published in Cell Stem Cell.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Mark A. Tobolowsky & Frank J. Sasinowski The Winter Solstice, signifying the shortest day of the year, was Saturday, December 21. Although the earliest sunset of the year was actually in early December, this day also marked another premature sunset the beginning of the end of the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program. As we blogged recently, the program has had scheduled sunset dates from its very beginning, which have been repeatedly extended.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The Gold Coast Yesterday and Today, published in the early 1940s.'/> Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back and made it happen.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A multinational study led by the LHON Study Group has revealed sustained visual improvements and a favorable safety profile five years following lenadogene nolparvovec gene therapy in patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) caused by the MT-ND4 gene mutation.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Emergency Department never closes – not even on Christmas Day. This song reminds us all that the ED is always open, and that we are there for our patients during the holidays. But we still miss our families… Lyrics When Ive got to work on Christmas Ill tell you what Ill do I will treat all sorts of problems Cough and cold and strep and flu Ill unwrap a diagnosis With a test or three I will splint a buckle fracture like I trim a tree If your child is sick on Christmas We will neve

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A study from Tel Aviv University could reshape our scientific understanding of how humans learn and form memories, particularly through classical and operant conditioning.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a genetic mutation that slows the growth of melanoma and potentially other cancers by harnessing the power of the immune system. Their findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, could lead to new treatments that improve outcomes from existing cancer immunotherapies.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Starting this spring, the University of Washington will try a new approach to helping students and employees in mental health crises, based on a philosophy that's become increasingly mainstream: Mental health professionals are better equipped than police to respond to some emergencies.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed over half of its cats in recent weeks.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Tonsillitis is a common reason for visits to the doctor and prescriptions of antibiotics in primary care. To determine whether a patient needs antibiotics, doctors use the so-called Centor Criteria for tonsillitis. The criteria include fever, tender and swollen lymph nodes in the angles of the jaw and inspection of the tonsils.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 27, 2024

'/> The number of unhoused seniors is expected to triple by 2030. As rents rise, it becomes tougher to find affordable housing that's accessible for those with medical conditions and disabilities.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Black children are suspected to have experienced child abuse at higher rates than children of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in JAMA Network Open.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A research team led by Prof. Chen Yan at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has taken a leap forward in cardiovascular health monitoring. They have developed a non-invasive radio frequency (RF)-based system capable of monitoring heart rate variability (HRV) with clinical-grade accuracy over extended periods.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Personal health is often among the top New Year's resolutions each January. Beyond diet and exercise, Dr. John Presutti, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says the start of a new year is a good calendar reminder to update adult vaccinations.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to require standardized testing of talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen linked to serious illnesses such as lung and ovarian cancers.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

There is a bidirectional association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a review published online Dec. 1 in Frontiers in Immunology.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Modern life can be lonely. Some are looking to an old German tradition of drinking and conversation to deepen connection through regular meetups.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis (MS) have a range of symptoms, signs, and diagnoses within five years before diagnosis, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Network Open.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 24, 2024

All We Imagine as Light, a film about working class women in Mumbai, won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this year. From left: actor Divya Prabha, director Payal Kapadia, and actors Chhaya Kadam and Kani Kusruti pose during the Cannes closing ceremony.'/> All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When a good friend's loved one passes away, it can be hard to find the right thing to say. NPR readers share words of comfort they've shared with others or wish they'd heard themselves.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Caregiving responsibilities can cut young people off from peers and interrupt their emerging life story. And there's been little research or support directed at this group. That's starting to change.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Reporting of human adenovirus (HAdV) types decreased since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research published in the Dec. 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In this season of short days and long winter nights, it's easy to feel out of sorts. Those who suffer from seasonal affective disorder, a form of depression that's closely linked to the circadian rhythms that govern our sleep cycles, know this all too well. But those same rhythms, which are themselves governed by biological clocks, can affect much more than mood and sleep.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Should you cut back on doom scrolling in 2025? Worries about money, gun violence and hate crimes ranked high among many people's lists of worries at the end of 2024, according to a poll that is part of American Psychiatric Association (APA) Healthy Minds Monthly opinion poll series. The survey included 2200 U.S. adults.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a neuroscientist studies the people who do this.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Now that the Federal Trade Commission is doubling-down on its rule requiring eye doctors to provide their patients' prescriptions after eye exams, consumers are encountering more options for their purchases than just those in their doctor's office lobby.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Health care spending in the United States reached $4.9 trillion and increased 7.5 percent in 2023, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Health Affairs.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Influenza vaccine is effective for preventing severe influenza illness among children, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Network Open.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Tom Contos is an avid runner. When he started experiencing rectal bleeding in March, he thought exercise could be the cause and tried to ignore it. But he became increasingly worried when the bleeding continued for weeks.

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NPR Health

DECEMBER 26, 2024

If your New Year's resolution is to drink less alcohol, Life Kit is here to help. Sign up for our Dry January newsletter series, and get tips and strategies to help you stay alcohol-free for a month.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) research team has developed a novel stent surface treatment technology using laser patterning. This technology promotes endothelial cell growth while inhibiting smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation in blood vessels.

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