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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults? How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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Mailed Self-Collection Kits Increase Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening

Physician's Weekly

The analysis included 2,474 individuals overdue for cervical cancer screening and randomly assigned to a telephone reminder (TR) for clinic-based screening (828 individuals), TR with mailed SC (828 individuals), or TR with mailed SC and patient navigation (818 individuals). Montealegre, Ph.D., percent in the TR group, 41.1

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Cessation of Public Water Fluoridation Would Increase Tooth Decay

Physician's Weekly

“These findings suggest that, despite the potential harms of excessive fluoride exposure, fluoridation at safe levels offers both individual and societal benefits that would be at risk,” the authors write. Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. How is it different from general practice? And how does it support preventive care? Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference?

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Greater Epigenetic Age Seen in Patients With Pediatric-Onset MS

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Individuals with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) have greater epigenetic age and age acceleration residual (AAR) compared with age-similar controls, according to a study published online June 3 in Neurology. Christopher Goyne, M.D.,

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

And then John, I’d love to hear from you starting off, you’re a palliative care doc, right? John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. It sets space between us and the individuals we’re trying to take care of. I often say that doulas are mirrors. Again, I go back to this. Alex: Yeah.

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