Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 24, 2025

Behavioral health (BH) clinicians who provide clinical supervision often lack formal training for primary care settings, and there is little formal support in their practice settings, which can lead to isolation. There is not yet a uniform approach to providing professional development in primary care supervision. In one of my latest publications in The Clinical Teacher , I share findings from our work that aims to improve that process, by enhancing training and connection among behavioral healt

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

As a psychiatrist deeply committed to my patients’ well-being, there are moments etched into my memory—moments of profound suffering, struggle, and ultimately, redemption. I vividly recall Sarah (name changed for confidentiality), a 45-year-old teacher whose severe depression had drained all joy from her life. “Dr. Rifai, I just want my life back,” she told me, Read more… How deep transcranial magnetic stimulation is transforming mental health care originally appeared in KevinM

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NPR Health

JUNE 22, 2025

Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett's esophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital and Queen Mary University of London. The research was published in The Lancet.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Six years ago, I wrote the essay below about an article I read in the New England Journal of Medicine. Its basic argument was that it isn’t sustainable to only see patients one by one in traditional doctor visits. I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. We meet people where they are and in many different ways.

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KevinMD

JUNE 22, 2025

I know what I’m about to say is unpopular, and maybe even controversial within our field — but I need to say it. I’ve been a nurse for 18 years. I care deeply about my patients, and I care about the future of this profession. But I’m increasingly disheartened by what I see inside our Read more… Nurses aren’t eating their young — we’re starving the profession originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JUNE 24, 2025

Coaching in academic medicine can feel a little abstract until you’re in it. Whether you're a resident navigating clinical load or a faculty physician juggling leadership and personal well-being, coaching can provide a powerful space for reflection, clarity, and growth. If you’ve ever wondered, “Would I even know what to talk about in a coaching session?

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, a University of Minnesota research team has demonstrated that measuring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater continues to accurately predict COVID-19 infections in a community.

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KevinMD

JUNE 24, 2025

An excerpt from The Healthy Kidney Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Manage Hypertension, Control Stress, and Prevent Renal Failure, Kidney Disease, and More. A good friend and neighbor of mine is a kidney transplant survivor, and I wanted to document her thoughts on different parts of her journey. She is currently a married, African American Read more… How a family’s strength led to a successful kidney transplant originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Family Medicine Austin

JUNE 23, 2025

As healthcare providers, we understand that discussing sexual health can feel uncomfortable, but it’s an essential part of maintaining your overall well-being. At Family Medicine Austin, we believe in creating a judgment-free environment where you can openly discuss your concerns and receive personalized care for STD prevention and testing. Sexual health is a crucial aspect […] The post Empowering Your Health: Personalized STD Prevention and Testing Strategies appeared first on Famil

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Edge Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Summer in Southern California brings more than sunshine—it brings a greater risk of UV exposure, dehydration, and long-term skin damage. At Edge Family Medicine , we want your family to enjoy the outdoors safely. That’s why we compiled our top sun safety tips and summer sun protection advice to keep you healthy all season. Why Sun Safety Matters Ultra‑violet (UV) rays damage skin cells, causing premature aging, sunburn, and increasing your risk of skin cancer.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient's own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial has shown. The grafts treat severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, a genetic condition in which the skin is so fragile the slightest touch can cause blistering and wounds, eventually leading to large, open lesions that never heal and are immensely painful.

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KevinMD

JUNE 24, 2025

Sleep is not a luxury — it’s a fundamental pillar of health on par with diet and exercise. As we enter a new era of sleep, people are more aware than ever before of how rest impacts their overall health. We are at an inflection point where sleep is increasingly recognized as essential to preventative Read more… Why sleep is the missing pillar in modern health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Artificial intelligence promises to transform primary care, guided by strong leadership, data security, and collaboration. Researchers conducted a retrospective study published in June 2025 in the issue of BMC Primary Care to synthesize evidence on the opportunities, challenges, and requirements of implementing artificial intelligence (AI) which reduce healthcare costs by enhancing diabetic retinopathy screening in primary health care (PHC) using the Primary Care Evaluation Tool (PCET).

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 23, 2025

Acetylcysteine is an old drug with two major uses. Orally it can lessen liver toxicity from acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdose. Inhaled, it is a powerful mucolytic (loosens phlegm for people with lung disease). I have a patient with severe lung disease who is on oxygen 24/7. She had been using high doses of guaifenesin, but still couldn’t raise her phlegm.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

The Nova Oath is a modern physician’s declaration of courageous care and ethical impact: I stand not merely as a technician of the body, but as a steward of life, a witness to pain, and a catalyst for healing. I vow: To do more than avoid harm — I will do good: actively, intelligently, and Read more… The Nova Oath: a physician’s pledge to courageous and ethical care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Sensory modulation was well accepted and helped service users manage anxiety despite some implementation challenges. A research study published in June 2025 in the issue of BMC Psychiatry explored a modified suicide prevention program tailored for older adults (OAs) (65+) using flexible delivery and sensory-informed strategies to enhance recovery after a suicide attempt.

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Family Physicians of Cedar Rapids

JUNE 23, 2025

During hot and humid days, it’s not uncommon to experience headaches, but some might be warning signs of more serious heat-related illness. Common Causes of Heat-Related Headaches: *Dehydration *Heat exhaustion *Prolonged sun exposure *Physical activity in hot weather What You Can Do: *Drink plenty of water throughout the day *Take breaks in the shade or air conditioning *Wear a hat and light-colored, breathable clothing *Replace electrolytes if sweating heavily Watch for These Warning Signs: *T

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

A study assessed the effectiveness of safeguards in foundational large language models (LLMs) to protect against malicious instruction that could turn them into tools for spreading disinformation, or the deliberate creation and dissemination of false information with the intent to harm.

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KevinMD

JUNE 24, 2025

As a health care professional, I’ve often observed how one critical aspect of medication safety and efficacy gets overlooked: food-drug interactions. Every day, we prescribe and dispense powerful medications — but what patients eat alongside those medications can completely alter their effects. This isn’t just a pharmacy concern. It’s a multidisciplinary issue that deserves greater Read more… The food-drug interaction risks your doctor may be missing originally appeared in Kevi

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

3D printed digital contact lenses, bionic eye implants, augmented reality: the future of vision and eye care is full of science fiction-sounding innovations. Here is where digital health will take ophthalmology in the future! More than 80 percent of perception comes through vision Researchers estimate that 80-85 percent of our perception, learning, cognition, and activities are mediated through vision.

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NPR Health

JUNE 23, 2025

Hotter temperatures make breathing problems during sleep more likely, even when it's not extremely hot (Image credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have successfully performed preclinical laboratory testing of a replacement heart valve intended for toddlers and young children with congenital cardiac defects, a key step toward obtaining approval for human use. The results of their study were published recently in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article, “Physician wellness is a strategic imperative—not a moral crusade.” The conversation focuses on why physicians must shift their advocacy for well-being from a reactive, moral argument to a strategic one that aligns Read more… How to speak the language of leadership to improve doctor wellness [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.co

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Depression subtype, age, and prior attempts shaped suicide risk and costs in older adults receiving psychiatric care. The study published in June 2025 in the issue of Frontiers in Psychiatry highlighted the rising burden of depression in older adults (OAs) and the limited understanding of how depressive disorders placed among the 3 leading causes of disability, low back pain , and headache disorders, and their association costs influenced suicide risk.

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NPR Health

JUNE 24, 2025

In recent years, health insurers ramped up the practice of requiring doctors to get their approval before tests and procedures. On Monday, health leaders announced voluntary reforms from insurers.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease driven by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals, or CPPDc; and the lung disease silicosis, driven by inhaled silica-derived nanoparticles.

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

There’s a quiet rebellion happening in medicine. A movement of physicians no longer willing to sacrifice their humanity for productivity quotas, administrative burdens, or the illusion of perfection. We wrote White Coats, Courageous Hearts with thirteen other physicians to shine a light on this shift—voices reclaiming agency in a system that often forgets that doctors Read more… True stories of doctors reclaiming their humanity in a system that challenges it originally appeared in KevinMD.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 22, 2025

When I was a little boy, I had a tendency to walk around on tiptoes. People said I had my head in the clouds. Over the years, I have heard different theories on the pathological significance of my early ambulation habits, from language delays to autism to cerebral palsy and also theories of the spiritual qualities of toe-walkers. I have long since stopped walking on tiptoes, and I never did have any language delays or serious motor difficulties, but I admit I have always had a tendency to keep m

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NPR Health

JUNE 23, 2025

more than a dozen different disease-causing agents, including toxins, allergens, bacteria, parasites and viruses.'/> Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

A novel PET imaging approach has revealed distinct patterns of brain inflammation in patients with progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS), a rare neurodegenerative disorder that affects speech planning. These findings provide new insight into how neuroinflammation and tau pathology may drive disease progression in PAOS, opening potential avenues for earlier diagnosis and targeted treatments.

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KevinMD

JUNE 22, 2025

The emergency physician across from me had it all on paper: good schedule, six-figure salary, respected by colleagues, two kids in college, mortgage nearly paid off. “I should be grateful,” she said, staring at her coffee. “But I keep wondering — is this it for the next twenty years?” If you’re nodding, you’re not alone. Read more… Why wanting more from your medical career is a sign of strength originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Age, education, and health literacy emerged as key drivers of self-care behavior in individuals with chronic kidney disease. The study published in the April 2025 issue of BMC Nephrology abour Chronic kidney disease (CKD) which poses significant health risks, including cardiovascular complications and reduced QoL. Identifying factors that influence self-care behavior (SCB) is crucial for improving patient outcomes.

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NPR Health

JUNE 24, 2025

The social media platform TikTok recently banned a hashtag called #SkinnyTok after European regulators warned it was promoting extreme weight loss. But eliminating this kind of content is not easy.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

Although we know sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, it remains an incredibly enigmatic behavior, scientifically speaking. Researchers at the University of Michigan, however, may have developed a new hypothesis to account for one of sleep's looming mysteries.

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KevinMD

JUNE 21, 2025

It was early morning—likely the first appointment of the day. The music in the waiting room had not even been turned on yet, and the smell of coffee was just beginning to meet the air. After a few minutes, I was called back to a room and sat in the exam chair, already in scrubs Read more… Why women doctors are still mistaken for nurses originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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