Family Medicine

Days after another couple of mass shooting tragedies, a team of psychiatry thought leaders discuss the public's understanding of mental health care.

Investigators find improved liver function in hepatocellular carcinoma patients tied to aspirin use in a new retrospective review.

A conventional mass-univariate fMRI analysis helps determine patients that exhibit greater pretreatment neural activity.

New study links serum-based liver function markers with known Alzheimer disease biomarkers.

FDA announces 137 new drug approvals in 2018 represents an 11% increase over 2017.

Sunovion seeking FDA approval for dateline after successful clinical trials treating binge eating disorder.

A cohort study analysis shows clozapine is effective in treating schizophrenia, despite adverse effects.

Manjot Gill, MD, discusses the results of her study which found early diagnosis and treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration could help save a patient’s vision.

Just 2 weeks of therapy could help attenuated autonomic function for geriatric adults.

Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS, of MUSC joins MD Mag for a discussion on parents, trauma, vaccinations, and more in pediatric care.

Investigators analyze impact of needle and syringe, hepatitis C elimination program in the country of Georgia.

New study identifies average cost and hospital length increase for hospital-acquired C. difficile.

New study breaks down initial antipsychotic prescriptions among young, ADHD patients.

Technology has grown exponentially in the same period of time when healthcare has stayed steady in practice. Soon, the pair will expand rapidly, together.

What resources shaped the most recent #DocTalk Tweet Chat on finding solutions in the physician burnout epidemic?

Older patients could benefit from skipping traditional bedrest in favor of an exercise program when hospitalized with an acute illness.

Burnout non-profit founder Janae Sharp will lead a chat on what's working in addressing physician burnout—and what's still lacking.

New method in reporting P values adjusts for multiplicity to more accurately reflect meaningful statistics.

Age-adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths have increased nearly five-fold in less than 2 decades.

How improved telemedicine options could benefit the geriatric patient population and others who may not actually be suitable for emergency care situations.

The majority of physicians who exhibit burnout symptoms receive more than the average number of system-generated in-basket messages.

Investigators examined more than 3500 adolescents and found associations between computer and social media use, but not video game and television use.

Investigators found that galcanezumab reduced frequency of cluster headache attacks and had no substanial differences in adverse events when compared to placebo.

A clinical trial of 147 individuals found that a 15-week treatment program using cognitive behavioral therapy may be a promising treatment for internet and video game addictions.

Investigators from the University of Pennsylvania found that rates of those using an advanced practitioner for primary care appointments nearly doubled between 2012 and 2016.