Family Medicine

Several studies point to the links between prenatal exposure to painkillers and increased risks for ADHD and autism symptoms.

Findings should prompt future investigations into care disparities at skilled-care facilities to mediate higher mortality rates observed among senior survivors of critical illness.

A family medicine physician asks fellow doctors to keep operating to the highest extent of their ability and to remind themselves of the value of their license.

L. Gail Curtis, PA-C, MPAS, DFAAPA, details the use of Optimal Team Practice by the AAPA, and the role of the physician assistant in medicine.

Ambient air pollution has become one of the world's greatest killers. But physicians still differ on their involvement in fighting it.

The practice has only reached a handful of states in 25 years of proposal. What drives the arguments for and against it?

TLANDO is being investigated for the treatment of adult men with deficiencies of endogenous testosterone.

Women who consumed fruit just 1-3 times per month versus those that consumed it at least 3 times daily corresponded to a 19% increase in median time to pregnancy.

PLENVU, a one-liter solution from Salix Pharmaceuticals, is expected to reach US markets by the third quarter of 2018.

Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, as well as lifelong poverty, increased ADHD symptoms in children.

If FDA approved, it would be the first-in-class pharmacologic treatment for hyperbilirubinemia in newborns that contains a novel mechanism of action inhibiting bilirubin production at the source.

Despite extended exposure to high doses of estrogen therapy, levels of prolactin did not rise in transgender patients.

If approved, TPOXX would be the first available therapy for smallpox.

The investigational drug programs represent a high unmet medical need as there are currently no approved therapeutics targeting the impairment caused by the mutations.

This week on MDNN: Prolonged use of acetaminophen has been linked to an increase in the relative risk of ADHD and ASD, the ANA annual meeting issued 30 new recommendations for disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis and the American Academy of Family Physicians announced a new Well-Being Planner to manage stressors and address burnout.

The American Academy of Family Physicians is seeking to fight physician burnout with newly announced resources.

How an Australian anesthetist and English midwife student convinced providers around the world to be open about their names.

The agency warns that the seizure and bipolar disorder medication can cause hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare but very serious immune system reaction.

Use of the device is appropriate for small- and mid-sized laboratories.

If approved, the same 0.5 mL dose vaccination can be used with all patients ages 6 months and older for whom flu vaccination is recommended.

Prolonged exposure to the over the counter medicine was associated with a 30% increase in the relative risk of ADHD and a 20% increase in the relative risk of ASD.

HIPAA audits force health care organizations to prove they are doing all they can to protect patient data, but there are plenty of other reasons to check those boxes.

As the number of primary care physicians shrinks, nurse practitioners have a unique opportunity to fill gaps in care.

While pre-pregnancy blood pressure can impact pregnancy outcomes, targeted lifestyle interventions could be utilized to favorably impact reproductive health.

This week on MDNN: The SELECT-COMPARE trial reported positive results for upadacitinib, older adults in the US are not being tested for HIV, and the shifting trends in US mortality.