Family Medicine News

• ENDO 2021 Cushing Death Rate 'Unacceptable' In the largest such study to date, death rates among patients with endogenous Cushing syndrome have dropped since 2000 but are still threefold that of the general population.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2021
• Rankings of Most Common Cancers to Shift Over Next 20 Years Rankings for the most common cancers, as well as the cancer types responsible for the most deaths, are predicted to change over the next 20 years in the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2021
• FDA Lifts In-Person Dispensing Requirement for Mifepristone The Food and Drug Administration has lifted in-person dispensing requirements for mifepristone when used for medical termination of early pregnancy.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2021
• EPA 2021 Adjunctive MDMA Safe, Effective for Severe PTSD Severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms may significantly improve after adding MDMA to psychotherapy, results from the phase 3 MAPP1 trial suggest; but treatment context is crucial.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2021
• How to Counsel Worried Patients About the J&J Vaccine News The news about rare side effects from the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine may be alarming to your patients, even those who received one of the other vaccines. Here’s how to reassure them.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• J&J Pause Magnifies Worry About COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Experts say it's important to put the risk in context for patients and explain that the vaccination pause means the monitoring system is working -- and it's transparent.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• FAQ: What to Know About the J&J Vaccine Pause After reports of a rare blood clot in people receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the FDA and CDC have recommended a pause in its use. Here are 6 questions on the what, why, and how of this stoppage.
  WebMD Health News, April 13, 2021
• New Mexico Governor Signs Bill to Legalize Recreational Pot The new law mandates child-proof packaging and defers to employers on whether workers can indulge in marijuana.
  Associated Press, April 13, 2021
• Four Black Medical Schools Get $6M to Widen Vaccine Outreach Each of the schools will use the money to buy additional mobile vaccination units to expand current community outreach efforts.
  Associated Press, April 13, 2021
• What Do You Do When 16% of the Papers You Cited Were Retracted? The author learned that 10 of the 63 references in her article were to papers by Yoshihiro Sato, a bone researcher in Japan whose 103 retractions put him in the third position on leaderboard.
  Retraction Watch, April 13, 2021
• 12% of Children With COVID Are Hospitalized, Study Says 'Although most children with COVID-19 experience mild illness, some children develop serious illness that leads to hospitalization, use of invasive mechanical ventilation, and death,' the researchers wrote.
  WebMD Health News, April 13, 2021
• AAP Issues Recommendations for Common Dermatologic Problems The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued five recommendations for the most common dermatologic problems in primary care pediatrics.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Gender Vaccine Gap: More Women Than Men Are Getting COVID Shots A KHN examination of state vaccine statistics shows that more women than men have gotten COVID vaccines.
  Kaiser Health News, April 13, 2021
• US Colleges Divided Over Requiring Student Vaccinations U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
  Associated Press, April 13, 2021
• EPA 2021 New Global Telepsychiatry Guidelines Released Prompted by the worldwide explosion of interest in telepsychiatry driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the guidelines outline the need for, and a vision of, international collaboration in psychiatry.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Microbiota-Directed Therapy May Aid Growth in Malnourished Kids Dietary intervention that involves the target manipulation of microbiota components may improve the growth rate in kids with moderate acute malnutrition, which affects more than 30 million worldwide.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Despite Ichthyosis Recommendations, 'Many Questions Still Exist' 'iPLEDGE does impose significant and financial barriers for our patients. More advocacy is needed to adapt that program for our patients,' said Andrea Zaenglein, MD, co-chair of a consensus statement.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Self-directed Digital Exercise Plan Improves Knee OA Web-based exercises plus automated text messages improved knee pain and function over web-based information without exercises.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Self-management Techniques Help Relieve Urinary Tract Symptoms The techniques practiced by patients as part of the trials included adjusting the timing for drinking fluids, reducing caffeine/alcohol, adjusting urinating habits, and performing pelvic floor exercises.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021
• Don't Screen for Vit D in General Population, Says US Task Force There is insufficient evidence that screening for vitamin D deficiency among the asymptomatic general population is of any benefit, concludes an update of US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2021