Family Medicine News

• British Columbia Pilot Program Decriminalizes Possession of Certain Drugs A new initiative takes a public-health-based approach to substance use, but some experts say that it will not ensure a safe supply of drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2023
• Room for Improvement in Barrett Esophagus Care Researchers find wide variation among individual endoscopists and centers in adherence to established quality indicators in Barrett esophagus and suggest targets for improvement.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2023
• Can a Hormone Shot Rescue Low Libido? The reproductive hormone kisspeptin may offer a much needed treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in men and women, results from two small studies suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, February 08, 2023
• Consider Cultural Differences in IBD Diet Planning Clinicians should incorporate culturally sensitive discussions and recommendations into interactions with patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
  MDedge News, February 08, 2023
• Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Lower Risk of Long COVID The study examined data for 1981 women who reported a positive COVID-19 test from April 2020 to November 2021.
  WebMD Health News, February 08, 2023
• Drinking Tea Can Keep Your Heart Healthy as You Age A diet high in flavonoids, such as black tea, can help prevent abdominal aortic calcification for women later in life.
  Quick Take, February 08, 2023
• 'Valid Option' for Partial Breast Irradiation in Breast Cancer A 1-week schedule of 30 Gy delivered in five daily fractions was safe and effective in patients with early breast cancer. The study was published as a preprint and has not been peer reviewed.
  First Look, February 07, 2023
• Jessica Pegula Reveals Her Mother Kim Pegula's Health Crisis Jessica decided to write about her mother's ordeal after Bills player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field during a game in what Pegula described as "some bizarre, messed-up, full circle moment."
  Associated Press, February 07, 2023
• IVF-Conceived Children Show Strong Developmental Performance 'Parents considering IVF and healthcare professionals can be reassured that the school age developmental outcomes of IVF-conceived children are equivalent to their peers,' said a co-author of a new study.
  WebMD Health News, February 07, 2023
• Playing Golf May Help Older Adults Prevent (or Treat) CVD A new study says playing 18 holes (sans golf cart) is just as good, and maybe better, as brisk walking or Nordic walking for cardiovascular health in older adults.
  WebMD Health News, February 07, 2023
• USPSTF Backs Screening for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy The recommendation calls for additional research to improve inequities among those who face higher risks.
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2023
• The Truth Behind Viral Videos Linking COVID Vaccine to Spasms Since Desselle's video was reposted on Twitter, it's been viewed more than 72 million times, helping to reignite controversy over the safety of COVID vaccinations.
  WebMD Health News, February 07, 2023
• Nearly 40% of US Households Affected by 'Tripledemic' According to survey results from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 27% of households reported someone sick with the flu. COVID-19 infections affected 15% of households, and 10% reported an RSV infection.
  WebMD Health News, February 07, 2023
• In Adults With Prediabetes, Vitamin D Cuts Diabetes Risk Extrapolating to the more than 374 million adults worldwide who have prediabetes suggests that inexpensive vitamin D supplementation could delay the development of diabetes in more than 10 million people.
  MDedge News, February 07, 2023
• Colon Cancer Recurrences: Detection by Family Docs vs Surgeons Follow-up that was provided in a general practice led to similar rates of detection of recurrences, and there was no difference in mortality compared to care provided by a surgeon.
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2023
• A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats New research links habitat destruction with the spillover of viruses from animals to humans.
  Kaiser Health News, February 07, 2023
• Do Doctors Want Their Babies to Grow Up to Be Physicians? Medscape polled over 1600 physicians, 736 in the US, and asked if they'd recommend that their kids become doctors, too. Here's what they said.
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2023
• Remote Electrical Neuromodulation Linked to Reduced Migraine Days Use of a remote electrical neuromodulation device every other day helped patients significantly reduce their number of migraine days compared with a placebo device, in new research.
  MDedge News, February 07, 2023
• Renewed Calls for Fallopian Tube Removal to Avoid Ovarian Cancer Renewed calls for all women to consider having their fallopian tubes removed once they have finished with childbearing come from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2023
• In Families With Gout, Obesity and Alcohol Add to Personal Risk Genetic makeup is the key driver for the increased risk of gout found in families with a history of the disease. This risk is increased in people who are also heavy drinkers or have overweight/obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, February 07, 2023