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For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media.
The discussion was moderated by William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity. Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care.
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...
Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said.
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are:
The New York Times: Help for Medicare Advantage Patients Who Lose Doctors Is Shelved, for Now
Help for Medicare Advantage Patients Who Lose Doctors Is Shelved, for Now
NBC News: Patients hit dead ends with insurance 'ghost networks.' Now, some are suing.
Patients hit dead ends with insurance 'ghost networks.' Now, some are suing.
The Connecticut Mirror: In CT, doctors now sue patients most over medical bills, surpassing hospitals
In CT, doctors now sue patients most over medical bills, surpassing hospitals
News Medical: POLAR gene profile predicts which patients may and may not benefit from radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery
Patients with invasive breast cancer who had low scores on an investigational gene molecular signature had similar rates of local recurrence whether or not they received adjuvant radiation therapy ...
POLAR gene profile predicts which patients may and may not benefit from radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery
ascopubs.org: Clinical Profile and Outcome of Patients With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer With Brain Metastases: Real-World Experience
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Staging: An Analysis of Patients With Breast Cancer From a Community Practice in Brazil A total of 102 patients with a median age of 52 (interquartile range, ...
Clinical Profile and Outcome of Patients With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer With Brain Metastases: Real-World Experience
ascopubs.org: Identifying patient profiles and mapping treatment journeys of ARPI-treated, taxane-naive patients with metastatic prostate cancer across three countries in a digital patient ...
Identifying patient profiles and mapping treatment journeys of ARPI-treated, taxane-naive patients with metastatic prostate cancer across three countries in a digital patient ...
Health insurance startup Oscar Health has introduced a new tool to give doctors a more detailed overview of their patients: a virtual clinical dashboard that displays multiple steps of an Oscar member ...
EurekAlert!: Investigational KRAS(ON) inhibitor zoldonrasib showed effective and durable responses in patients with advanced G12D-mutated lung cancer
The investigational KRAS G12D inhibitor zoldonrasib showed evidence of clinical activity and a favorable safety profile in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose ...
Investigational KRAS(ON) inhibitor zoldonrasib showed effective and durable responses in patients with advanced G12D-mutated lung cancer
Bimekizumab demonstrated a consistent safety profile across patients with PsA or axSpA in an integrated safety analysis, with the drug showing long-term tolerability.
Monthly Prescribing Reference: Gene Expression Profile Test IDs Patients Who Can Skip SLNB in Melanoma
Gene Expression Profile Test IDs Patients Who Can Skip SLNB in Melanoma
In a retrospective analysis, patients with lung-only metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) demonstrated a median overall survival of 28.7 months compared to 12.8 months for those with ...
Climate change is actively reshaping how plastics behave in the environment, making them more mobile, persistent and harmful across ecosystems. Recent analysis examines the influence of climate-driven changes in temperature, weather events and Earth system processes on plastic pollution. Addressing these interconnected risks requires aligning plastic policy with climate action – not as ...
TikTok is testing a new option to let users create AI-generated avatars for their profile pictures, the company confirmed to CNN on Wednesday, in a move with the potential to put recent advances in ...
Strelmark President Hilary Fordwich discusses Vogue’s recent profile of California Governor Gavin Newsom. “The reporter is that shallow that that’s what she is focused on, instead of the terrible ...
Meta Platforms META will now require users to create a Meta account and Meta Horizon profile to log into their virtual reality (VR) headsets instead of a Facebook ...