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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:
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about social media’s health impact From mere FOMO to anxiety and depression, social media platforms can pose harms and benefits. Three physicians discuss how to balance the positive and negative impacts.
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. In this installment, two physicians took time to discuss what patients need to know about iron deficiency. These AMA members are:
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
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
Bimekizumab demonstrated a consistent safety profile across patients with PsA or axSpA in an integrated safety analysis, with the drug showing long-term tolerability.
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 ...
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. In this installment, three physicians took time to discuss what patients need to know about getting a vasectomy. These AMA members are: Jason Jameson, MD, a urologist in Tucson, Arizona and delegate for the American Urological ...
After paying more than $2.5 million in lawsuit settlements for two consecutive fiscal years, the city of Torrance faces several more expensive cases in 2016 that suggest the trend will continue, ...
At the southern end of Los Angeles’ South Bay lies the beach community of Torrance. While the city expands east across 405 freeway, all eyes in Torrance are aimed to the west, where the one-and-a-half ...
Daily Breeze: Torrance is building more housing. Not everyone is happy about it
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Torrance is currently undergoing a transformation — as it increases its housing stock. But along with the multiple projects aimed at creating high-density ...