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Plans to amend pension rules will boost NHS workforce, retain more experienced clinicians

All NHS staff, including senior doctors, will benefit from proposed plans to fix pension rules, supporting them to remain in work for longer and boosting the workforce as the NHS continues to take action to tackle the Covid backlogs.

5 Dec 2022

Self-driven healthcare ecosystems could help improve health outcomes and control costs

A vision for building sustainable, self-driven healthcare spanning primary care, secondary care and the wider health and social care system has been set out by medical innovators writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

1 Dec 2022

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she's becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

1 Dec 2022

Specific genetic variant linked to early-onset childhood epilepsy discovered

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a specific genetic variant in SCN1A, the most common genetic epilepsy, that leads to an earlier onset of epilepsy, with clinical features distinct from other epilepsies.

30 Nov 2022

Study finds a number of barriers to accessing interpreting services in primary care

People who do not speak English well often ask friends and family to translate for them when accessing their GP practice, finds a new study from the University of Surrey.

30 Nov 2022

Zika-exposed children may show differences in cognitive development, mood and mobility

Children who are exposed to the Zika virus while in the womb, but who are not subsequently diagnosed with Zika-related birth defects and congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), may still display differences in some aspects of cognitive development, mood and mobility compared to unexposed children, reports a study published in Pediatric Research.

30 Nov 2022

Racial disparities in lung cancer start with research

During a routine visit to the Good Samaritan Clinic in Morganton, North Carolina, in 2018, Herbert Buff casually mentioned that he sometimes had trouble breathing.

30 Nov 2022

Benzodiazepine-related beliefs may influence clinicians' willingness to prescribe the drug

Despite the continuing growth of benzodiazepine (BZD)-related overdoses, BZD prescription rates have held constant.

29 Nov 2022

Consultation on insurance issues and training needed to improve the use of continuous glucose monitoring in primary care

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is associated with improved health outcomes for patients with diabetes.

29 Nov 2022

Automated point-of-care approaches have great potential to reach Spanish-preferring smokers

Researchers conducted a study examining the differences in smoking treatment between Spanish- and English-preferring primary care patients linked with evidence-based tobacco treatment using Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC).

29 Nov 2022

Interprofessional primary care for dementia patients linked with increased ER visits

Individuals with dementia require care from a variety of healthcare providers. Interprofessional team care has been touted as most beneficial to this patient population.

29 Nov 2022

Competencies for the effective deployment of AI‐based tools in primary care

Family medicine professional associations have sought to identify how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support primary care.

29 Nov 2022

Validity and reliability testing for CoC measure

Continuity of care is essential to the clinician/patient relationship within family medicine. However, researchers have few ways to track continuity of care as a measurement of clinical quality.

29 Nov 2022

Emory doctors join forces with the Family Heart Foundation to help patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Doctors from the Emory Heart & Vascular Center are joining forces with the Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, to find and more widely treat undiagnosed patients living with a common genetic condition that causes very high levels of unhealthy cholesterol, heightening the risk for heart attacks and strokes even at a young age.

29 Nov 2022

Researchers use a comparative study to model RSV prevention in children

Using computational modeling, a new paper compares the benefit of maternal vaccines versus the administration of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy against RSV.

28 Nov 2022

When malpractice occurs at community health centers, taxpayers pay

Silvia Garcia's 14-year-old son was left permanently disabled and in a wheelchair after a community health center doctor in New Mexico failed to diagnose his appendicitis despite his complaint of severe stomach pain.

28 Nov 2022

All eligible people urged to get vaccinated due to higher rates of flu cases than usual

All those eligible for the flu vaccine have been urged to come forward as cases rise to levels not seen since before the pandemic.

24 Nov 2022

A record number of doctors and nurses are helping to tackle the Covid backlog

A record number of doctors and nurses are working in the NHS in England, delivering extra appointments, speeding up diagnoses and helping to tackle the Covid backlog.

24 Nov 2022

Stereotactic MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer

Findings from a recent prospective study show promising safety and patient outcomes data for locally advanced and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer treatment using ablative Stereotactic MRI-Guided On-table Adaptive Radiation Therapy, also known as SMART.

21 Nov 2022

America's health care organizations remind the public about vaccinations and early treatment for COVID-19, influenza

Given the anticipated increase in COVID-19 and influenza cases this fall and winter, America's healthcare professional organizations are coming together to remind the public of the importance of vaccinations and early treatment.

21 Nov 2022

Primary Care News and Research

Latest Primary Care News and Research

Plans to amend pension rules will boost NHS workforce, retain more experienced clinicians

Self-driven healthcare ecosystems could help improve health outcomes and control costs

Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication

Specific genetic variant linked to early-onset childhood epilepsy discovered

Study finds a number of barriers to accessing interpreting services in primary care

Zika-exposed children may show differences in cognitive development, mood and mobility

Racial disparities in lung cancer start with research

Benzodiazepine-related beliefs may influence clinicians' willingness to prescribe the drug

Consultation on insurance issues and training needed to improve the use of continuous glucose monitoring in primary care

Automated point-of-care approaches have great potential to reach Spanish-preferring smokers

Interprofessional primary care for dementia patients linked with increased ER visits

Competencies for the effective deployment of AI‐based tools in primary care

Validity and reliability testing for CoC measure

Emory doctors join forces with the Family Heart Foundation to help patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Researchers use a comparative study to model RSV prevention in children

When malpractice occurs at community health centers, taxpayers pay

All eligible people urged to get vaccinated due to higher rates of flu cases than usual

A record number of doctors and nurses are helping to tackle the Covid backlog

Stereotactic MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer

America's health care organizations remind the public about vaccinations and early treatment for COVID-19, influenza

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