
New pain management guidelines suggest use of buprenorphine as a potentially "safer" opioid analgesic for chronic pain when there are no reasonable alternatives.

New pain management guidelines suggest use of buprenorphine as a potentially "safer" opioid analgesic for chronic pain when there are no reasonable alternatives.

The Mediterranean and low-fat dietary patterns were the only 2 out of 7 "structured, named" programs shown to reduce risk of mortality, CV events in persons at risk.

Pediatric hypertension and the need for appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and reduction of lifestyle risk factors outlined in new scientific statement.

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An ongoing relationship with a primary care clinician is foundational to personal and community health and adults of color are less likely than White adults to have that.

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Among persons with prediabetes who reverted to normoglycemia, only those who remained physically active saw a reduced risk of all-cause death, study authors report.

Narcan naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray 4 mg is expected to be available in-store and online by the late summer.
Family physicians are positioned to identify at the patient level specific factors that contribute to and sustain disparities in health and US health care, says AAFP president.

An Apple Watch feature designed to detect atrial fibrillation was associated with a low rate of false-positive detections and high specificity in persons with AF.

A new study examines the legacy effects of weight loss on cardiometabolic disease risk factors, finding benefits persist up to 5 years, despite weight regain.

The disproportionate prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes among racial/ethnic minorities in the US begs for a new screening paradigm; this may be the one.

Adding paired serology and sputum to nasal swab/nasopharyngeal swabs RT-PCR increased RSV detection by 50% to 66% on average, respectively.

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Disparities in US health and health care delivery along some dimensions are moving backward, not forward, says AAFP president Iroku-Malize in this interview.

Get a quick look at the 5 states ranking highest and lowest on metrics including wages, competition, state medical board punishment, cost of malpractice insurance, and size of malpractice payout.

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The rule change would provide flexibility in standards that govern specific ingredients used in food production, permitting replacement of regular sodium with less toxic substitutes.

Statin-eligible patients in minority groups significantly undertreated; metabolically healthy obesity on the rise; menstruation irregularities suggest later CVD risk; and 2 more studies of note.