SPOTLIGHT -
Morning Medical Update: Weight loss surgeries for teens and kids on the rise; Emotional effects of a hysterectomy; Tick bite risk
The top news stories in primary care today.
Top 15 cities with the worst mental health conditions
If you practice around these towns, your patients may have more needs than other parts of the country.
Private equity: What primary care docs need to know
Patient care is paramount.
Eight ways to foster employee loyalty at your medical practice
A medical practice known for having loyal and committed healthcare workers tends to develop a positive reputation.
Morning Medical Update: NJ sees rise in antibiotic-resistant infections; Monkeypox may return to NYC; Link between COVID and anemia
Private equity: COVID-19 funding and fraud
Examining where the money went.
Morning Medical Update: Study defines long covid; Cannabis doesn’t carry same COPD risk; No safe way to wean off gender meds
Private equity: Studies in quality
Do investors sacrifice patient care for profits?
Morning Medical Update: Party drug confiscation up 349%; Paralyzed man walks with brain and spine implants; What is ‘Disease X’?
Private equity: What do investors look for?
Potential for growth is a key factor.
Morning Medical Update: CDC reports on its Mpox response; Mental illness not a factor in most mass school shootings; HIV infections down 12%
Private equity: Spell out details for investors, physicians
Who controls oversight and compliance?
2022 health insurance coverage by the numbers
CDC publishes latest figures on private and public coverage from 2019 to last year.
Morning Medical Update: Atypical mad cow disease detected; Possible antidote discovered for world’s deadliest mushroom; New opioid reversal agent approved
Private equity: Trends with the federal False Claims Act
Whistleblowers can speak out about fraud.
Rural Healthy People 2030 sets health priorities for the next decade
Economic stability included for first time in 10-year survey.
Morning Medical Update: Bird songs good for mental health; Amputees could feel warmth with new technology; Queer women more likely to suffer from cardiovascular problems
Private equity: Be aware of state regulations
Federal regulations are not the only rules.
Morning Medical Update: How primary care can fail new mothers; Drug shortages at an all-time high; Masks still recommended in healthcare settings
Private equity: Getting into health care
Private equity investment firms come in all shapes and sizes.
Tobacco use in the United States: a slideshow
Nearly one in five American adults still uses tobacco in some form.
Morning Medical Update: Napping can increase creativity; U.S. adults overwhelmed with health care system; Black Americans have experienced 1.6 million excess deaths
Private equity: Physicians become investments
It can be a good relationship sometimes.
Morning Medical Update: Drug-resistant ringworm spotted in NYC; Link between diet and personality; Hormone therapy and bone health
Morning Medical Update: ‘Peanut patch’ for toddlers with peanut allergies; Blood bag drone delivery; Doctors warn seniors about THC
Medical school cost and debt: a slideshow
Here are more facts about how much medical school costs, and how much students owe when the graduate.
Patients expect AI will be part of the future of health care
However, questions remain about privacy and accuracy.
Morning Medical Update: New breast cancer screening guidelines; Antibiotic shortage and Strep increase; How vaping affects the body
Morning Medical Update: Americans lack vitamin D; Legal pot more potent than ever; California debates extending PTSD coverage
Schwartz Foundation: A message to primary care physicians
The principles of the Healing Healthcare Initiative can help elsewhere.