The following is a summary of "Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of Integrated Musculoskeletal Pain Management Programs: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study," published in the May 2023 issue of Pain by Lentz et al. Integrated pain...

The following is a summary of "Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of Integrated Musculoskeletal Pain Management Programs: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study," published in the May 2023 issue of Pain by Lentz et al. Integrated pain...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Some specialties have made significant improvements in academic medial leadership diversity since 2007, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Austin M. Meadows, from Henry Ford Health in...
The following is a summary of "Using Design Thinking to Promote Goals of Care Conversations With Seriously Ill Patients," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Casarett et al. Conversations regarding goals of care (GOC) can...
The following is a summary of "Implementation Challenges for a Multisite Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial: Lessons Learned," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Sudore et al. Researchers identified crucial system-level...
The following is a summary of “Investigating the relationship between sleep and migraine in a global sample: a Bayesian cross-sectional approach,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Stanyer et al. Sleep and migraine are linked in both directions, but...
The following is a summary of "SHARING Choices: Lessons Learned from a Primary-Care Focused Advance Care Planning Intervention," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Colburn et al. There have been limited instances of scaling...
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Some specialties have made significant improvements in academic medial leadership diversity since 2007, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in JAMA Network Open.Austin M. Meadows, from Henry Ford Health in...
The following is a summary of "Using Design Thinking to Promote Goals of Care Conversations With Seriously Ill Patients," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Casarett et al. Conversations regarding goals of care (GOC) can...
The following is a summary of "Implementation Challenges for a Multisite Advance Care Planning Pragmatic Trial: Lessons Learned," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Sudore et al. Researchers identified crucial system-level...
The following is a summary of “Investigating the relationship between sleep and migraine in a global sample: a Bayesian cross-sectional approach,” published in the September 2023 issue of Pain by Stanyer et al. Sleep and migraine are linked in both directions, but...
The following is a summary of "SHARING Choices: Lessons Learned from a Primary-Care Focused Advance Care Planning Intervention," published in the August 2023 issue of Pain and Symptom Management by Colburn et al. There have been limited instances of scaling...
Determinants of obesity and diabetes are strongly linked to genetic and epigenetic variations. With the increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity, it is imperative to understand the various factors that influence metabolic function in the body, neural pathways,...
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would appeal most to readers who enjoy the inexorable pull of a story arc...
Any discussion with doctors about avoiding liability for malpractice is hampered from the start because “negligence” is a very charged term. It conjures up images of a slipshod and blundering individual and so doctors understandably immediately become resistant....
"You can download an app for your phone that shows how many miles you didn't walk today."
"The handle of your recliner does not qualify as an exercise machine."
"You went camping and a bear mistook your blood for honey. Would you mind if I order a diabetes test for you?"
To curb inflation and turbulent markets, the US Federal Reserve has marked 2023 with rising interest rates. This economic climate has many financial experts apprehensive about a possible recession. According to Bankrate’s Fourth-Quarter Economic Indicator poll of...
A Medscape article reported on a 2023 JAMA Neurology study in that found medical crowdfunding, the practice of creating digital campaigns to raise money for health-related expenses, for neurologic disorders surged within 9 years at a yearly average rate of 44%. Of...
Risk and reward are inherent to providing medical care. As such, it is essential that patients understand all potential outcomes when making personal healthcare decisions, including the decision to forgo care against medical advice (AMA). According to medical...
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