Investigators reviewed current pancreatic cancer screening practices and offered recommendations to overcome challenges associated with improving screening efficacy.
During the workshop, speakers and panelists reviewed past programs that were put into place to reduce opioid prescribing, as well as trends in opioid prescribing and overdose deaths.
In addition to instituting flexible work schedules to attract and retain employees, practices can consider technologic solutions that reduce staffing needs by improving office efficiency.
Researchers conducted a study to determine whether toilet droplets generated during urinary are a vehicle for bacterial transmission and assess if the use of a novel foam spray decreases the risk for transmission.
Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are increasingly being asked to write letters certifying patients’ and clients’ animals as emotional support animals.
Video interview with Ms Orozco on her path to leadership, views on mentorship, AAPA presidency goals, and tips for new PA graduates and on avoiding burnout.
Using Critical Race Theory, lead study author Rodlescia S. Sneed, PhD, MPH, and team assess the impact of racism on the representation of Black women with systemic lupus erythematosus in clinical trials, and highlight the need for interventions in this area.
A presentation at the 2021 Summer Meeting of the AAD reviews the novel approaches taken by the University of Mississippi, Department of Dermatology to address gaps in rural care.
The language in a patient’s medical record can convey information not only about the patient’s condition but about the attitude of the clinician writing the report.
To discuss the potential factors driving the increasing alcohol use among women as well as potential solutions, we interviewed David Streem, MD, and Leena P. Mittal, MD, FACLP.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, that more than 60% of US adults were lonely; these numbers only increased during the pandemic. Clinicians should focus more time on the psychological and social factors of aging to improve the quality of life of the elderly.
Diane E. Meier, the Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, discusses how neurologists can increase quality palliative care communication and encourage better clinician/patient confidence and care.
The exact pathophysiology of microscopic colitis is not completely understood, though PPIs and NSAIDs are 2 medications commonly implicated for triggering the inflammatory process.
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