Practice Management News

Women made up the majority of enrolled medical students in the United States for the first time, according to data for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Heavy workloads, medical errors and sleep deprivation are recognized factors that can affect the mental health of training physicians. Recently, however, researchers discovered that political events could sour the mood of young doctors and have “professional consequences.”

Several bills have been introduced recently to reduce the high cost of prescription drugs.

In an 18 to 5 vote earlier today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee sent the nomination of Stephen M. Hahn, MD, as the next FDA commissioner to the full Senate.

The FDA recently issued warning letters to 15 companies for illegally selling products containing cannabidiol, or CBD, according to a press release.

Life expectancy among adults in the United States increased for nearly 6 decades but eventually slowed over time and then dropped for 3 straight years after 2014, according to a special communication published in JAMA.

A recent study suggests that less than a quarter of patients on chronic opioid therapy for noncancer pain are tapered off opioids, and another study found that only 35% of patients are able to successfully do so.

The FDA has sent a warning letter to Greenbrier International, Inc., doing business as Dollar Tree, for receiving over-the-counter drugs made by foreign manufacturers that were found to have serious violations of federal law.

ATLANTA — Because social media guidelines at the institution, practice setting and professional organizations are often vague or open to interpretation, Jilaine Bolek Berquist, MD, a rheumatologist with Mercy Health in Janesville, Wisconsin, focused her “Tweets & Trolls” talk on recommendations for physicians when using social media.

“Running medicine” events that combined several types of exercise and community-building events improved participants’ physical and mental health and social support, according to a brief report published in Annals of Family Medicine.