Alternative Medicine News

Video-based coaching was a feasible strategy for improving clinicians’ communications skills, according to findings published in BMC Medical Education.

The environmental and societal impacts of climate change are progressing more rapidly than previously expected, nearing limits to what society can feasibly adapt to, according to a recent report.

Transgender and nonbinary youths who received gender-affirming care were significantly less likely to have moderate or severe depression and suicidality than those who did not, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with higher aging satisfaction were more likely to have improved health and well-being later in life, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Mindfulness-based interventions may ease burnout, increase compassion and improve the patient-physician relationship, according to a presentation at Healing Healthcare: A Global Mindfulness Summit.

Many U.S. adults reported using a variety of nonopioid techniques to manage their chronic pain, but some said they still rely on opioids, according to survey findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients whose physicians transitioned from an enhanced fee-for-service model to a team-based capitation model had fewer ED visits than patients who did not receive team-based care, according to data published in Annals of Family Medicine.

Older adults who took vitamin D with or without omega-3 fatty acid supplementation had a significantly lower rate of autoimmune disease over 5 years compared with those who took placebo, according to findings published in The BMJ.

Adopting a “One Health” approach to diet choices and nutrition recommendations can offer health and environmental benefits, according to findings published in Science of the Total Environment.

Among women with obesity and unexplained infertility, weight loss before infertility treatment did not increase the likelihood of having a healthy live birth, according to findings published in PLoS Medicine.