Practice Management News

Use of e-cigarettes among youths in the United States peaked in 2019 and has declined in the years since, although not for all groups, a study showed.

An intervention failed to increase patient activation, but it helped to improve depression, patient portal management and other health measures among patients with chronic pain on long-term opioids, according to a randomized trial.

Using MySTIRisk, an artificial intelligence-based risk assessment tool, researchers were successfully able to create infection risk scores to identify patients at higher risk for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.

The overall use of several complementary health approaches, and their use for pain management specifically, rose substantially over the last couple of decades, researchers found.

Just as the groundhog reappears each year to make its forecast, Feb. 2 also brings a renewed focus on rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on the daily lives of millions of Americans.

Over half of patients who stopped taking liraglutide or semaglutide were able to maintain their weight for a year, according to a recent study from Epic Research.

Approximately 70% of children and teens drop out of organized sports by age 13 years, the AAP highlighted in a new clinical report published in Pediatrics.

The end of the federal student loan payment pause, a reprieve that lasted more than 3 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marks a critical juncture for millions of Americans, especially for physicians.

A behavioral economics intervention was associated with reduced low-value care among older adults, according to a randomized study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Patients with opioid use disorder, or OUD, who were treated with buprenorphine during an ED visit had greater odds of continued treatment engagement 30 days later, a study in JAMA Network Open showed.