Practice Management News

In March, the first nonprescription, over-the-counter contraceptive pill became available to buy in stores and online. The progestin-only pill is an important step in boosting access to birth control, according to women’s health providers.

DENVER — Incorporating artificial intelligence into daily practice can benefit both providers and patients, according to experts here at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Building community partnerships, having community specialists within a care team and using screening tools are all necessary steps to identifying and addressing social needs, according to experts.

How does a physician “retire well”? That answer, unsurprisingly, has been changing over time. Historically, physicians were inclined toward an early retirement, hanging up their white coats in their 50s or early 60s.

More than two-thirds of pharmacists in California surveyed said they would be willing to prescribe medication abortion, if legally permitted, but more than half reported lacking confidence in their knowledge of abortion drugs.

Mistreatment by health care professionals during childbirth is “common” in the U.S., with one in eight women with a live birth in 2020 reporting mistreatment, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

For childbearing aged women with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, switching medication from valproate to levetiracetam compared with lamotrigine decreased seizure recurrence at 24 months, according to research from Neurology.

Earlier menopause — by age 46 years — was tied to worse self-perceived work ability, long-term work participation impairment and higher disability retirement risk, according to study data from women in Finland published in Menopause.

Black women whose mothers had uterine fibroids are at increased risk for the disease, especially if their mothers were diagnosed at younger ages, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”