Practice Management News

For women trying to conceive after one or two pregnancy losses, sleep duration and timing and shift work were not associated with fecundability or odds of live birth, data published in Fertility and Sterility show.

Historically underrepresented populations are more at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death compared with white individuals, the CDC reported in November 2022.

The taxation of proceeds from a sale of a medical practice depends on, among other things, whether the entity that owns the practice is a C corporation, an S corporation or a partnership.

On Sept. 15, the AMA released a statement saying that the burnout rate among United States physicians spiked during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

As advisors to physicians throughout the U. S., we often learn what misconceptions physicians have regarding how to protect their assets from potential lawsuits. In this article, I hope to dispel some incorrect assumptions you may have.

Women who underwent assisted reproduction had a similar risk for developing multiple sclerosis as women who conceived without being exposed to assisted reproductive technology, according to a Danish register-based cohort study.

Patient-reported improvement of pelvic organ prolapse symptoms was similar for pessary vs. surgery, but ultimately did not meet the noninferiority endpoint in a 2-year randomized clinical trial, according to data published in JAMA.

Among women eligible for Denmark’s national breast cancer screening program, those who had an intellectual disability were less likely to undergo recommended screening, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers developed a prediction tool that may help to limit the number of surplus embryos created with IVF while maintaining the likelihood of live birth.

Artificial intelligence models trained to analyze ultrasonograms may help sonographers more accurately estimate gestational age, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.