OB/GYN General
Apr 19, 2018
The following was originally posted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases Blog. April is Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness month ...
Mar 30, 2018
Recent research on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of bacterial vaginosis (BV) reveals a growing frustration among women affected by this infection. Affecting over 21 million women annually, ...
Mar 16, 2018
A Baylor College of Medicine study from 2017 found that women who deliver on the weekends – and their babies – are more likely to suffer poor outcomes. Although the increased risk of death for ...
Mar 13, 2018
Physicians play an important role in helping their pregnant patients make informed health choices, especially when it comes to taking medications safely. To assist physicians and other prescribers ...
Mar 05, 2018
The 2017-18 influenza season peaked in early February and is now on the decline, according to a data published by the CDC March 3rd. Here are some summary points. The percentage of outpatient vis...
Feb 22, 2018
Findings from recently published studies, including the LEAP study, have led to rapid acceptance of the introduction of peanuts during the first year of life. “This new philosophy is reflected in re...
Feb 16, 2018
Despite increases in recent years, adolescent immunization rates in the United States fall short of Healthy People 2020 goals for several routinely recommended vaccines, leaving millions of teenagers ...
Feb 08, 2018
We’ve been living in a MACRA world for some time now, and yet most physicians still aren’t ready—or even close to ready—for this new reality. As if physicians weren’t already drowning in ...
Feb 08, 2018
The transformation to value-based care has placed tremendous focus on delivery of care as it relates to improving patient outcomes, quality, and safety. And for good reason; improved discharge protoco...
Feb 08, 2018
Nationally recognized and highly regarded health systems have a variety of ways to expand the reach of their “special sauce.” For some, it’s to launch outpatient centers in the suburbs. For othe...
Feb 08, 2018
The vast majority of healthcare takes place outside of a physician’s office. Consumers often care for themselves when they have acute problems, such as colds and the flu, and they partner with their...
Jan 30, 2018
In October 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the opioid epidemic is a public health emergency. Earlier the same week, the FDA declared that since 2001, prescription drugs (largely opioids) h...
Jan 18, 2018
My first exposure to Lean as a quality improvement (QI) approach was at a well-known automotive producer, and it was alarming. The Master Black Belt Sensei flown in from Japan spoke in short, clipped,...
Jan 09, 2018
In 2012, there were estimates of waste in US healthcare amounting to $750 billion per year, or approximately 30% of overall spending. The leading causes of waste are broken out in the Table, with low ...
Nov 27, 2017
Three out of four patients with the cancerous forms of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) went into remission after receiving the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab in a clinical trial carried out ...
Nov 17, 2017
Join us Wednesday, December 13 at 3:00pm ET for PART II of our live, interactive tweetchat with Linda Girgis, MD, based on her blog post on why doctors are losing the public's trust. Joining us as a c...
Nov 07, 2017
Diabetes costs the U.S. economy over $245 billion per year, making it the country’s most expensive disease. But the damage obviously extends well beyond dollars and cents. It’s the 3rd most deadly...
Oct 26, 2017
Dr. Linda Girgis, MD, FAAFP joined Physician’s Weekly to co-host Part II in our #PWChat series, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, on how to steer patients toward reliable resources when it comes to pseudosci...
Oct 25, 2017
Any amount of alcohol exposure during pregnancy can cause extreme lasting effects on a child, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. A team of resea...