Prolonged Leisure-Time Sitting Tied to Increased Mortality Risk
Increase in all-cause, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, suicide, COPD mortality
Twitter Posts Reveal Use of JUUL Vaporizer by Minors at School
Few JUUL-related Twitter posts mention topic of smoking cessation
AMA Calls for Electronic Health Record Training
Association says medical students, residents should undergo training with evaluative feedback
The American Diabetes Association, June 22-26
The American Diabetes Association's 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to...
Practice Management Can Improve Efficiency
Suggestions include doing a financial analysis, using scribes, renegotiating insurance contracts
Most Pediatricians in the United States Do Not Support Spanking
Support for spanking seen among docs who are male, black, and/or were sometimes spanked as children
Health Care Technology Impacts Younger Patient Satisfaction
Younger health care consumers are dissatisfied with technology capability of health care organizations
Midlife Fitness Linked to Lower Risk of Depression, CVD Death
Reduction also seen in CVD mortality with antecedent depression in association with high fitness level
Intervention Programs Prevent Diabetes Distress in Teens
Findings based on one-year follow-up in teens with type 1 diabetes participating in the STePS study
In Cancer Patients, PTSD May Increase Symptom Burden
Post-traumatic stress symptoms also linked to lower risk of readmission in hospitalized CA patients
