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Integrating addiction medicine into primary care found to be clinically effective
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Integrating addiction medicine into primary care found to be clinically effective

by University of Pittsburgh Model Schematic for 3 Strategies Integrating Addiction Care Into Primary Care The 3 strategies were (1) primary care practitioner (PCP) services with external referral to addiction care (status quo), (2) PCP services plus onsite buprenorphine prescribing with referral to offsite harm reduction kits (BUP), and (3) PCP services plus onsite buprenorphine prescribing...

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UnitedHealth Insurance Unit to Cut Use of Prior Authorization Process

March 30, 2023 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc said on Wednesday its insurance unit will reduce the use of prior authorization process by 20% for some non-urgent surgeries and procedures. Under this process, Healthcare providers get coverage approval for certain non-emergency procedures. The reductions will begin in the third quarter and will continue through the rest of...

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Scientists track evolution of microbes on the skin’s surface

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, MA — Human skin is home to millions of microbes. One of these microbes, Staphylococcus aureus, is an opportunistic pathogen that can invade patches of skin affected by eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis. In a new study, researchers at MIT and other institutions have discovered that this microbe can rapidly...

Tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated clusters in New England, study says
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Tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated clusters in New England, study says

by Jenny Blair, Yale School of Public Health Reconstruction of the dispersal history of Powassan virus lineage 2 viruses inferred by a spatially-explicit phylogeographic analysis. The highly focal distribution of the virus, with rare long-distance dispersal events, is particularly clear in Connecticut (see zoomed inset). Besides a single dispersal event between locations 1 (Westport) and 2...

Modified Botox found to give long-term pain relief after nerve injury without side effects
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Modified Botox found to give long-term pain relief after nerve injury without side effects

by Amy Huxtable, University of Sheffield Production of isopeptide-bonded BoNT molecules.(A) Schematic of the structural organization of BoNT/A (upper panel) with additions of the SpyCatcher elements to two botulinum parts (lower panel). (B) Coomassie-stained SDS–PAGE showing the purified proteins and spontaneous assembly of isopeptide-bonded BoNT. (C) Coomassie-stained SDS–PAGE showing isolation of iBoNT from the unreacted excess...

Physicians debate best management strategy for patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia
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Physicians debate best management strategy for patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia

by Annals of Internal Medicine Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the Annals of Internal Medicine, a general internal medicine physician and a urologist discuss treatment plans for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and how they would apply their recommendations to a patient who wishes to learn more about his options. Lower urinary tract symptoms due to BPH...

Why early treatment of esophageal cancer is critical
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Why early treatment of esophageal cancer is critical

by DeeDee Stiepan, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo Clinic News Network Esophageal cancer, which is cancer that occurs in the esophagus—a long, hollow tube that runs from your throat to your stomach—is on the rise in the U.S. “We think esophageal cancer is on the rise with the obesity pandemic as well as with the problem with the increase in reflux in the United...

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Does Exercise Help or Hinder GERD?

Nathalie Raffier April 06, 2023 PARIS, France — Exercise has a variable impact on the onset of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms. The mechanisms at play are complex and seldom studied. Frank Zerbib, MD, head of the department of gastroenterology at Bordeaux University Hospital, broke them down during a session dedicated to exercise, which was the common theme of...

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Are You Misdiagnosing IBS? Watch Out for This Mimi

Nick Tate March 10, 2023 Josh struggled for more than a decade with what his doctors had told him was irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). But curiously, the 39-year-old’s flare-ups were caused by some foods that aren’t typical IBS triggers. Peanuts and shellfish caused “stabbing” abdominal pains, and he would feel lightheaded after simply inhaling the scent of...

A new primary care model proves effective for patients with severe mental illness
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A new primary care model proves effective for patients with severe mental illness

by University of North Carolina Health Care Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over the past few years, the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry in UNC’s School of Medicine have been working together to spearhead the development of a new “enhanced primary care” model to provide better primary care for patients who have severe...