Studies on coffee consumption: New biomarker proposed
In order to record coffee consumption in nutrition and health studies, researchers usually rely on self-reporting by participants. However, this is not always reliable. It would therefore be desirable to conduct additional studies to objectively verify individual consumption using biomarkers. A research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical […]
Pharmacists Can Spur Switch to Recommended Drugs for Diabetes Patients With CVD
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A pharmacist-led intervention using notes in the electronic health record (EHR) proved effective for convincing primary care providers to switch veterans with diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) to guideline-recommended care, a single-center VA-study showed. A total of 180 recommendations were made by pharmacists in the EHRs of 102 patients. Of those, 23 […]
CDC Reports Record High Rate Of Vaccine Exemptions For Kindergartners
LOADINGERROR LOADING The exemption rate for routine vaccinations among kindergartners has reached a record high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A CDC report released Thursday said 3% of children in kindergarten during the 2022-23 school year were granted a nonmedical vaccine exemption from their state. That rate, an increase from the […]
Suicidal Ideation Common Among Transgender, Gender Diverse Youth in ED
WASHINGTON — A keyword-based search in the electronic medical record (EMR) at an urban emergency department (ED) showed high rates of suicidal ideation among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, according to a retrospective cross-sectional study. In 81% of ED encounters at a single tertiary children’s hospital, TGD youth screened positive on the Ask Suicide-Screening […]
Primary Care Intervention Improved Follow-Up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Results
A multilevel primary care intervention that included automated electronic health record (EHR) reminders and patient outreach/navigation improved timely follow-up of overdue abnormal cancer screening test results, a cluster randomized trial showed. Among nearly 12,000 patients with an abnormal screening test result for colorectal, cervical, breast, or lung cancer, completion of follow-up testing within 120 days […]
Massive Kidney Stone Sets New Record
Surgeons in Sri Lanka have removed the largest and heaviest kidney stone on record from a 62-year-old patient, according to Guinness World Records. The stone measured 5.26 inches in length and 4.15 inches in width, and weighed in at 1.76 pounds, according to the publication. It broke the previous size record, set in 2004 when […]
Opinion | ‘Agree With Dog’ and Other Obscure Patient Chart Notes
I keep hoping that we are going to get to a place where we can use the medical record for what it really should be. As we evolved away from paper charts, and smeary, inky, illegible doctors’ handwriting, the promise of an electronic medical record that really helps us take care of patients emerged — […]
Electronic health record tool can help children achieve healthy weight
An electronic health record (EHR) program to help primary care doctors address child obesity is an effective tool to promote positive body mass index (BMI) trends, especially among young children with obesity, according to a new University of Missouri School of Medicine study that examined the effectiveness of the FitTastic tool over an average follow-up […]
Two More Patients With HIV Surviving Without Antiretrovirals
MONTREAL – A man who held a record of sorts in living with HIV infection is now one of a handful of individuals in the world to have achieved a functional cure of the disease which causes AIDS as well as remission from acute leukemia, researchers reported here. The so-called “City of Hope patient” is […]
Abortion Pill Web Searches Surged After Leaked SCOTUS Decision
Internet searches on abortion medication spiked to “record national highs” following the leak of the draft Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade, researchers reported. In the 72 hours following the leaked draft on May 2, searches related to abortion medications were 162% (95% CI 149-175) higher than expected, with approximately 350,000 searches for abortion […]