Patient Education and Counseling News
January 25, 2025
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Jan. 6, 2025 — A research team found that implementing point-of-care ultrasounds (POCUS) to assess the viability and gestational age of pregnancies in the first trimester enhanced care for pregnant patients and cut emergency visits by 81% for non-miscarrying ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Artificial intelligence (AI) may one day play a larger role in medicine than the online symptom checkers available today. But these 'AI doctors' may need to get more personal than human doctors to ...
Oct. 29, 2024 — A new study has lifted the lid on how couples living with rheumatoid arthritis cope with the debilitating disease finding that those who cope with problems together had less psychological distress and better ...
Oct. 16, 2023 — Clinicians who show more empathy promote better psychological health among breast cancer patients, according to a new study examining how oncology doctors facilitate psychological ...
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Oct. 30, 2024 — A professor led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider's history-taking and physical exam were ...
July 1, 2024 — Key features of palliative care include medication management, shared decision-making and goal-oriented ...
June 4, 2024 — Current medical training focuses on weight and body mass index (BMI), exacerbating anti-obesity bias and increasing the risk of eating disorders, the authors said. And it doesn't give future doctors ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — A common GP assessment used to monitor depression treatment does not provide any immediate benefits to patients. Experts testing the PHQ-9 assessment ...
July 10, 2023 — A unique collaborative study on hospital clinician wellbeing by teams at 60 of the nation's best hospitals has just been published. The study found ...
Apr. 10, 2023 — As teacher shortages continue to worsen across the United States, a new study gives insight into why so many stressed and burnt-out teachers are leaving the profession. The study found teachers who ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 23, 2024 — Patients have lower rates of mortality and hospital readmissions when treated by female physicians, with female patients benefitting more than their male counterparts, new research ...
Aug. 18, 2022 — Severe breathlessness in COVID patients with co-morbidities should be used as a signal for quicker referral for palliative care to help manage their symptoms sooner, new research has ...
July 20, 2022 — Despite professional guidelines recommending early serious illness conversations for all patients with advanced cancer, many times these conversations occur, late or not at all. A collaborative ...
June 30, 2022 — Opioids are a cornerstone of cancer pain management, but there is a lack of consensus on how to treat pain in cancer patients who also have struggled with opioid use disorder or prescription opioid ...
Mar. 28, 2022 — Numerous studies have shown that spirituality can help improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases like cancer. According to a literature review, spirituality can also have a positive ...