Dec 06, 2016

One in 6 women in the U.S. takes antidepressants to improve her well-being, but what is she to do when the medication that is meant to help disrupts another area of her life? Sexual dysfunction is ...

Dec 06, 2016

A team of researchers in Brazil and at the Yale School of Public Health has published the first report demonstrating that the Zika virus can cause glaucoma in infants who were exposed to the virus dur...

Dec 02, 2016

Menopausal women appear to experience an accelerated decline in lung function, according to new research published online ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respir...

Dec 01, 2016

Google "physician burnout epidemic," and you will find quite a few articles and blog posts on the subject. By all accounts, physician burnout is getting worse. Causes are many, including job dissat...

Nov 28, 2016

Concerns over the Zika virus have focused on pregnant women due to mounting evidence that it causes brain abnormalities in developing fetuses. However, new research in mice from scientists at The Rock...

Nov 28, 2016

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can cause serious complications such as hearing difficulties and mental retardation in affected infants. A Japanese research team has discovered a new method...

Nov 15, 2016

Following the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, Physician’s Weekly Managing Editor Christopher Cole received the opportunity to ask select physicians and healthcare experts what a...

Nov 10, 2016

Harvard analysts ponder changes across the American and global landscapes.   After a grueling 18-month election that shattered conventional wisdom and longstanding norms of civility and fai...

Nov 04, 2016

The author of this article is Manish Kumar Chauhan, a digital marketing manager at myPracticeReputation.   Patients are increasingly using online review websites before visiting the doctor’...

Oct 31, 2016

The CDC once again updates guidance for pregnant women and women and men of reporductive age for zika virus infection related to the ongoing investigation of local mosquito-borne zika virus transmissi...

Oct 27, 2016

Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) decreases prescription errors and enhances coordination between physician and pharmacist, but what has remained unclear is how it affects patient behavior. Now a...

Oct 18, 2016

Lately, a lot of attention has been given to the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the importance of vaccinations to prevent it. The HPV vaccine, Gardasil, currently is recommended for all boys and girls...

Oct 14, 2016

Kansas State University collaborated with scientists across the country, and findings were published in a recent Nature Medicine article. People infected with Zika virus may not be susceptible to...

Oct 07, 2016

Scientists have long understood that mother's milk provides immune protection against some infectious agents through the transfer of antibodies, a process referred to as "passive immunity." A research...

Oct 07, 2016

From our content partners at Physicians Practice   When you love your job, it can be easy for your work/life balance to get out of whack. Here are some lessons I’ve learned so far: Sp...

Sep 28, 2016

In the midst of the fight to control Zika, the top public health agency in the United States has been engaged in an intense internal debate about the best way to test whether someone has been infected...

Sep 22, 2016

While Zika remains a hot topic in the news is it the country's most significant healthcare concern and challenge? A new survey by the Mayo Clinic explored consumer perceptions about hot topics in heal...

Sep 22, 2016

Investors are pouring money into digital health companies, with $5.8 billion invested in 2015 alone, according to CBInsights. Of the several subcategories of digital health, telehealth continues to ga...

Sep 13, 2016

As of Sept. 1, CDC released it's most recent update for the number of pregnant women with evidence of Zika in the U.S. and the number of babies born with Zika-related birth defects. According to th...

Sep 09, 2016

A recent Accenture report found that patients in the United States are increasingly accessing their electronic health records (EHRs), with rates rising from 27% in 2014 to 45% in 2016. Most patients (...