Marcia Frellick

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Clinical Guidelines: Start Screening at Age 50 for Age-Related Hearing Loss

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: May 9, 2024

The common condition remains underdiagnosed and undertreated with myriad health consequences.

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Three Conditions for Which Cannabis Appears to Help

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: May 3, 2024

Neuropathic pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting, and spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis, may be helped by cannabis.

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Avian Flu Threat Still Low and Vaccine Measures Are Ready

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 29, 2024

In spite of transmission to a human in early April, risk of avian flu remains low for the public, say authorities.

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Getting Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Started on Buprenorphine in Primary Care

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 24, 2024

Any DEA-registered PCP can prescribe buprenorphine and should screen for opioid use disorder, presenter says.

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First Consensus Statement on Improving Healthcare for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 22, 2024

Without better access to safe and appropriate care, people with NDDs experience more seclusion, accidents, restraints, and injury in healthcare enc...

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Children With ASD May Have Earlier Onset of Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 16, 2024

Authors say their findings are particularly important as this population has been underrepresented in suicide research and prevention efforts.

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Safety Risks Persist with Out-of-Hospital Births

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 12, 2024

Most planned home births have one or more risk factors associated with an increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to a data analysis.

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Hormone Therapy After 65 a Good Option for Most Women

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 12, 2024

Benefits and risk after age 65 vary, but a menopause expert says, "The best time to stop HT is when you die."

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Is It Time to Stop Using the Term AIDS?

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: April 11, 2024

AIDS, a term that originated in the early 1980s, does not reflect the current treatment approach, experts suggest.

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Lab Tests Are Key for Diagnosing Chickenpox

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: March 28, 2024

Research featured in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report finds lab tests may keep children who don’t have varicella from missi...

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Ovarian Cancer Red Flags: What to Know to Quicken Diagnoses

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: March 26, 2024

Nonspecific symptoms of ovarian cancer are not reported by patients or are not investigated by primary care physicians.

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Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Increasing Rapidly

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: March 26, 2024

The number of privately insured women with the disorder in the United States doubled from 2008 to 2020, with a large increase in diagnoses coming w...

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AI May Help Docs Reply to Patients’ Portal Messages

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: March 21, 2024

A small quality-improvement study found physicians’ burden was lessened but time spent was the same.

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Risk for Preterm Birth Stops Maternal RSV Vaccine Trial

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: March 15, 2024

This new vaccine candidate resulted in increased preterm birth and a nonsignificant increase in neonatal death.

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Higher Prostate Cancer Rates Seen in Black Men, but Advanced Cases Similar to White Men

Author:: Marcia Frellick

Publish date: March 11, 2024

Pros and cons of establishing different “normal” PSA levels for different races discussed.