Oct. 4, 2016Tuesday JAOAmediapatient care Going viral Coverage of JAOA kidney stone roller coaster study spans the globe Nearly 850 news reports and counting, including the Today Show’s, have shared the study’s findings on roller coaster rides and kidney stone relief.
Sept. 26, 2016Monday kidney stonespatient careresearchroller coaster Roller coaster therapy Ride a roller coaster, pass a kidney stone? David Wartinger, DO made an effective 3D renal model to show how a roller coaster can aid in the expulsion of kidney stones.
Aug. 15, 2016Monday patient care News in Brief For your practice: Integrating behavioral health into primary care AHRQ’s Integration Playbook offers strategies for integrating behavioral health into primary care practices.
June 20, 2016Monday patient care News in Brief Task force changes guidelines on colon cancer screening tests The new recommendation calls for giving patients a choice to select the colon cancer screening test they feel most comfortable taking.
April 6, 2016Wednesday obesitypatient care Managing obesity More physicians seek training and certification in obesity medicine Physicians want to learn more about the biological underpinnings of obesity, which affects more than one-third of U.S. adults.
March 25, 2016Friday house callpatient care Close to home Aging baby boomers, house call apps help revive lost practice Looking for a career change? DOs share the benefits and challenges of providing house call care to patients.
March 4, 2016Friday patient carephysician-patient relationshipstethoscope The Great Debate Is the stethoscope still the quintessential physician’s tool? Two hundred years after its invention, physicians debate whether the stethoscope is still at the heart of medicine.
March 3, 2016Thursday health appspatient caretechnology What’s going around Clammy with a chance of sniffles: New health apps track sickness hotspots Health surveillance apps are being touted as Doppler maps for disease. Do they live up to the hype?
Feb. 25, 2016Thursday patient careveterans News in Brief DO represents the AOA at briefing on arthritis’ impact on veterans Partnership with the Arthritis Foundation is the AOA’s latest effort at increasing the profession’s visibility on Capitol Hill.
Feb. 17, 2016Wednesday infectious diseasespatient care News in Brief President Obama seeks almost $2 billion to fight the Zika virus Request to Congress to fund research and diagnostic tests for the virus comes on the heels of first transmitted case in the U.S.