Posted on Tue, Jun 18, 2013
|
Stay current on the hot topics in your specialty while earning CME credit.
Here is this month's top read Physician Assistant article.
|
|
AMA looks to restrict physician assistant role in healthcare teams Free Full Text
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Posted on Mon, Jun 17, 2013
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who just could not or would not express their feelings? The lack of intimate communication can be the demise of many relationships. Although you may have believed you were involved with a partner who just didn’t want to “share” his/her feelings, in actuality you may have been dealing with a person who suffers from Alexithymia.
The term “Alexithymia” was coined by psychotherapist Peter Sifenos in 1973. It is described as a personality trait in which a person has difficulty sharing or understanding emotional issues. Sufferers often do not possess the ability to distinguish between feelings and bodily sensations. They have very stoic personalities and typically only engage in relationships because, as human beings, we naturally desire to “belong” to someone.
According to Nick Frye-Cox, a doctoral student at the University of Missouri, physiological responses to this condition are: sweaty palms, increased heart rate and the inability to identify emotions as sad, happy or angry. Symptoms of Alexithymia are similar to the symptoms of a person with Asperger’s Syndrome, i.e.: issues with speech, language and social relationships. According to the Journal of Affective Disorders article, Effects of childhood trauma on somatization in major depressive disorder: The role of alexithymia, emotional abuse during childhood can affect the emergence of Alexithymia as an adult.
Currently the cause of Alexithymia has not been defined; however, studies have concluded that some people are genetically predisposed to develop the personality trait, while others develop the trait as a result of childhood abuse.
read more articles on Alexithymia at mdlinx.com/psychiatry
Posted on Thu, Jun 13, 2013
Posted on Thu, Jun 13, 2013
|
Exams Looming? Prepare to Pass with Smartest Doc
Review question banks
|
|
Whether you're concerned with Boards, maintaining your certification, or simply want the title of Smartest Doc in America MDLinx offers a challenging bank of multiple choice clinical questions to keep you sharp. Don't waste any time, prepare TODAY with this free MDLinx Member Perk!
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Posted on Thu, Jun 13, 2013
|
Behind On Your Journal Reading?
|
|
Get current in just a few minutes a day. MDLinx summarizes ranks and sorts all the best medical journal articles in 32 specialties and 800 sub-specialties from over 2000 journals daily. Check out these top read Pharmacy articles.
FDA approves Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive without a prescription for women 15 years of age and older
**Available in Full Text**
|
|
|
|
Therapeutic concerns when oral medications are administered nasogastrically
**Exclusive Author Commentary**
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Posted on Thu, May 23, 2013
We just added new search tools, “Must Attend” conference highlights, Conference-related articles, maps and more!
After asking our members about what you need and want in a great conference resource, we answered by engineering some key upgrades to the MDLinx Conference Center that fit your needs and integrate with your travel planning and educational pre-planning.
>> Visit the upgraded
MDLinx Medical Conference Center and give a try!
Posted on Mon, May 13, 2013
Approximately 20% of children with Autism have reportedly been diagnosed with Lyme disease, inciting a substantial amount of attention to the notion of a correlation between the two disorders. Healthcare professionals fear that reporting a link between the two conditions may mislead parents into believing that autism can be treated with antibiotics. However, studies have shown that there is no correlation between autism and Lyme disease. According to an article found on MDLinx entitled, Study Debunks Lyme Disease-Autism Link, “Health experts are concerned that if parents suspect that Lyme disease has played a role in their child's autism, they may seek treatment with long–term antibiotic therapy.”
Lyme disease occurs when a tick bites a human and transmits the bacteria called Borrelia Burdorferi which is typically diagnosed by a blood test. Symptoms of Lyme disease include a skin rash, joint pain, neuropathies, fatigue and ocular inflammation. Autism is a brain disorder that affects a child’s communication skills and social development. Autistic children have weaker immune systems, which makes them more vulnerable to infections.
Anyone diagnosed with Lyme disease should be monitored for approximately 30 days. Standard treatments for Lyme disease are oral antibiotics (if in the early stages), intravenous antibiotics (if the central nervous system is affected,) or bismacine (which is not approved by the FDA). Treatment is usually administered for 4 weeks. Children diagnosed with autism undergo therapeutic treatments such as behavioral, speech or physical therapy.
While Lyme disease is curable with antibiotics, there is no cure for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Due to the vast differences between pharmacologic treatment for Lyme disease and therapeutic treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is extremely important that parents of Autistic children understand that if their child has not been diagnosed with Lyme disease, medication is not necessary.
Posted on Fri, Apr 26, 2013
Fact or Fiction: Educating skin cancer survivors on risks of tanning bed use could reduce recurrence of melanoma.
Well… it depends on the individual. For more than 20% of skin cancer survivors, the desire to maintain a killer tan overrides the known dangers of tanning bed use and overexposure to sunlight without sunscreen. According to an article published on MDLinx, “Some melanoma survivors still use tanning beds, skip sunscreen,”it’s important to understand that melanoma, although the least common type of skin cancer, is the most dangerous, claiming over 9,000 American lives annually. While the majority of melanoma survivors educate themselves and take precautionary measures to protect themselves from recurrence, reportedly over 20% do not.
Major risk factors for melanoma include:
- Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, commonly due to sunlight and tanning beds/lamps on unprotected skin
- Moles
- Fair skin and Freckles
- Genetics
- Immune suppression
- Age
- Gender
At the most recent annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, a study found that 27% of melanoma survivors still do not use sunscreen, 15% rarely stayed in the shade when outdoors and 2% still use tanning beds.
Many medical professionals find it disturbing that after surviving skin cancer, patients continue their pre-cancer perilous behavior by not implementing the recommended skin protection practices and ignoring the risk of recurrence. Tthere is clearly a need for more effective intervention and education on the part of healthcare providers to reduce the use of tanning beds/lamps and exposure to the sunlight, especially when educating patients who have already survived a bout with skin cancer. The question remains: Can better outcomes be achieved in time to save lives?
Find more articles about skin cancer at mdlinx.com/oncology:
Posted on Thu, Apr 18, 2013
As the shift from traditional fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement gains momentum, many practices are adding patient navigators and care coordinators to their teams. In fact, one out of every five respondents to 2013 Staff Salary Survey said they employ a care coordinator whose sole job is to coordinate patient care and/or offer referrals to other healthcare providers.
What is a care coordinator? The role of care coordinator is difficult to define because it often differs practice to practice. Still, care coordinators tend to share some common responsibilities, such as helping patients navigate the healthcare continuum, increasing patient outreach and monitoring (especially of high-risk patients and/or those with chronic conditions), and helping manage transitions of care.
Who is a care coordinator? Because the role of a care coordinator is so patient-centered, many practices employ care coordinators who are also registered nurses. Sometimes practices will ask their current nurses to take on care coordination responsibilities; others will hire nurses whose sole purpose is to serve as care coordinator.
Why care coordinator are gaining traction: Care coordinators tend to be found most often in primary-care practices that are transitioning to medical homes, or that are already medical homes.
>>FORWARD THIS TO YOUR RECRUITER OR PRACTICE MANAGER TODAY<<
You trust MDLinx to keep you current on developments in your specialty.
Now trust MDLinx to keep you current on your staffing needs.
- Post a job listing for your practice. Packages start at only $299 and listings stay live for 60 days.
- Search our CV Resume Database. Thousands of CVs are available.
- Send a targeted email. Reach the most qualified candidates in the specialty and location you desire.
>> Contact MDLinx Career Center now for more information and bulk pricing options
*To read the full article from Physicians Practice, click here, and choose Go To Abstract.
Posted on Fri, Mar 29, 2013
This Maybe the Cause: Alexithymia….
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who just could not or would not express their feelings? The lack of intimate communication can be the demise of many relationships.
Although you may have believed you were involved with a partner who just didn’t want to “share” his/her feelings in actuality you may have been dealing with a person who suffers from Alexithymia.
The term Alexithymia was coined by psychotherapist Peter Sifenos in 1973 and is described as a personality trait in which a person has difficulty sharing or understanding emotional issues. Suffers often do not possess the ability to distinguish between feelings and bodily sensations. They have very stoic personalities and typically only engage in relationships because as human being we naturally desire to “belong” to someone.
According to Nick Frye-Cox, a doctoral student at the University of Missouri, physiological responses to this condition are: sweaty palms, increased heart rate and the inability to identify emotions as sad, happy or angry. Symptoms of Alexithymia are similar to the symptoms of a person with Asperger’s Syndrome i.e.: issues in speech, language, and social relationships. According to the Journal of Affective Disorders, Effects of childhood trauma on somatization in major depressive disorder: , a medical news article found on MDLinx, The role of alexithymia, emotional abuse during childhood can affect the emergence of Alexithymia as an adult.
Currently the cause of Alexithymia has not been defined however studies have concluded that some people are genetically predisposed to develop the personality trait while others develop the trait due to childhood abuse.