(HealthDay)—Eligible practitioners who are licensed and registered to prescribe controlled substances are now exempt from certain statutory certification requirements related to training, counseling, and other ancillary services for prescribing buprenorphine, according to guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Noting that addressing perceived barriers around prescribing…
New Guidance on Personalized Exercise for BP Control
Recommendations for prescribing exercise to control high blood pressure have been put forward by various medical organizations and expert panels, but finding the bandwidth to craft personalized exercise training for their patients poses a challenge for clinicians. Now, European cardiology societies have issued a consensus statement that offers an algorithm…
More exercise, fewer screens: New Australian guidelines for kids in OSHC
Groundbreaking research from the University of South Australia has delivered world-first national-level guidelines to better inform children’s physical activity and screen time in Outside School Hours Care (OSHC). Developed with input from the OSHC sector, the guidelines aim to address growing concerns of children’s sedentary behaviour marked by an increase…
German Society Updates Rheumatic Diseases Guidelines in Light of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) has updated its guidelines to reflect the recent impact of the pandemic, noting among its key changes that anti-rheumatic medication should not be changed solely for fear of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The update is based on evidence from scientific data…
Researchers develop guidelines for reporting polygenic risk scores
Scientists and healthcare providers are beginning to use a new approach for assessing a person’s inherited risk for diseases like Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and breast cancer, which involves calculating a polygenic risk score. The score provides an estimate of an individual’s risk for specific diseases, based on…
Twitter to Put Warning Labels on Misleading Vaccine Information
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Twitter says it will start attaching warning labels to tweets that contain misleading information about the coronavirus vaccine and institute a “strike” system to penalize users who post such misinformation, the company said in a blog…
COVID-19 Vaccination Recommended for Rheumatology Patients
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. People with rheumatic diseases should get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 as soon as possible, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recommends. “It may be that people with rheumatic diseases are at increased risk of developing COVID or…
Feds OK’d Export of N95 Masks as US Workers Cried for More
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. In the midst of a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear, allowing as many as 5 million of the masks per month to…
Food Guidelines Change but Fail to Take Cultures Into Account
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services have once again developed new food guidelines for Americans that urge people to customize a diet of nutrient-dense food. For the first time, they make recommendations for infant nutrition and for different stages of life. But, as…
Five things nutrition experts want you to know about new federal dietary guidelines
New federal dietary guidelines encourage Americans to focus more on eating healthy throughout life, to be flexible in their eating patterns and to cut down on empty calories. The recommendations, released every five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services, are designed…
Simulation helps refine pediatric care guidelines for COVID-19
Simulation can be a viable way to quickly evaluate and refine new medical guidelines and educate hospital staff in new procedures, a recent study from UT Southwestern’s Department of Pediatrics shows. The findings, published recently in the journal Pediatric Quality and Safety and originally shaped around new COVID-19-related pediatric resuscitation…