Kathleen Doheny
Health and Lifestyle Journalist at Freelance
Freelance health/lifestyle journalist, mom, mom-in-law, Mimi. WebMD, Medscape, MedCentral, Senior Planet, etc. Ideas: [email protected].
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1 week ago |
medcentral.com | Kathleen Doheny
Neuropathic pain affects approximately 8% of US adults, and while pharmacotherapy can ease symptoms, only 40% to 60% of patients report pain relief with medication. And many would rather use a topical agent instead of an oral pill, pain medicine experts find. The problem for physicians and pharmacists is that there is no current clinical guidance regarding best practices for topical selection or on the types of neuropathic pain for which a topical may work best.
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1 week ago |
medcentral.com | Kathleen Doheny
Without a cure, the focus of fibromyalgia treatment is symptom management, yet even still, many patients do not experience symptom relief. This was a core message delivered by Arya Mohabbat, MD, at the American Academy of Pain Medicine PainConnect 2025 meeting in Austin, TX.
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1 week ago |
seniorplanet.org | Kathleen Doheny
¿Necesita un estímulo para el cerebro, un empujón para la memoria, una forma de sentirse más agudo y cognitivamente más intacto? ¡Pruebe estos seis consejos de un experto! Hemos reunido seis formas, gracias a la consulta con Augusto Miravalle, MD, profesor de neurología en el Rush University Medical Center en Chicago, y a la consulta de estudios y otras fuentes.
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2 weeks ago |
medscape.com | Kathleen Doheny
Do you have favorite props you use with your patients? Let us and your colleagues know in the comments section. Here’s a familiar — and stressful — story for physicians and patients alike. Laura Spurgeon, a 68-year-old retired ophthalmologist’s assistant, had gone in for a routine checkup. “Then it was time for labs, and the labs did not come back so great,” she recalled. The results showed blood sugar issues and high triglycerides, and Spurgeon said her fatigue was constant.
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3 weeks ago |
seniorplanet.org | Kathleen Doheny
Our power. Our planet is the theme for Earth Day 2025. It speaks to the need—and the ability—of all of us to do better to protect the planet. Senior Planet spoke to Tom Cosgrove, a spokesperson for the nonprofit organization Earth Day and mined other reputable sources of information about how to make a difference. It often seems that making the earth healthier makes us all healthier too.
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On an assignment about microdosing of GLP-1s and need to interview someone who has done this for weight loss. [email protected] Why, results, pros, cons.
Looking for a physician in recovery from compulsive gambling to talk about how physicians in family practice should be screening patients for this potential addiction; what questions to ask, what signs to look for. [email protected] Prefer using real name.
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