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2 months ago | 
infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com | Nikki Kean
Health care workers have condemned recent policy actions set forth by the Trump Administration that “will catastrophically impact the health of people globally by threatening the lives and welfare of people living with and vulnerable to HIV,” according to a press release from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) on February 4, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean
Health care workers have condemned recent policy actions set forth by the Trump Administration that “will catastrophically impact the health of people globally by threatening the lives and welfare of people living with and vulnerable to HIV,” according to a press release from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) on February 4, 2025.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
rheumatologyadvisor.com | Ravinder Singh |Nikki Kean
Women who initially experience infertility face an increased risk of developing systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD) within 9 years after childbirth compared with their counterparts without infertility, according to a new study published in Human Reproduction. The women at the highest risk of SARD in the study did not use fertility treatments to become pregnant. Infertility is becoming increasingly prevalent, with approximately 12% to 25% of women experiencing infertility.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Currently, 26 states have banned gender-affirming care for minors. The ban blocks access to puberty blockers and medications needed to transition to the opposite sex.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released a new clinical guideline on the pharmacological management of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, published in Gastroenterology.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean
A single dose of sodium oxybate improved symptoms of laryngeal dystonia (LD), with effects lasting up to 5 hours, according to research published in the Annals of Neurology. Laryngeal dystonia (LD), known previously as spasmodic dysphonia, is a rare neurologic condition that affects over 50,000 people in the US and Canada. It is more common in women than men and typically presents in the fourth decade, often taking a significant toll on a patient’s social life, employment, and mental health.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean |Michelle Falci |Joel Dulaigh
Every Sunday, Reverend Thomas Hill, training director of the Certified Community Health Specialists (CCHS) Foundation, and his wife Emmeline, a pediatric audiologist, open the doors of the Z Mansion in Tucson, Arizona to serve hundreds of meals to the hungry and unhoused. At “The Z,” Rev Hill welcomes anyone in need, whom he calls “friends and family,” to receive food and medical care.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean
On October 15, 2024, Israel Mendez, MS, PA-C, will become the first physician associate (PA) to become a medical director at Charlotte Community Health Clinic (CCHC), a large Federally-Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. For PA Mendez, a first-generation college graduate, this is a dream job that has taken him full circle. PA Mendez was raised by a single mother, Petrona Mendez, in Morganton, NC.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Nikki Kean
Hilary Clinton wrote a book titled “It Takes a Village”…. for working mothers, especially in the physician associate (PA) field, this is especially true. PA Moms was started in 2016 as a Facebook group by Raquelle Akavan, DMSc, PA-C, out of a need to connect with other working mothers. PA Akavan was working full-time at a Level 1 Trauma Center in the Bronx. She was working long hours and could go days without seeing her daughter, who was almost 2 years old.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
clinicaladvisor.com | Jeanelle Jacobs |Nikki Kean
You can skip this ad in 3 seconds. You can skip this ad in 3 seconds. You can skip this ad in 3 seconds. You can skip this ad in 3 seconds. You can skip this ad in 3 seconds. You can skip this ad in 3 seconds. Both nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician associates (PAs) saw a continued increase in salaries in 2024.
