Sharon Smith

Recommending individualized care upends a century-old model of care, but it also corresponds to what many practices are already doing. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/updated-prenatal-care-guidelines-reflect-both-existing-2025a10010nh?src=rss

Nearly 10 years after the first JAK inhibitor was approved for a dermatologic disorder, more uses are imminent, with fewer safety concerns. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/dermatology-emerging-data-support-relative-safety-jak-2025a10010mv?src=rss

For clinicians, 4-week forecasts can guide surge planning, vaccination outreach, and antiviral stock, while acknowledging uncertainty from behaviour, holidays, and circulating strains. Medscape News UK source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/french-tool-maps-flu-peak-timing-4-weeks-ahead-2025a10010mn?src=rss

Lifting, bending, and squatting are linked to an increased risk for low back pain flares, but none of the activities are linked to long-term disability, a study shows. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/physical-activity-may-trigger-transient-low-back-pain-flare-2025a10010hx?src=rss

In pediatric patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, higher Hurley stage is associated with greater use of biologics, systemic agents, intralesional steroids, and opioid prescriptions. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/prescribing-patterns-pediatric-hidradenitis-suppurativa-vary-2025a10010hh?src=rss

The negative health consequences of social media use in adolescents and young adults are increasingly being recognized. In a previous American Family Physician Blog post on screen time use in children, Dr. Lilian White mentioned a correlation between greater social media use and reduced life satisfaction in adolescents. A 2017 Curbside Consultation discussed the relationship between social media use and mood disorders, fueled by the fear of missing out (FOMO), and reviewed resources and tools for unplugging or limiting time spent on social media . Recently, a prospective cohort study in JAMA Network Open used objective data from a “digital phenotyping” app to evaluate the effects of a 1-week social media detox intervention on mental health. 373 U.S. young adults aged 18 to 24 years with smartphones completed a 2-week baseline assessment of their use of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok, and X. The optional intervention decreased 295 participants’ daily social media screen t...