Leawood, KS — The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) joins our colleagues across the health care community in encouraging patients of all ages to receive recommended vaccines to keep ...

March 20, 2026, David Mitchell — Family medicine recruited another record-breaking class in 2026. “Congratulations to all those filling family medicine positions today,” said AAFP Vice President for ...

Increasing numbers of patients are taking glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists solely for weight loss, and many aren’t telling their doctors. According to a recent KFF poll, 12% of adults ...

Many primary care physicians may find it impractical to have this nuanced discussion with so many other preventive care and chronic disease management topics to address in a typical office visit. In ...

Medication regimens using mifepristone and misoprostol are safe and effective for outpatient treatment of early pregnancy loss for up to 84 days' gestation and for medication abortion up to 77 days' ...

SARS-CoV-2 is the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The spectrum of asymptomatic, presymptomatic, and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission presents challenges for evaluating SARS-CoV-2 test ...

Family physicians may be surprised to learn the number of their patients who use performance-enhancing drugs, either deliberately to improve athletic performance or unknowingly through contaminated ...

Health maintenance for women of reproductive age includes counseling and screening tests that have been demonstrated to prevent disease and improve health. This article focuses mainly on conditions ...

Adults commonly present to their family physicians with hip pain, and diagnosing the cause is important for prescribing effective therapy. Hip pain is usually located anteriorly, laterally, or ...

Dystocia (abnormally slow or protracted labor) accounts for 25% to 55% of primary cesarean deliveries. The latent phase of labor begins with onset of regular, painful contractions and continues until ...

Peripheral neuropathy, a common neurologic problem encountered by family physicians, can be classified clinically by the anatomic pattern of presenting symptoms and, if indicated, by results of ...

• AAP, in contrast to the USPSTF, recommends screening for ASD at 18 and 24 months of age. • Chromosomal microarray and fragile X testing can provide prognostic and genetic counseling information to ...