PAs in the News

National Health Priorities

The Importance of Treating Obesity to Improve Lives

Did you know that obesity is associated with significant medical complications, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux, and a number of malignancies? If you knew this, would it prompt you to get more involved in treating obesity?

Beyond the Couch: How PAs Are Meeting Mental Health Care Needs Outlet

With the number of mental diagnoses growing, especially in adolescents and young adults, the medical community must find creative and effective ways to increase access to care.

Easy, nutritious meal tips for the back-to-school season from an expert

March is National Nutrition Month and it’s essential to bring awareness to the role nutrition plays in overall well-being. As a physician assistant (PA) and certified lifestyle medicine professional, I value food as medicine.

Optimizing Diabetes Therapies with New Classifications

As the pharmacologic armamentarium for diabetes becomes more intricate, there’s increasing validity around the prospect that the disease of diabetes itself should be more intricately defined in the individual patient.

Exploring PAs’ Hesitance to Use Mental Health Provider Plans

During her training as a physician associate (PA), Stephanie Neary, MPA, MMS, PA-C, assistant professor adjunct and director of didactic education in the PA Online Program at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, said she adopted a “survivor mentality” when the going got tough.