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Welcome to the AthleticsMD Blog—your resource for practical, physician-guided insights on health, wellness, rehabilitation, prehabilitation, weight management, and performance. Whether you are preparing for surgery, working toward a healthier weight, recovering from an injury, or looking to perform at your best, our articles are designed to help you make informed decisions about your health.
Feature Articles
Research summaries, policy briefs and practice-operations insights from our four editorial desks. Each article opens on the desk that published it.
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AthleticsMD Clinical Desk
Plain-language summaries of published research and public health guidance on weight loss, GLP-1 medicines, prehab and recovery.
2 articles → AdAMDana Desk
How teams plan, run and fund their work: project management, healthcare operations, research operations and grants.
2 articles → iPiPMS Practice Desk
The business and operations of independent practices: payment, documentation, efficiency and managing the team.
3 articles → SMSmartMeet Desk
Scheduling, video visits, productivity and running a care team, and the privacy rules around them.
1 article →AthleticsMD Clinical Desk
Plain-language summaries of published research and public health guidance on weight loss, GLP-1 medicines, prehab and recovery.
- GLP-1 & weight loss
NIH funds a $4 million trial on why weight returns after stopping GLP-1 drugs
· 3 min read
A research team at UTHealth Houston will randomize 100 people on semaglutide to either stop or continue treatment, and will study the genetic and molecular factors that may explain weight regain after the medication ends.
- Prehab & recovery
Resistance training for sarcopenia: a 24-trial meta-analysis on dose and clinical benefit
· 4 min read
A look at a meta-analysis of 24 trials on strength-training programs and how well they address age-related muscle loss and weakness.
AMDana Desk
How teams plan, run and fund their work: project management, healthcare operations, research operations and grants.
- Funding & grants
Nigerian Professor Says Funding and Infrastructure Gaps Hold Back University Rankings
· 2 min read
A University of Lagos professor points to funding shortfalls, weak institutional repositories and limited grant transparency as barriers in Nigerian higher education.
- Funding & grants
Four Federal Funding Records: One Closes 10/15/2026, Three NIH Forecasts
· 3 min read
An update on a federal funding deadline coming up on October 15 and three National Institutes of Health forecasts for upcoming research opportunities.
iPMS Practice Desk
The business and operations of independent practices: payment, documentation, efficiency and managing the team.
- Billing & prior auth
Debra Patt at COGC 2026: Scale, Integration and the Squeeze on Independent Oncology
· 3 min read
Coverage of a Texas Oncology executive's argument that consolidation is becoming necessary for community oncology practices to survive.
- Regulatory brief
FinCEN Proposes Funds-Transfer Ban Tied to the A7 Network: A Brief for Practices
· 3 min read
A short brief on a proposed rule that could affect how medical practices move money.
- Regulatory brief
FCC Proposed Rule on the Rural Health Care Program: A Brief for Outpatient Practices
· 3 min read
An overview of proposed telecom rule changes that matter to rural and outpatient care sites.
SmartMeet Desk
Scheduling, video visits, productivity and running a care team, and the privacy rules around them.
- Telehealth policy
FCC Proposed Rule on Rural Telehealth: What Practices Should Check
· 4 min read
What an FCC proposal on rural telehealth rate methods, backup services and funding mechanics could mean for practices.
Our desks: AthleticsMD Clinical Desk · AMDana Desk · iPMS Practice Desk · SmartMeet Desk
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