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Dramatic improvement in the prevalence of disabilities among older Americans since 2008

Medical Xpress

The prevalence of disabilities among American adults aged 65 and older is much lower than it was for the same age group a decade earlier, according to a nationally representative study published online in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH).

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Elevated BAR Signals Poor Prognosis in Patients With CKD Admitted to ICU

Physician's Weekly

The study investigated the association between BAR and 28-day mortality risk in 4,625 adult patients from the publicly available Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database, which included health records for patients in the ICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center between 2008 and 2022.

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ICU Statin Therapy Tied to Significant Sepsis Mortality Reduction

Physician's Weekly

“Given the wide use of statins for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, it is likely that their use in this population has also conferred benefits in combating infections and sepsis,” wrote study author Keliang Xie, MD, PhD , of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, and study coauthors.

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Higher Dietary Calcium Intake May Up Risk of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Physician's Weekly

Hongyuan Chang, from Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing, and colleagues used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2003 to 2008 to examine the association between dietary calcium intake and the risk of BPH.

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Family Medicine: Finding Its Way on the Federal Research Roadmap [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

This project emerged from the 2023 Family Medicine Research Summit, and serves as a periodic update to similar analyses conducted in 2008 and 2015. Population Studied: US DFMs Intervention/Instrument: The NIH RePORTER and Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) databases.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

The majority of these patients (54%) agree that genetic testing for mental health medications (known as pharmacogenomic or PGx testing) could reduce these concerns. The majority of these patients (54%) agree that genetic testing for mental health medications (known as pharmacogenomic or PGx testing) could reduce these concerns.