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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

One popular mHealth initiative is the text4baby program, a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that sends free text messages to expectant and new mothers containing appointment reminders, safety alerts, and general prenatal and postpartum health advice.

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More Indonesian children are living with diabetes—so what can we do to prevent it?

Medical Xpress

Indonesian children under 18 were 70 times more likely to be living with diabetes in January 2023 than they were in 2010, the Indonesian Pediatric Society revealed this month.

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Problem Representation

The Clinical Problem Solvers

His past medical history is significant for hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Final PR: “A middle-age male with HTN, diabetes, and recent travel to Brazil presenting with acute headache, myalgia, fever, and rash and found to have leukopenia, lymphopenia, and thrombocytopenia. 2018;33(11):2010-2014. J Gen Intern Med.

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BKPyV-DNAemia Affects Nearly One in Five Kidney Transplant Recipients

Physician's Weekly

The study investigated the prevalence of BKPyV-DNAemia in 522 adult patients who received a kidney transplant between 2010 and 2018. in patients with pretransplant diabetes, and 1.76 Over the past decade, expert guidance has increasingly recommended BKPyV-DNAemia screening for kidney transplant recipients. Odds ratios (ORs) were 2.53

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Rural-urban differences in continuity of primary care among persons with prediabetes [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Continuity of care may prevent or delay the onset of lifestyle-related diseases, like type 2 diabetes, through preventative care and early detection. A binary indicator for rural was the main independent variable and was defined using the 2010 Census Bureau’s Urban and Rural classification. Population Studied.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

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Identifying and Resolving Red Flags: DEA Continues to “Run it Up the Flagpole”

FDA Law Blog

12, 2012) (quoting Bob’s Pharmacy & Diabetic Supplies; Revocation of Registration, 74 Fed. 27, 2010). As cited in the Gulf Med decision DEA has held that corresponding responsibility prohibits “the filling of a prescription where the pharmacist or pharmacy ‘knows or has reason to know’ that the prescription is invalid.”

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