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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality. These factors include a high-protein diet, muscle mass, creatinine generation, and certain medications. link] Tsai J.

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. Annie 02:31 So if you go to the A G S meeting every year, you know that this group of three individuals comprises the AGS literature update. Alex joined in 2018.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. million people in 2018), shows that the longer you know your GP, the better off you are. You no longer need to review all medical records or repeat the whole medical and personal history. of healthcare costs in the EU 2018.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

Pediatr Rev May 2018; 39 (5): 247–257. Non medical exemptions accounted for over 93 percent of these exemptions. So respiratory complications include apnea, secondary bacterial pneumonia, and pulmonary hypertension. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: [link] Pediatrics in Review Heather L.

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