Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Adolescents who underwent sleeve gastrectomy, a type of weight-loss surgery that involves removing part of the stomach, were less likely to go the emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the five years after their operations than those who had their stomachs divided into pouches through gastric bypass surgery, according to new research.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Discounted Labs and Medications : Some DPC practices offer significant discounts on labs, imaging, and medications, which can be a big cost-saver if you need these services regularly. Subscription models, however, generally don’t cover emergencies or specialists, so if you have frequent specialist visits, this can be a drawback.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Harmful prescription drug-drug interactions (DDI) arise when the effects of one drug change the effect of another drug and increase the risk for an adverse event, including therapeutic failure. 2) to measure the association between exposure to 4 high-priority DDI and the risk of an adverse event. Results: 1) 11.7% (95% CI: 11.5-12.0)

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Justin Clapp, who is assistant professor of anesthesia and critical care and medical ethics and health policy. He’s a linguistic and medical anthropologist at the University of Pennsylvania. You’re a linguistic and medical anthropologist. Gretchen: Thank you. Justin: Hello.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. GeriPal podcast with Linda Fried on frailty. Lauren: Really?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. So in some ways, it was an iatrogenic event. There was also a second event in that the pressures chosen weren’t the ideal ones. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Bill 00:53 Thank you, Alex. So, yes, they could fix it.

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