Use of Preventive Services Lacking Among Americans
CDC researchers have found that nearly half of American adults missed out on 15 key preventive...
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Primary Care
Improving Adherence With Asthma Controllers
A tailored interactive website appears to provide some benefit in improving controller medication...
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How Patients Perceive Prescription Drug Warnings
A study from researchers in the United States suggests that many patients do not pay attention to...
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Text Messaging Improves Flu Vaccination Rates
Parents living in low-income, urban areas who received text messages to have their children get...
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Quitting Smoking: 10-Year Trends
The CDC analyzed data on smoking cessation among 27,157 United States adults between 2001 and...
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A Focus on Muscle Training for Urinary Incontinence in Women
The AHRQ has published a comparative effectiveness review on pelvic floor muscle training for...
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Most Female PCPs Better Off Being a PA
A new report published in the Summer issue of Journal of Human Capital found that most women would...
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New Drug for Life-threatening Allergic Reactions
Sanofi announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Auvi-Q...
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An Update on Diagnosing & Treating PAD
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common and dangerous condition that affects millions of...
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Gastrointenstinal Symptoms in Obesity
In a meta-analysis, a team of Australian researchers found that upper abdominal pain, GERD,...
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Deep Brain Stimulation & Treatment-Resistant Depression
About 1% to 3% of the United States population has treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a costly...
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Managing HIV: A Call to Action for Primary Care Physicians
Click here to listen to a podcast of Dr. Wong discussing the growing need of support for HIV care....
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Analyzing Preventive CRT in the Elderly
Published studies have shown that the prevalence of congestive heart failure (CHF) increases as...
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Managing Low-Functioning Schizophrenics
Research suggests that one-third to one-half of patients with schizophrenia continue to experience...
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Enhancing Communication on Stroke Risks in AF
Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects an estimated 2.3 million Americans every year, increasing their...
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Cognitive Decline Affects the Elderly After Hospitalization
Cognitive functioning appears to decline substantially after older patients are hospitalizations,...
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Sleep Disordered Breathing Linked With Depression
CDC investigators have found that major depression appears to be associated with snorting or...
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Drug Approved for Parkinson’s & RLS
The FDA has approved the rotigotine transdermal system (Neupro, UCB) for signs and symptoms of...
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A Look Back at Mortality Rates
A report from the CDC has found that the age-adjusted risk of dying decreased 60% from 1935 to...
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Immunotherapy for Autoimmune Epilepsy
A small observational study suggests that initiating immunotherapy early may improve seizure...
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