About a third of patients noncompliant; some take other illicit drugs instead
Source: Urine Screens Show Patients Don’t Take ADHD Meds | Medpage Today
Month: January 2016
How Will I Die? – The Atlantic
What should you fear? The answers are different at each stage of life—and vary dramatically for different groups of Americans.
Source: How Will I Die? – The Atlantic
The Life-and-Death Probability Simulator is morbidly fascinating.
Kidney Failure Risk Equations Validated Worldwide | Medpage Today
Equations more accurate than CKD stage alone, researchers said
Source: Kidney Failure Risk Equations Validated Worldwide | Medpage Today
Calculator can be found at:
You’re welcome.
PPIs Tied to Increased Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease | Medpage Today
In a prospective, community-based study involving more than 10,000 adults followed for a median of 14 years, baseline use of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) was independently associated with a 20% to 50% higher risk for incident chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Source: PPIs Tied to Increased Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease | Medpage Today
I got heartburn reading this article.
Second Cancers Portend ‘Dismal Outcome’ in Myeloma | Medpage Today
Mortality risk more than doubles; AML especially ominous
Source: Second Cancers Portend ‘Dismal Outcome’ in Myeloma | Medpage Today
Adverse Events Common After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass | Medpage Today
Majority of patients reported symptoms, but also improved well-being
Source: Adverse Events Common After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass | Medpage Today
Recent Edmond-area quakes draw targeted well shut downs, volume cut backs – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey
Sorry if my recent posts have been unrelated to mortality underwriting. But when the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’ just come on in. The statistics from OGS in the Tulsa World article is reproduced below.
The trend line looks bad. Real bad.
I’m feeling this things several times a day.
The following are yearly totals of earthquakes registering magnitude 3.0 or greater as documented by the Oklahoma Geological Survey since 2005.
2015: 907*
2014: 584
2013: 109
2012: 35
2011: 66
2010: 41
2009: 20
2008: 2
2007: 1
2006: 3
2005: 2
*Total number could fluctuate as data are analyzed.
Source: Tulsa World
Oklahoma regulators take action on Edmond earthquakes | News OK
Source: Oklahoma regulators take action on Edmond earthquakes | News OK
Oklahoma had 881 earthquakes greater than 3.0-magnitude in 2015, according to the OGS. That was up 50 percent from the 585 recorded in that category in 2014.
I decided to post a link on my earthquake problem to let my family and friends know that I wasn’t joking about earthquakes in OK.
RheumNow: The Ill-Conceived Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia | Medpage Today
Where fibromyalgia diagnosis can go wrong, and how to get it right
Source: RheumNow: The Ill-Conceived Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia | Medpage Today
Heart Failure Mortality Taking a Turn for the Worse | Medpage Today
Heart failure death rates rising again after decade of decline
Source: Heart Failure Mortality Taking a Turn for the Worse | Medpage Today
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