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READ ME – Did Advice to Cut Saturated Fats Go Very Wrong? – Medpage Today
Did Advice to Cut Saturated Fats Go Very Wrong? | Medpage Today.
Read this article before you order that triple stack cheeseburger with a side of drug eluding stents.
Or go ahead and order that triple stack cheeseburger and be confused along with the rest of us.
Dr. Google – The Verge
The internet giant knows it already has a massive audience for this information: internet-assisted hypochondriacs have been around for years now, and the company says that one in 20 Google searches are health-related.
via Google adds fact-checked medical information to search | The Verge.
SUD CAGE and AUDIT
Excessive alcohol use adversely affects an estimated 38 million (30%) adults in the United States, but surprisingly, only 1 out 6 say they talk to their doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional about drinking
via Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Opinions, Features Articles.
So why do we continue to use outdated and perfectly useless alcohol questionnaires in our business when AUDIT and CAGE are much more effective?
Identifying Patients With Problematic Drug Use in the ED
Among patients who reported using marijuana as their primary drug, more than 46% met the criteria for having a drug problem. “This is an important finding to highlight because marijuana use is often considered less dangerous than other illicit drug use,” Dr. Macias-Konstantopoulos says. According to the study, a subgroup of marijuana users was at higher risk for problematic drug use, including age younger than 30, smoking tobacco, binge drinking, using drugs daily, and reporting that their ED visit was related to their drug use
via Physician’s Weekly for Medical News, Opinions, Features Articles.
Daily Pill? No Thanks, I’ll Take Early Death | Medpage Today
About half of patients in the U.S. don’t take their medications as prescribed, including patients who have had heart attacks.
Daily Pill? No Thanks, I’ll Take Early Death | Medpage Today.
I actually started to write something really, really snarky but better judgement prevailed. Why even mention people who discontinue statin use without their physician’s knowledge, have a myocardial infarction and two drug eluting stents all while denying the MI ever occurred and maintaining belief that the second stent was not necessary?
Why write about the Standard offer for life coverage? I was asked to review the medical records for my opinion.
Standard? I think not.
Early Death in T1D More Common in Women than Men | Medpage Today
Women with type 1 diabetes have a roughly 40% greater risk of all-cause mortality compared with men with type 1 diabetes, researchers reported.
via Early Death in T1D More Common in Women than Men | Medpage Today.
Glyxambi – Medpage Today
There have been postmarketing reports of acute pancreatitis with the DPP-4 inhibitor, including reports of fatal pancreatitis, they warned.
via First Pill Combining New Diabetes Drugs OK’d | Medpage Today.
RA Mortality High but Improving | Medpage Today
Mortality rates among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have come down over the past decade or so but are still 40% to 50% higher among patients with RA than the general population, Canadian researchers report.
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