Collaborative Communication Could Improve HTN Rx Adherence
Clinicians in low-income neighborhoods should ask about employment, relationships, researchers say
Few Smokers Hospitalized With CHD Get Smoking Cessation Meds
Overall, 22.7 percent received smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, most often the nicotine patch
Lower SBP Target for Blacks May Benefit Cognitive Function
Researchers find that healthy reductions may benefit blacks even more than whites
Even Overdose Doesn’t Stop Opioid Prescribing
Few receive medication-assisted treatment after hospital discharge, researchers find
Geriatric Consults Remain Rare in Kidney Cancer Care
Although use of medical co-management and rehabilitation services increasing
Link for Sedentary Time, Mortality Varies With Frailty Level
Sedentary time has greatest adverse impact among adults ≥50 years with highest frailty level
Once-Daily Triple-Tx Improves Lung Function, HRQoL in COPD
Significantly improved FEV1 and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire scores
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Reduces Mortality
Reduction in all-cause mortality at 11 to 12 years using data from individual NORCCAP study cohorts
Hours Worked Impacted by Kids for Female, Not Male Doctors
Findings from a national sample of dual-physician couples
Higher Odds of Infection With Reduced Kidney Function
Study finds excess community-acquired infections incidence in individuals with mild to severe CKD
