Medication Adherence Up in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Among matched control and medical home practices, adherence up in medical homes
Vitamin D Replacement Improves Chronic Widespread Pain
Improvements in patients with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and vitamin D deficiency
AHA: Wide Variation in Prices of Generic Heart Failure Meds
Patients can spend from $12 to $400 a month to fill prescriptions
AHA: Proton Pump Inhibitors Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk
Researchers concerned about high doses of meds like esomeprazole and omeprazole
AHA: More CPR Simulator Training Needed for ER Nurses
Every-other-year training is insufficient, researcher says
AHA: Small Increase in Cardiac Stress Testing 2005 to 2012
Findings among nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients aged 25 to 64 years
ACR: High Demand for CVD-Preventive Meds in IJD
High indication for medications, but initiation is infrequent in inflammatory joint disease cohort
GI Adverse Events Up With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
Risk varies based on dose, background medications, and type of GLP-1 RA
Only Slightly Worse Disease Course for Bacterial LRI
More often return for second consult than those without bacterial etiology in acute cough
AHA: Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Ups Atherosclerosis Risk
Extent of SHTS exposure linked to presence, extent of atherosclerosis in asymptomatic never smokers
