Search results for "Chronic Diseases"
QD: News Every Day--Minimum exercise levels may not be enough to prevent weight gain
Minimum exercise recommendations meant to prevent some chronic illnesses may not be enough to prevent weight gain, a study found. ... 150 min of weekly moderate activity lower the risk of chronic diseases and mortality.”.
January 2021
QD: News Every Day--Start talking to patients about obesity, because treatments work
They are only now being reimbursed by Medicare for counseling. The experience of Canadians mirrors that of American physicians, reports a new study in the March issue of Chronic Diseases and
January 2021
QD: News Every Day--Tread lightly on adjusting inpatients’ drug regimens for chronic conditions
QD: News Every Day--Tread lightly on adjusting inpatients’ drug regimens for chronic conditions. ... Determining whether acute control of chronic disease benefits the patient’s near-term health is essential.
January 2021
QD: News Every Day--Opioids for abdominal pain doubles in a decade
Of these, more than 55 million weighted visits were for chronic abdominal pain. ... Of the total visits for chronic abdominal pain, 10.1% (95% CI, 8.1% to 12.1%) received at least one opioid prescription.
January 2021
Helping older patients 'age in place'
Helping them do so involves identifying functional status, as well as the more familiar role of diagnosing a disease or managing a chronic illness, experts said. ... Performing a comprehensive geriatric assessment is key. "Internists tend not to ask
May 2017
Physician burnout and suicide
tweaked by organizations charged with optimal care for chronic diseases.
January 2021
The doctor-patient relationship: Is there an app for that?
Artificial organs created in 3-D printers. • Miniature cameras journeying through the digestive tract, circulatory system, and major organs delivering customized treatment for various diseases. • ... Smart phone analysis of saliva sample which will
January 2021
Our health, on fire: the #UseWhatWeKnow campaign
What we know about health promotion, disease prevention, sustainable weight control, and lifestyle as medicine is enough to prevent 80% of all chronic disease and premature death. ... preventable chronic diseases reduce lives to ash and cinder.
January 2021
QD: News Every Day--Satisfied patients use more care, but also have more mortality
The association between higher patient satisfaction and mortality remained significant when researchers excluded patients with poor self-rated health and three or more chronic diseases (aHR, 1.44; 95% CI,
January 2021
Whole body screening may harm people with illness and disability
I'll be staying close to home for Thanksgiving. But if I did have plans to travel by airplane for the holiday, I think I'd be apprehensive a...
January 2021