Atrial fibrillation (AF) causes one in seven strokes overall, and one in four strokes in people over the age of 80, according to the National Institutes of Health — which makes stroke prevention a pillar of AF management. Yet oral anticoagulation (...
“When you have a time of crisis, what happens depends on what ideas are floating around, and what ideas have been developed, and thought through, and are made effective.”—Milton Friedman
With 2020 now over — thank goodness — the thinking now shifts to what the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-pandemic world will look like. In the midst of unpredictable change due to the pandemic, there also will be a changeover in the...
Registration is now open for PALTC21, the Virtual Annual Conference of AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine on March 11–14. This family reunion for PALTC practitioners everywhere offers leading experts discussing the topics...
Individuals who have advanced dementia or other conditions that put them at a high risk of death within six months may benefit from a reduction of blood pressure medications, yet deprescribing occurs in less than half of these individuals, according...
Every day across the United States and the world, health care providers demonstrate quiet humanity as they deliver patient care during a pandemic. Here are just a few stories that exemplify that from Legacy Care, an independent medical group of...
The treatment of elevated cholesterol, particularly with β-hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, is measured by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in various different ways. Statin Use...
