Oral prednisolone is as effective as indomethacin for relieving pain in acute gout and should be considered a first-line treatment option, according to a report published online in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The ABIM Foundation, in partnership with AMDA, is launching the Choosing Wisely Champions program. This new program seeks to highlight individual clinicians, or teams of clinicians who are going above and beyond to make significant contributions to...
Tracey Delaplain, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist blogging at “What’s for dinner, Doc?” ( http://whatsfordinnerdoc.com/ ), documented her experience with a hospitalist who ignored her dying sister’s pain and later excused his callousness by saying...
Women undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for severe aortic stenosis have lower 1-year mortality than men, even though their 30-day rates of vascular complications and major bleeding are worse, according to a report published in...
LOS ANGELES — Adults older than 55 with asthma and depression have nearly twice as many ED visits for asthma as do asthma patients without depression, based on findings in 402 asthma patients, Pooja O. Patel, MD, reported at the annual meeting of...
Bexarotene, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat skin cancer, stopped the primary nucleation step in the self-assembly of amyloid-beta-42 oligomers and delayed the formation of pathogenic aggregates that are associated with...
Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors was significantly associated with later diagnoses of dementia in adults 75 and older in a prospective cohort study of more than 73,000 individuals. The findings were published online in JAMA Neurology.
The Caring for the Frail Elderly Conference will take place Aug. 19–20, 2016 in Columbia, MO. The conference attracts nearly 300 professionals from around the state, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, nursing home...
It has occurred to every PALTC clinician on call, whether it’s a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or physician. The skilled nursing facility calls with an acute change in status for a resident under your care. Fortunately, the nurse is well...
