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Medication Overload: America’s Other Drug Problem. How the drive to prescribe is harming older adults.

Author/s: Executive Summary of the Lown Institute

In the last year, older adults in the U.S. sought medical care nearly 5 million times due to serious side effects from one or more medications. More than a quarter million of these visits resulted in hospitalizations, at a cost of $3.8 billion (see Appendix A in the full report). These numbers...

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Measles/Plan-for-Travel

Author/s: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Most measles cases in the U.S. result from international travel. Make sure you and your loved ones are protected against measles before international travel.
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Patients Over Paperwork

Patients Over Paperwork

We’re putting patients first by reviewing and streamlining our regulations so we can:

Reduce unnecessary burden
Increase efficiencies
Improve the beneficiary experience

 
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New Approaches to Management of Depression

Author/s: Nierenberg, Andrew A.

Interview with Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, author of Evolving Issues in the Treatment of Depression
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Legal Advocacy To Improve Care For Older Adults With Complex Needs

Author/s: Hooper, Sarah, Parekh, Ami, Fabiny, Anne, Teitelbaum, Joel

Legal advocacy is a recognized strategy to address social factors that influence the health of populations with complex care needs. Such advocacy can ...

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Dietary Supplement Ingredient Advisory List

The FDA Dietary Supplement Ingredient Advisory List is intended to quickly alert the public when the FDA identifies ingredients that do not appear to be lawfully included in products marketed as dietary supplements.
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Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), also called electronic cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vaping devices, or vape pens, are battery-powered devices used to smoke or “vape” a flavored solution which usually contains nicotine. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recognizes the...

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The Growing Cyber Threat To Physician Practices

Author/s: Shryock, Todd

Right now, medical practices are being attacked by cybercriminals. Emails are being sent in the hope a practice employee will click on a link that will install ransomware, hackers are exploiting security flaws in medical equipment with internet connections, and...

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AMA 23: Do You Need The Measles Shot Again?

If you know an adult born after 1957 but before 1989, you need to watch this video.
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Submit a Suggestion for a New Evidence Review

What health care decisions are you struggling with? Would a review of the scientific evidence help inform this decision? Share your ideas with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program. AHRQ will use these ideas to determine the focus of...

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