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When
Drug Cost-Sharing Increases, Patients Newly Diagnosed with a
Chronic Illness Delay Starting Medication |
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Describes a study showing that increasing copayments
for prescription drugs causes patients newly diagnosed with hypertension,
high cholesterol, and diabetes to delay starting treatment, which
in turn increases their risk for heart attack and stroke (RAND,
USA) |
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Maturity-Onset
Diabetes of the Young (MODY) in Children with Incidental Hyperglycemia |
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Glucokinase mutations are the prevailing cause
of MODY (63.4%) when the index case is recruited in Italian children
with incidental hyperglycemia (Diabetes Care) |
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The
Impact of Glycemic Control and Diabetes Mellitus on Perioperative
Outcomes After Total Joint Arthroplasty |
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Regardless of diabetes type, patients with uncontrolled
diabetes mellitus exhibited significantly increased odds of surgical
and systemic complications, higher mortality, and increased length
of stay during the index hospitalization following lower extremity
total joint arthroplasty (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, USA) |
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The
nature, scope and value of ophthalmic nursing |
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This document represents the strategic vision
of ophthalmic nursing and is a discussion of its fundamental nature,
scope and value in the delivery of evidence based clinical outcomes
for everyone involved in the delivery of ophthalmic services. (RCN,
UK) |
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Safety
and viability of microencapsulated human islets transplanted
into diabetic humans |
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Whilst allografting of encapsulated human islets
is safe, efficacy of the cells needs to improve for the therapy
to make an impact on the clinical scene (Diabetes Care) |
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New
Report Finds Obesity Epidemic Increases |
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Reversing the childhood obesity epidemic is
a critical ingredient for delivering a healthier population and
making health reform work,” said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO (RWJF, USA) |
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