Patient-Health Care Provider Contract
"Patients First"
Patient-Health Care Provider Contract:
This simple easy to use contract is the ultimate chat insert, one copy for the patient and one copy for the chart, Just pull it out at every visit and have the patient reread and initial it.
Test Your Knowledge Issue 268
Polyuria and polydipsia are a result of:
A New Risk Factor for Heart Disease
The finding could lead to new ways of preventing heart disease.
Weight-Loss Surgeries Quadrupled In Five Years
A 900 percent rise in operations on patients between the ages of 55 and 64, from 13,386 to 71,733.
Lifestyle Biggest Risk Factor for Diabetes
Adult lifestyle has more influence on your chances of developing diabetes than childhood experience, according to new research whose findings contradict previously-held beliefs.
Low-dose Oral Contraceptives Doubles Risk for Heart Attack or Stroke
Significance for those women taking low-dose oral contraceptives who already are at increased risk for such events because of polycystic ovary syndrome, or metabolic disorder
AVAILABILITY OF VASCULAR SURGEONS IMPACTS AMPUTATION RATE
Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are more likely to have a foot or leg amputated if they live in a region that has few vascular surgeons.
Diabetes Increases Incontinence for Older Women
More than half of postmenopausal women have had a recent episode of urinary incontinence, according to new research, and the severity of symptoms increases with a history of diabetes.
Childs Birthweight Tied to Parents' Heart Risks
A new study has found that the parents of children born at a lower weight may have an increased risk of dying from heart disease or stroke
Diabetes, Glucose Level, and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
Shows how important glucose levels are at every stage of diabetes progression
Atacand Therapy Reduces Risk of Diabetes in Heart Failure Patients
Atacand is the first angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) shown to reduce the risk of diabetes in heart failure patients compared to placebo.
Coffee Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review
Habitual coffee consumption is associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Psychotherapy Helps Teens With Poorly Controlled Diabetes
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes in chronically poor metabolic control improve with multisystemic therapy, an intensive, home-based, family-centered psychotherapy.
Bowel Cancer Risk Higher for Men with Diabetes
Having diabetes apparently raises men's risk of developing colorectal cancer.
Patients on Antipsychotics Need Screening for Diabetes
Testing fasting blood glucose and measuring abdominal obesity is a cost-effective approach to identifying patients taking second-generation antipsychotics with metabolic syndrome.
Rosiglitazone Plus Insulin For Type 1 Improves Glycemic Control, BP Without Incr
Rosiglitazone Plus Insulin For Type 1 Improves Glycemic Control, BP Without Increasing Insulin Needs
"Rosiglitazone in combination with insulin resulted in improved glycemic control and blood pressure without an increase in insulin...
FDA Issues Nationwide Alert for "Liqiang 4" Due to Potential Health Risk
Warning consumers not to take Liqiang 4 Dietary Supplement Capsules because they contain glyburide – a drug that could have serious, life-threatening consequences in some people.
