Results for Geriatric Medicine

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You can’t see high blood pressure, also called hypertension. And most of the time, you can’t feel it. But if you’re among the 78 million Americans with hypertension or are one of the 70 million with prehypertension (higher-than-healthy blood pressure levels), it’s important to understand its effects on your health—and to take action today to bring your numbers down to healthier levels
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An expert in geriatric medicine calls for a more mindful and measured strategy that takes into consideration the physical and emotional needs and values of patients who are in their last years of life.

Everything you need for the medicine cabinet of your dreams.

Understand the active ingredients in the over-the-counter medicines you keep in your home.

A cost-efficient, outcomes-driven occupational medicine program can reduce costs by keeping your employees healthy and your workplace safe, but not all programs are created equal.

It's easier than you think to give a child the wrong dose of medicine. It's important that you understand the instructions and use a medication syringe.

Here are five ways that companies are using machine learning to transform health care.

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Big data interoperability is a foundational requirement for precision medicine research and cross-industry collaborations to prevent and treat cancer.

The Open Surgery Machine concept is an open-source robot that can perform simple operations in the comfort of your home.

Inappropriately storing your child's medicine can have dangerous implications on your child's health. Learn how to safely store your child's medicine to avoid poisoning.

Parents are used to seeing medication doses in tablespoons or teaspoons, but a study shows that using these units increases the risk that they will give their children the wrong dose of medicine.

Many ADHD drugs are closely regulated. WebMD tells you what that means -- and how it affects your prescription.

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Retirement reporter
If you’ve joined a concierge medical practice, recent trends in the worlds of health care and insurance may have you feeling good about your decision. If you haven’t signed up with one of these practices—also called “boutique,” “personalized” or “private-physician” practices—some of those same trends may lead you to consider it down the road
Certainly, plenty of baby boomers have done the math…

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A brilliant piece of investigative journalism revealed the immense extent to which the oil industry has been shaping and ruling the world as we know it.

Scientists have discovered whether a common cold medicine works or not.

Parents need to be aware of a major change in infant's and children's liquid acetaminophen products (such as Tylenol) available on store shelves.

I love general practice but I don't love the way general practice operates at the moment. Many of my patients feel frustrated by the short consultation times and feel as though they're

Practicing forensic medicine is challenging, but Gregory McDonald, DO, says his osteopathic training gives him an edge.