Category Archives: geriatrics for nurses

Bypass versus Coated Stents

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Jamie Davis

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at the number of heart attacks following both coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and the placement of drug coated stents. The article on the study is here. … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Care and its Health Care Burden

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Jamie Davis

A recent report has listed the increase in Diabetes among the elderly as a pending economic disaster on the nation’s (and world’s IMHO) health care systems.  The report cites the increase by 25% of the number of elderly Americans diagnosed … Continue reading →

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Drug Company Marketing Study and MMO

Posted on January 10, 2008 by admin

Ever get one of those patients with the shoe box full of medications or a two page list of the prescriptions the doctors prescribed for them? Never? Of course you have! We all have run into these patients. I have … Continue reading →

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