We’ve all encountered patients who’ve had difficulty taking their medications as prescribed. Many of our patients don’t achieve the recommended treatment goals or derive much benefit their medications. There are many...
Read More“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward. After a decade of waiting, new treatment guidelines on the management of...
Read MoreA 65 year old patient presents to your clinic with an A1C of 7.2%, a blood pressure of 146/80 mmHg and a LDL cholesterol of 103 mg/dL. Should you order a BNP level to determine the patient’s risk of developing heart...
Read MoreThe recently published Look AHEAD trial found intensive lifestyle interventions had no benefit on cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Could the results possibly be...
Read MoreWhen estimating a patient’s renal function to determine an appropriate medication dose, many clinicians turn to the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equation. But is this equation the best method to quickly assess and characterize...
Read MoreMillions of Americans take a multivitamin daily. Millions do not. Should healthcare providers recommend a daily multivitamin to patients who do not already take one? Or discourage those who do? A recent survey of nearly 12,000...
Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that only 53% of pregnant women worldwide received any antiretrovirals during pregnancy to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in 2009. In the absence of any intervention,...
Read MorePatients with a history of a single unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE) have a 10-30% risk of a recurrence within 5 years following cessation of anticoagulation.1 The decision to extended anticoagulation beyond 6-12...
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