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As part of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created a rule to encourage ePrescribing by physicians and provided them with incentives to [...]

Benzodiazepine drugs include Lorazepam (Ativan), alprazolam (Xanax), diazepam (Valium),  clonazepam (Klonopin), and temazepam (Restoril).  A recent study published in the British Medical Journal [...]

Low vitamin D levels have been correlated with cardiovascular disease, various autoimmune diseases, diabetes, cancer, falls, fractures, and depression. Is vitamin D deficiency in elders also a [...]

In an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. John Morley decries the over use of vitamin supplements in this country.  First of all, 53 percent of people in the United [...]

The U. S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50 percent of all medication errors involve insulin. Also, half of all insulin dosing errors are in patients [...]

Drug therapy to treat Alzheimer’s Dementia should be considered a last resort and not a permanent solution. Medication only should be considered if there is an immediate threat to the patient or [...]

When considering a treatment plan for Alzheimer’s Dementia, there are several ways to manage symptoms without rushing to medication. Because some common side effects of many Alzheimer’s [...]

As dementia progresses, most patients will develop behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. These symptoms may be short-lived, intermittent or persistent. Psychotic symptoms are the [...]

An estimated 46 percent of the 65 million persons in the United States with high blood pressure remain untreated, and in 43 percent of treated patients high blood pressure is not controlled to [...]

We are a nation at war with multiple enemies that threaten the health and well-being of our people. Some of these enemies include worsening epidemics of obesity, diabetes and drug abuse. While we [...]