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Informal caregivers provide most of the day-to-day care to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and many experience significant stress. Treatment of patients with drugs for AD can be a useful component of disease management and, besides benefiting the patients, may also indirectly help preserve caregiver health and well-being.
Dec 1, 2006
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Sharon A. Brangman, MD
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Informal caregivers provide most of the day-to-day care to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and many experience significant stress. Treatment of patients with drugs for AD can be a useful component of disease management and, besides benefiting the patients, may also indirectly help preserve caregiver health and well-being.  Hip fracture is a common, serious, and sometimes fatal event, associated with many problems beyond mere surgical intervention. Careful attention to prevention and treatment of complications associated with these fractures can significantly improve long-term outcomes.
Jul 1, 2006
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Gretchen Diemer, MD
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Hip fracture is a common, serious, and sometimes fatal event, associated with many problems beyond mere surgical intervention. Careful attention to prevention and treatment of complications associated with these fractures can significantly improve long-term outcomes. Recognizing risk factors and ameliorating underlying disease and mobility problems are crucial to preventing falls and maintaining your patients' safety and independence.
Feb 1, 2006
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Neil B. Alexander, MD
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Recognizing risk factors and ameliorating underlying disease and mobility problems are crucial to preventing falls and maintaining your patients' safety and independence. Family members who take care of a person with Alzheimer's disease need extensive education about safety, managing the patient's environment and behavior, and maintaining their own emotional and physical health.
Jan 1, 2006
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David S. Geldmacher, MD, ELIZABETH E. O'TOOLE, MD
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Family members who take care of a person with Alzheimer's disease need extensive education about safety, managing the patient's environment and behavior, and maintaining their own emotional and physical health. How can you help your patients age gracefully with less disease? Exercise, good nutrition, and stress reduction are interventions backed by evidence, but what is the evidence behind hormonal treatments and dietary supplements?
Aug 1, 2005
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David A. Sinclair, PhD, Evan W. Kligman, MD
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How can you help your patients age gracefully with less disease? Exercise, good nutrition, and stress reduction are interventions backed by evidence, but what is the evidence behind hormonal treatments and dietary supplements? When should you advise against driving and under what circumstances? Neurologic disease, medication use, poor visual skills, and cognitive, affective, and functional problems can be reasons to recommend against it.
Jul 1, 2005
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Anita D. McQuillen, PhD, John D. Ranseen, PhD
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When should you advise against driving and under what circumstances? Neurologic disease, medication use, poor visual skills, and cognitive, affective, and functional problems can be reasons to recommend against it. Differentiating dementia from other conditions may not be straightforward. Find out how to get the most out of the diagnostic workup in a patient with possible dementia, and learn more about the treatment options for Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. How can your patients get the most out of cholinesterase inhibitors, and what drugs might prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease progression? Web exclusive
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