December 2016

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Nature Made Nutritional Products.

Diabetic retinopathy causes more losses of vision worldwide than any other eye disease, affecting 33% of the 285 million individuals suffering from diabetes.

In recent years, the US health care system has been shifting from a fee-for-service to a value-driven system. More simply, reimbursement will be based on the quality, rather than quantity, of services provided.

Everyone's had one and will have another: a common cold. It's the most common acute illness in the United States.

Most patients experience respiratory distress symptoms at some point in their lives, and at times, those symptoms will drive them to seek a health care provider’s diagnosis at a retail clinic.

For many, upper respiratory tract infections register as a small blip on the radar, serving as a nuisance that is counted down on a 7- to 14-day recovery clock.

High cholesterol is significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, along with high blood pressure and smoking.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its subtypes, such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, affect more than 5% of the population and is the third-ranked cause of death in the United States.

Patients routinely come to primary care clinics with a chief complaint of conjunctivitis or “pink eye.” Often, the cause is infectious, but there are multiple noninfectious causes of pink eye to consider as well.

Annual screening for tuberculosis has become a familiar process for many. Anyone working or volunteering in the health care industry or who may come in contact with high-risk populations has a risk of exposure and may be required to have periodic testing.

Read about the new Rx products featured in December 2016.

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I can’t believe that winter will be upon us shortly, as we enter the hustle and bustle of one of the busiest times of the year.

If you’ve ever had the privilege of working for a growing organization, you know how challenging it can be. Chris Zook and James Allen, authors of The Founder’s Mentality, call this the paradox of growth: it creates complexity, which is a silent killer of progress.