Chronic Care

Patients hospitalized after stroke are at less risk for infection when they’re on statin therapy, the results of a recent study suggest.

Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and the patients they care for should be aware that working long hours regularly is associated with a few chronic diseases.

The benefits of exercise in diabetes prevention go beyond weight loss.

Patients with certain chronic conditions often receive different treatments depending on where they live, results of a new analysis have revealed.

Retail clinicians should make sure that their female patients at high risk for atrial fibrillation-related stroke are on appropriate therapy, as new study results published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that women aren’t prescribed blood thinners as often as men.

Retail clinicians should make a concerted effort to educate the parents of children with asthma about controller medications.

The cornerstone attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) treatment could be associated with heart problems in children and adolescents, recent study results suggest.

Bariatric surgery, or metabolic surgery, hasn’t traditionally been included as a standard intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Children who experience recurrent viral respiratory infections by age 2 face a more than 2-fold risk for type 1 diabetes by age 5, recent study results suggest.

A growing number of patients with gout may be seeking convenient pain relief at retail clinics, as a research letter recently found that cases of gout have been steadily increasing, even as cases of rheumatoid arthritis have been decreasing

Current and former smokers may not show all the signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but they may still have respiratory problems and use a variety of medications without any evidence basis.

The number of patients with blindness or visual impairment is expected to double over the next 35 years.

The impact of obstructive sleep apnea on diabetes was unknown, until now.

College-bound teens with allergies should take steps to ensure that they’re able to manage their condition after they move away from home.

Given the limited access to hepatitis C virus (HCV) specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants should begin to manage HCV in the community setting.

There seems to be little consensus among researchers about the health risks associated with e-cigarettes, but new research suggests that heavily regulating them may do more harm than good.

The World Health Organization created its first hepatitis C treatment guidelines back in 2014, but it just released some updates that promote the use of newer and more effective medicines.

The effects of maternal obesity and gestational diabetes on babies can be observed earlier than previously thought.

Retail clinicians have yet another reason to encourage their patients to quit smoking.

Pears are better than apples, at least in terms of waistlines.

Cardiovascular disease continues to pose a serious health problem in the United States, but retail clinicians may be well placed to help patients reduce their risk for it.

Exercising even a little bit can help COPD patients reduce their risk of death.

Now that spring is here, retail clinicians should be prepared to help patients develop plans to manage their seasonal allergies.

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Clinicians should be diligent when prescribing antibiotics to young children, as the use of antibiotics before age 2 has been linked to an increased risk of early childhood obesity.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants should inform obese or overweight women taking oral contraceptives that they face an increased risk for cerebral venous thrombosis.

When it comes to accurately checking a patient’s blood pressure, retail clinicians are a safer bet than a mobile app.

Retail clinicians should recognize their role in promoting high-quality care for patients with diabetes.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are less likely to visit the emergency room when they receive care from a nurse practitioner or physician assistant than a physician.

Obese children and adolescents may be more likely to see dangerously high blood pressure.