Patients with type 2 diabetes over a period of time at risk for major depressive disorder over time. Depression is common among patients with type 2 diabetes. This study set out to identify characteristics that predict the onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) among primary care patients with diabetes.

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Preventive care is more important than an annual physical health check up, according to both an Archives of Internal Medicine article and the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Surprisingly preventive care is incorporated into an annual health checks only about 20% of the time with the remaining 80% of prevention occurring during other office visits or venues.

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The concept of establishing “medical homes” emerged in the health-care reform debate as a way to improve health-care quality and efficiency and cut costs. Built on a doctor-patient relationship, it re-establishes the primary care provider as the backbone of the health-care system. The most cost-effective care without having a physician who knows you.

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In 2010, New guidelines report was issued by the CDC for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

The guidelines recommend

• Quinolones no longer be used for the treatment of gonorrhea and associated conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease.
• Following are the patient-applied treatments for external genital warts: podofilox 0.5% solution or gel or imiquimod 5% cream.
• Regimens for treating pregnant women with Chlamydia trachomatis are azithromycin 1 g orally in a single dose or amoxicillin 500 mg orally three times a day for 7 days.

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Since 2001, for the first time, the American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatrics Society have updated the guidelines for preventing falls in older people.

The update includes two notable changes:

1)One recommends – Tai chi — the meditative Chinese exercise — as an effective way to prevent falls
2)Doctors to review medication use in all elderly patients known to increase the risk of falling.

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