Anthony D Heymann

..2 per 1,000 to 58.1 per 1,000, P < 0.0001), but not for other categories of visits. The SIT methodology is a useful technique for problem-solving and idea generation within the medical framework...

..Many elderly people, who experience functional and cognitive deterioration, visit their family physician or general practitioner (GP) who is well placed to administer preventive care; however, this provision is often suboptimal...

..This description of palliative care in General Practice allows the reader to understand how easy it is for the physician to lose his way...

..Somatic symptoms are often the only presentation of emotional distress during the primary care visit and may be the key to early identification and treatment...

..To describe the development of inclusion criteria for identifying diabetic patients using administrative, laboratory and pharmacy data on a large central electronic database...

..045, respectively) and was statistically significant for both adult groups in 1999 and for adults with no school-aged children in 2001. School closure should be considered part of the containment strategy in an influenza pandemic...

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..To assess whether the influenza vaccination of community-dwelling, diabetic, elderly individuals is associated with reduced rates of hospitalization and death...

..A crucial element in controlling blood pressure is non-pharmaceutical treatment. However, only a few studies specifically address the question of hypertensive patients' compliance with physicians' recommendations for a healthy lifestyle...

..To determine whether medication use is associated with the development of a pemphigus variant...

..In general, such reports have been limited by short follow-up periods and modest study populations...

..DM was related with a 47% reduction in the risk of prostate cancer. These findings suggest that the nature of the association between DM and cancer depends on sex and specific cancer site...

..To compare death rates of diabetic men and women relative to the general population and to identify sex-specific risk factors for all-cause mortality...

..The rise in the prevalence and mortality of diabetes patients has important implication for Israeli health authorities and should be seriously regarded...

..In recent years, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that statins may have anti-inflammatory effects; consequently, it was hypothesized that statins may have a preventive effect against cataract...

..The registry is aimed to be used by health professionals to identify cardiovascular disease patients and to follow the courses of their illnesses and risk factors...

..This study was conducted to examine the risk of incident overall and site-specific malignancies associated with prior GDM in a historical cohort of women in a large health maintenance organization in Israel...

..The study aims were to compare post-immunization hospitalization and mortality rates among high-risk patients who were vaccinated against influenza in different periods of autumn...

..The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to explore whether persistent use of statins is associated with onset of RA...

..The study objectives were to assess the uptake of hepatitis A vaccine following the new policy and to examine the incidence of hepatitis A and the number of prevented cases...

..The study data suggest a rise in the cost of diabetes which has implications for prevention and treatment policies...

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..This study evaluated the effect of statin therapy in subjects with no indication of cardiovascular disease (primary prevention) and patients with known CHD (secondary prevention)...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of a nationwide media campaign to reduce antibiotic overuse among children...

..The success of this reminder system encourages expansion to include more drug-laboratory interactions. Furthermore, direct alerts to patients at multiple organization/patient contact points are planned...