Are Medical Students Prepared to Model Healthy Behaviors for Their Future Patients? A Survey Comparing Aged-Matched Peers.

Background: Osteopathic medical students (OMS) who establish healthy behaviors for themselves are more likely to counsel their future patients on appropriate self-care. This study compared the lifestyle habits of OMS with those of age-matched peers in other areas of study, which served as the control group.

Method: In the fall of 2018, a survey was administered to OMS of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYIT-COM) (group I) and graduate programs from the same school (group II), to assess their lifestyle habits.

Quality of hypertension care: An improvement initiative in two outpatient health care centers.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: Hypertension control is an important public health goal; however, significant barriers remain in primary care practice. Our objective was to identify areas for improvement in hypertension care and implement changes in management to improve outcomes. We also aimed to evaluate whether quality improvement influences physician attitudes towards and adherence to current hypertension guidelines.

Medication use and falls: Applying Beers criteria to medication review in Parkinson's disease.

Objectives: Our goal was to assess the association between potentially inappropriate medication use and risk of falls in the Parkinson's disease population.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at an outpatient Parkinson's Disease Treatment Center. Individuals 65 years of age or older, diagnosed with Parkinson's disease who attended at least three visits in 2015 for physical, occupational therapy, or physician's visits were included in the study.

Vitamin d and serum cytokines in a randomized clinical trial.

Background. The role of vitamin D in the body's ability to fight influenza and URI's may be dependent on regulation of specific cytokines that participate in the host inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that vitamin D can influence intracellular signaling to regulate the production of cytokines.

The relative influence of calcium intake and vitamin D status on serum parathyroid hormone and bone turnover biomarkers in a double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group, longitudinal factorial design.

Background: Adequate calcium and vitamin D are needed to maintain calcium balance.

Objective: Our objective was to examine the influence of calcium intake and vitamin D exposure separately and their interaction on biomarkers of calcium sufficiency.

Design: Healthy men and women, age 20-80 yr, were randomly allocated to four groups: 1) double placebo, 2) calcium (1200 mg daily) plus placebo, 3) vitamin D(3) (100 microg) plus placebo, and 4) vitamin D(3) and calcium.