Falls in Older Adults: Approach and Prevention.

Falls are a major public health problem, occurring in more than 27% of adults 65 years and older and costing the U.S. health care system tens of billions of dollars each year.

Just Pop It: Early AROM After Cervical Ripening Reduces the Time to Delivery.

In pregnant patients at term undergoing induction of labor, early time-based artificial rupture of membranes (AROM) within 1 hour of Foley bulb expulsion results in a shorter duration of labor by nearly 9 hours with no significant difference in cesarean delivery rates or maternal or neonatal adverse outcomes..

Noncardiac inpatient has acute hypertension: Treat or not?

A retrospective study found more harm than benefit from treating elevated blood pressure in hospitalized noncardiac patients.

Dissonance in the discourse of the duration of diabetes: A mixed methods study of patient perceptions and clinical practice.

Background: Remission of diabetes can be rewarding for patients and physicians, but there is limited study of how patients perceive the timeline of a disease along the continuum of glycaemic control.

Objective: To explore how patients perceive the timeline of diabetes along the continuum of glycaemic control and their goals of care and to identify whether family physicians communicate the principles of regression and remission of diabetes.

Design: Mixed methods approach of qualitative semi-structured interviews with purposive sampling followed by cross-sectional survey of physicians.

Texas' community health workforce: from state health promotion policy to community-level practice.

Background: Imagine yourself in Texas as a newly arrived immigrant who does not speak English. What would you do if your child became ill? How would you find a doctor? When you find one, will the doctor speak your native language or understand your culture? In a state of approximately 22 million people, many Texas residents, marginalized by poverty and cultural traditions, find themselves in this situation. To help them, some communities across Texas offer the services of promotores, or community health workers, who provide health education and assist with navigating the health care system.