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One-Third of Patients don’t Take their Medication as Directed

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Devon Herrick

Patients don’t follow directions. A Canadian study found nearly one-third of patients don’t take their medications as directed. This is news to me. I thought it would have been a much higher proportion that are medication nonadherent. Medscape medical news reports:

In a study that examined more than 200,000 patients and 91,000 unique prescriptions, overall nonadherence rates ranged from 13.7% for patients prescribed antidepressants to 30.3% for patients prescribed antihypertensive therapies.

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Tuesday Links

Posted on August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 by John C. Goodman

What if the FTC truth-in-advertising law applied to Congress? CBO: The inflation Reduction Act will have a negligible effect on inflation.
Nurses leaving the ER for Botox.
Company wants a cell or two from you, so it can grow an embryo and harvest organs. HT: Tyler Ghoulish
Since Democrats need every vote to pass their IRA bill, their new approach to Covid in Congress is: “Don’t ask, don’t tell.”
The controversy over SSRIs has become political. But shouldn’t we all want to know what antidepressants mass shooters were on when they opened up on innocent victims?

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Monday Links

Posted on August 8, 2022August 9, 2022 by John C. Goodman

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Woke Medicine is Hazardous to Your Health

Posted on August 7, 2022 by John C. Goodman

Virtually all medical schools admit black and Hispanic applicants with scores on the Medical College Admission Test that would be all but disqualifying if presented by white and Asian applicants, and some schools waive the MCATs entirely for select minority students. Courses on racial justice and advocacy are flooding into medical school curricula; students are learning more about white privilege and less about cell pathology.

Heather Mac Donald in the WSJ Excellent throughout.

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