What is social prescribing? In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS)1 defines social prescribing as an initiative enabling the referral of patients to nonclinical support services; it focuses on a holistic approach to care. Globally, social prescribing is de...
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (mCRC) MVASI® is approved to treat metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) for: First- or second-line treatment in combination with intravenous fluorouracil-based chemotherapy... Read More Indications Dosing Storage and Handling Prescribing Information Totality of Evidence ...
If there is a health problem, what is it called and how common is it? Can you explain it to me in a way I can understand? What kind of treatments will I have to have? What are the names and doses for the medications you’re prescribing, and what do they do? What side effects ...
The difficulty, currently, with the way social prescribing is set up, is there’s no support to get to the place. They say, do this, do that. But if you are anxious or you don’t want to meet new people or are worried about meeting, you need somebody to go with you. (Particip...
When is flu season? Flu season can be unpredictable and likes to keep us on our toes. It usually starts in early fall, around October, and continues into spring; however, it has lasted into May during some particularly stubborn years. The months of December through March are considered peak...
Where Is the Evidence? A Systematic Review of Shared Decision Making and Patient Outcomes. Med Decis Making 2015; 35: 114-131. Bickerdike L, Booth A, Wilson P M, Farley K, Wright K. Social prescribing: less rhetoric and more reality. A systematic review of the evidence. BMJ Open 2017;...
may have shifted social norms around fruit and vegetable consumption. In a highly-cited study of physician behaviorMeeker et al. (2016)found that prescribing of unnecessary antibiotics decreased significantly when doctors were given feedback about how their prescribing compared with that of other physic...
When the entire organization is contributing story ideas, there is a sense of ownership and pride that carries through. Employees can be hesitant to mix business and pleasure, meaning they don’t always want to promote their company’s marketing efforts with their social network. Whe...
Barbiturates were first used in medicine in the early 1900s, but they became popular in the 1960s and 1970s as doctors began prescribing them foranxiety,insomnia, andseizuredisorders. As people learned that barbiturates could change their mood, many began using them as recreational drugs. They...
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