UT Southwestern doctors track Oklahoma Alzheimer's patients via telemedicine
...uished Chair in Neurology. UT Southwestern doctors visit Talihina, Okla., four times a year to diagnose any new cases of Alzheimer's-related memory loss or other types of dementia within the Choctaw community. Dr. Weiner first used the satellite link in January to see patients. The health-care connection i...Emergency department study supports giving dehydrated children fluids by mouth
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...ability of effective talk therapies. "Most teens visit a primary care doctor or nurse each year and these visits provide important opportunities to identify teens suffering from depression and provide them with optimal care," said Joan Asarnow, principal investigator of the study, professor of psychiatry...Florida Department of Citrus responds to URMC's release on grapefruit-drug interactions
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