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Mrs. C is a 74-year-old retired woman who comes with her daughter to see Dr. A, her endocrinologist and primary care physician. Dr. A has cared for Mrs. C for the past 8 years, after she was hospitalized in a hyperosmolar state due to poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. Mrs. C had been recently widowed then, and had difficulty adjusting to life without her husband. Dr. A was gratified to see how well Mrs. C has functioned over the past 8 years. She became compliant with her medications and diet, joined a diabetes support group, and monitored her blood sugars carefully. SheCME ARTICLE
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Clinical Implications of ACIP Recommendations for the Prevention of Herpes Zoster
November 2008
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Kenneth Schmader, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Geriatrics
Duke University Medical Center
Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Durham VA Medical Center
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Clinical Geriatrics is a monthly medical journal that focuses on both the clinical and practical issues related to the treatment and management of the older patient. The Journal provides continuing medical education for its clinician readership in each issue. Clinical review articles prepared by experts in the field discuss a wide range of medical conditions; cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, musculoskeletal disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, pain management, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, rheumatol
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Executive VicePresident/GClinical Geriatrics is a peer-reviewed,
clinical journal dedicated to the dis-
semination of the most up-to-date,
peer-reviewed information on the
clinical and practical issues related to
the care, treatment, and management
of the older community-dwelling
patient. Evidence-based, clinical
review articles, case reports, and vari-
ous departments are designed to edu-
cate clinicians about the often signifi-
cant clinical differences found in this
rapidly expanding patient population.
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