There is a growing number of hospital deaths and complications from long-standing illnesses, with hypertension and diabetes consistently identified as leading risk factors. So prevalent are these ...

The current review highlights key primary, secondary, and tertiary approaches to preventing allergic disease. Primary prevention refers to the avoidance of allergen sensitization.

Awareness and understanding of kidney disease are inadequate. Education is key to engaging patients with kidney disease. It is the path to self-management and patient-centered care. ... It is ...

The stages of syphilis are called “primary,” “secondary,” “latent,” and “tertiary (late).” This article deals with the symptoms typical of each stage. Primary Syphilis.

Although entirely preventable, rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease of poverty and social disadvantage resulting in high morbidity and mortality, remains an ever-present burden in low-income and ...

Medication nonadherence to oral anticoagulants and oral anti–prostate cancer medication has been scrutinized through new research conducted among patients and health care providers and presented ...

Always review your policy's declaration page or summary of benefits to identify which benefits are primary versus secondary. Some policies might offer primary coverage for certain benefits (like ...

Primary care involves seeing your PCP for things like acute illnesses and injuries or to coordinate care among specialists. Secondary care involves seeing specialists such as oncologists. Tertiary ...

Contrary to tertiary prevention, secondary prevention aims to mediate common risk factors after a first-ever stroke in order to prevent a second stroke,12 secondary prevention interventions ...

Myocardial infarction is the most common form of cardiovascular disease worldwide, claiming over 9 million lives per year. As such, understanding the pathophysiology, epidemiology, signs, diagnostic ...

Introduction Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), or those individuals susceptible to IPV victimisation or perpetration, may benefit from participation in primary, secondary or tertiary ...