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Last week, the Massachusetts Medical Society approved policy to help address the risks of polypharmacy. This is fortunate. The medical
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Houston, we have a problem. Or as the astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 reportedly said: ”We’ve had a problem.” We’ve
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Patients are being asked to do more and more of the care that was traditionally delivered in a rehab facility
