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Age-Based and Gender-Based Screenings


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Mrs. Smith comes into your independent community pharmacy for a refill on her glipizide. She is a 64-year-old white female and a well-known cynic when it comes to the health care system. You had to convince her to fill her glipizide medication 6 years ago when she was diagnosed with a "touch of the diabetes," and you are surprised that she still takes it today. Although Mrs. Smith has health insurance through her union job at a local supermarket, she does not believe much in seeing physicians, taking medications, or any other preventive services. She does not even check her blood glucose. She feels that she is healthy for the most part (and her physician agrees, refilling her glipizide sometimes without seeing her). She is overweight at 5 feet 1 inch and 150 pounds. Continue Reading >


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