Dr. Huai Yong Cheng M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
200 LOTHROP ST PITTSBURGH PA, 15213About
Dr. Huai Cheng practices Geriatric Medicine in New York, NY. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Cheng works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
Xuzhou Med Coll, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China 1982
Xuzhou Med College 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evidence-based medicine in long-term care.
- Evidence of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in treating Alzheimer's disease in very old patients is uncertain.
- The potential value of negative studies.
- Hypertension in adults across age groups.
- Evidence-based prescribing of antiresorptive therapy for female nursing home residents with osteoporosis: how good is the evidence?
- Midlife body mass index and total mortality.
- Can combination drug therapy potentially reduce multiple medications and polypharmacy in nursing homes?
- Statins and sepsis.
- Why health care providers don't prescribe warfarin to a frail nursing home resident with atrial fibrillation.
- Barriers for underuse of antihypertensive drug therapy for nursing home residents with hypertension.
- The association of warfarin use with osteoporotic fracture in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Effect of coexisting diseases on the treatment of unrelated disease needs more studies.
- Should we prescribe vitamin D and calcium to old persons to prevent falls and fractures?
- Is age a risk factor for warfarin-related major bleeds in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation?
- Polypharmacy was associated with mortality in the elderly Hispanic population: how strong was the association?
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