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How new dietary guidelines affect health care providers
While the new dietary guidelines, released jointly by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department Agriculture, are geared...
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New guidelines update VTE treatment recommendations
Compression stockings are out for preventing postthrombotic syndrome
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AHA/ACC updates hypertension guidelines for CAD patients
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Guideline recommends combination therapy for smoking cessation in cancer patients
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Statins for all eligible under new guidelines could save lives
Key clinical point: New statin guidelines, if followed, could save lives but increase cases of myopathy and diabetes. Major finding: Up to 12.6%...
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Latest valvular disease guidelines bring big changes
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VIDEO: Is JNC 8’s hypertension treatment threshold too high?
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Broad application of JNC-8 would save lives, reduce costs
Key clinical point: Even young patients, in many cases, can benefit from adherence to theJoint National Committee 2014 hypertension guidelines.
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Residents looking to work in larger cities
Since 2008, residents’ preference for their future practice location has shifted from smaller cities and rural areas to large population centers...
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ADA’s revised diabetes 'standards' broaden statin use
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USPSTF: Use ambulatory BP screening before diagnosing hypertension
Key clinical point: Ambulatory blood pressure screening should be used to confirm elevated office measurements before diagnosing hypertension....