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Study: Better blood pressure control with doctor-pharmacist team
Researchers found that doctors are better able to control patients’ high blood pressure when they work closely with pharmacists because medications are intensified and used more effectively. The… more →
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WHAT IS ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION - eSmog
Moderator wrote 1 day ago: POLLUTION FROM WIRELESS TECHNOLOGYELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT WIRELESS TECHN … more →
Study: Better blood pressure control with doctor-pharmacist team
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 5 days ago: Researchers found that doctors are better able to control patients’ high blood pressure when t … more →
Diuretics just as good as newer, more expensive hypertension drugs
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 week ago: ORLANDO — Over the long term, diuretics fight hypertension as well as newer, more expensive bl … more →
Obesity and High Blood Pressure
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 week ago: Obesity threatens gains made in fighting heart disease Gains made in fighting heart disease over the … more →
Smoking, BP, diabetes can all lead to dementia
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 week ago: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who smoke or who have high blood pressure or … more →
New More Costly Procedures Aren't Always Better
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 2 weeks ago: Angioplasty no better than drugs to open kidney arteries Angioplasty to open clogged kidney arteries … more →
Alzheimer's and High Blood Pressure
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 3 weeks ago: In offspring of Alzheimer’s patients: hypertension, inflammation common Newswise — High blood pressu … more →
45,250 reasons to fight for preemies in November
oregonmod wrote 3 weeks ago: Born Too Soon November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and in November alone 45,250 babies will be b … more →
Cost of Coronary Heart Disease in the US
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 3 weeks ago: Estimated Direct and Indirect Costs (in Billions of Dollars) of Coronary Heart Disease: US: 2009 … more →
High Blood Pressure and Fructose
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 3 weeks ago: High fructose intake increases blood pressure, study finds Researchers found in a study of 4,528 adu … more →
Vitamin D Appears to Play a Role in Heart Attack and Stroke
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 month ago: Low vitamin D tied to heart, stroke deaths: American Journal of Epidemiology NEW YORK (Reuters Healt … more →
Geographic Variation in Care
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 month ago: In a recent report, an analysis of care found that the likelihood of appropriate care for the follow … more →
Health Care Life Style Choices and Individual Responsibility
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 month ago: Editor’s note: While we want to believe that patient’s do the right things and it is the … more →
Diabetes Prevalence in the US
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 1 month ago: Diabetes state by state rankings for 2009 http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/pdf/1478-7954-7-16 … more →
Tools
pcmh nurse wrote 1 month ago: The other day, I was at my own physician’s office (I see a Family Medicine doctor too) and tal … more →
Living Well with Chronic Conditions
tallaghtchronicconditions wrote 1 month ago: Based on the Stanford University model, an innovative programme to help people manage their illness … more →
Groups
pcmh nurse wrote 1 month ago: I’ve done some benchmarking in the past year. Several months ago I had set up a tour of anoth … more →
Walk-in clinics good choice for minor ills
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medconsumers wrote 2 months ago: Big chain stores like Wal-Mart and CVS have opened on-site medical clinics for customers seeking car … more →
The Decline of Coronary Artery Disease
Health care -- how do we move forward wrote 2 months ago: Editor’s note: Evidence that prevention can have a positive effect on health. — The numb … more →
