Hypertension
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Nutrition expert to heart patients: ‘Eat some cheese’
“A diet including cheese should be recommended for all to prevent and manage type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” according to Arne Astrup...
From the Journals
Most children’s hypertension goes undiagnosed and untreated
Pediatric hypertension is underdiagnosed, and medication guidelines are inconsistently followed.
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Palliative care boosts heart failure patient outcomes
Adding palliative care interventions to management of patients with advanced heart failure improved quality-of-life measures in two relatively...
News
Study suggests link between commonly used antihypertensive drug and skin cancer
Despite its widespread use as a guideline-recommended, first-line agent for the treatment of hypertension, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) may...
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A quarter of hypertensive Medicare enrollees are nonadherent
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VIDEO: Moderate LDL, SBP reductions slash cardiovascular events 90% over time
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Metabolic health declining among the obese, despite improvements in BP and lipids
Key clinical point: Blood glucose and diabetes are on the rise among America’s obese. Major finding: Twenty-two percent of obese Americans now...
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‘Clarion call’ to screen for, treat aldosteronism
Key clinical point: The Endocrine Society’s updated Clinical Practice Guideline for managing primary aldosteronism is “a clarion call” for...
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Statement warns of drugs causing or exacerbating heart failure
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Far fewer adults would meet SPRINT than guideline-recommended BP goals
Key clinical point: The more aggressive SPRINT targets for blood pressure lowering reduce major cardiovascular events but significantly fewer...