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Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care

Author/s: Bright Futures, American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics Preventative Care Priodicity Guideline.
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preventative care

Gen-Equip: Genetics Education for Primary Care

About us

The partners in this project currently work in six different European countries.  We have partners with expertise in primary care practice, genetics and adult education, as well as a patient support organisation.  The project was originally designed by Professor Heather Skirton,...

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genetics primary care education of patients health literacy

Quick Uptakes: Taking the Uncertainty Out of Interpreting BRCA Variants

Author/s: Voelker, Rebecca

The Problem

Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations identifies both benign and pathogenic genetic variants. But information about specific variants, particularly those of uncertain clinical significance (VUS), often isn’t systematically curated, expertly reviewed, or...

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BRCA BRCA variants

What Are the Components to the MIND Diet?

Author/s: Marcason, Wendy

The MIND diet (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) has been attributed to improved cognitive thinking and lowering the risk and slowing the progression of Alzheimer disease—the leading cause of dementia.
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diet MIND diet mediterranean diet DASH diet

Prediction of individual life-years gained without cardiovascular events from lipid, blood pressure, glucose, and aspirin treatment based on data of more than 500 000 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Author/s: Berkelmans, Gijs F N, Gudbjörnsdottir, Soffia, Visseren, Frank L J, Wild, Sarah H, Franzen, Stefan, Chalmers, John, Davis, Barry R, Poulter, Neil R, Spijkerman, Annemieke M, Woodward, Mark, Pressel, Sara L, Gupta, Ajay K, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Svensson, Ann-Marie

AIMS:

Although group-level effectiveness of lipid, blood pressure, glucose, and aspirin treatment for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been proven by trials, important differences in absolute effectiveness exist between individuals. We aim to develop and validate a...

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cardiovascular disease cardiovascular events

Smoking Cessation in Primary Care

Author/s: Mold, James W.

An update for clinicians on the importance of smoking cessation for the prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
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smoking cessation cardiovascular events

Cholesterol Management in Primary Care

Author/s: Mold, James W.

An update for clinicians on the use of statins to prevent cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
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cardiovascular events statins cardiovascular disease

Blood Pressure Control in Primary Care

Author/s: Mold, James W.

An update for clinicians on the role of blood pressure for prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
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blood pressure cardiovascular events

Aspirin Use in Primary Care

Author/s: Mold, James W.

An update for clinicians on the role of low-dose aspirin for prevention of cardiiovascular events from the Healthy Hearts for OK project.
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aspirin cardiovascular events secondary prevention primary prevention

Interpretation of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Test (RIDT) Results

Author/s: Mold, James, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

A number of factors can influence the results of RIDTs. The accuracy of RIDTs depends largely on the conditions under which they are used.
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flu influenza RIDT rapid influenza diagnostic test

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