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Hypertension guidelines lead to vigorous debate

This issue includes stories centered on various aspects of hypertensions, as well as topics specific to mean's health, electronic health records and physical rehabilitation referrals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/editors.htm
1 Apr 2014

Spironolactone may be effective as add-on treatment for drug-resistant hypertension

Spironolactone was the most effective add-on treatment in this study for resistant hypertension and researchers suggested that their findings should have global influence on treatment guidelines and clinical practice.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/29/2.htm
29 Sep 2015

Silent epidemic: Alcohol and preventable death, despair

Alcohol use disorder is often linked to poverty, unemployment, social isolation, and other social determinants of health, and medicine must address these underlying factors to genuinely reduce the risks associated with alcohol.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/silent-epidemic-alcohol-and-preventable-death-despair.htm
1 Jul 2023

Financial incentives don't improve U.K. doctors' performance for hypertension care

A pay-for-performance initiative in the United Kingdom aimed at managing hypertension had no effect on clinical outcomes, a new study has found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/01/2.htm
1 Feb 2011

Social determinants of health associated with higher CVD mortality rates in Black persons

Unemployment, lower family income, food insecurity, not owning a home, and not being married or living with a partner were significantly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality independently of established behavioral and metabolic risk factors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/15/1.htm
15 Aug 2023

Solution to resistant hypertension sometimes hides in plain sight

This issue also addresses stories about osteoarthritis, race and clinical algorithms, and follow-up care for thyroid cancers.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/solution-to-resistant-hypertension-sometimes-hides-in-plain-sight.htm
1 May 2021

Adherence to sleep apnea treatment reduces health care use, costs in heart failure

Positive airway pressure-adherent patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obstructive sleep apnea had fewer health care visits, including ED and hospital visits, than nonadherent patients, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/18/2.htm
18 Jul 2023

Another pitfall for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

A reader addresses a previous column on a diagnostic pearl.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/04/letter.htm
1 Apr 2023

Million HeartsĀ® Hypertension Control Challenge seeks nominations

The Million HeartsĀ® Hypertension Control Challenge is seeking nominations of physicians and practices that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in controlling hypertension. Clinicians, practices, and health systems that provide primary care and have achieved hypertension control rates greater than 70% are eligible to enter. The Challenge is open through Oct. 10, 2014.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/09/6.htm
9 Sep 2014

MKSAP Quiz: Cause of hypertension

Based upon a physical exam and chest radiograph, what is the most likely diagnosis?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/10/mksap.htm
1 Oct 2011

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