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September 25, 2015 – More Blood Pressure Meds?
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Anchor lead: How will results of a new study on blood pressure management change practice? Elizabeth Tracey reports SPRINT is the acronym used for a major study on blood pressure management that was just stopped early, since clear benefits of …
September 24, 2015 – High Blood Pressure Treatment
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Anchor lead: A major new study seems to portend a sea change in blood pressure management, Elizabeth Tracey reports Blood pressure targets have been under a lot of scrutiny in the last few years, with many experts suggesting relaxation of …
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September 23, 2015 – Heart Attacks and Flu
September 22, 2015 – Why Sleep?
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Anchor lead: Why does shortened sleep result in more susceptibility to infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who sleep shorter periods of time are more likely to get colds, a recent study concludes, but why? Redonda Miller, an internal medicine expert …
September 21, 2015 – Sleep and Infection
September 18, 2015 – Doc Support
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Anchor lead: Physician assistance in weight loss efforts really does help, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patients enrolled in a weight loss program who were happy their primary care docs were involved with the program and regularly reviewed weight loss reports with …