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‘Major Update’ of BP Guidance for Kidney Disease

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The new 2021 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guideline for blood pressure management for adults with chronic

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CRC Screening to Start at Age 45: ACG Update

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is now recommended for average-risk individuals starting at age 45 years, according to the American College

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WHO Advises Against Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent COVID-19

March 4, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, adverse effects, clinical guidelines, Coronavirus, guidelines, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, health care quality/access/evaluation, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, inpatient care, patient safety, side effects, social determinants of health, wuhan coronavirus

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline

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Quinn on Nutrition: What to like about those new dietary guidelines

January 18, 2021 about, dietary, guidelines, Like, New, nutrition, on, Quinn, those, to, What

They’re here … the long awaited and debated 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). What’s the big deal? This document—updated

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Updated CPR guidelines tackle health disparities management of opioid-related emergencies

October 21, 2020 CPR, disparities, emergencies, guidelines, health, management, of, opioid-related, tackle, Updated

The recovery phase following cardiac arrest continues long after hospitalization and is now included as a key link in the

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Health experts frustrated with new CDC coronavirus testing guidelines

September 4, 2020 CDC, Coronavirus, experts, frustrated, guidelines, health, New, testing, with

In an abrupt switch, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its COVID-19 testing guidance to say that

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Care in a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic increases discussion about treatment options, adherence to guidelines

November 19, 2019 A, about, adherence, cancer, care, Clinic, discussion, guidelines, in, increases, multidisciplinary, options, prostate, to, treatment

Newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients have multiple standard-of-care treatment options available, but many are not fully informed of their choices.

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New high blood pressure guidelines could increase detection of gestational hypertension

July 3, 2019 Blood, Could, Detection, gestational, guidelines, high, hypertension, Increase, New, of, pressure

Gestational hypertension—high blood pressure during pregnancy—can have persisting adverse effects on the health of mothers and their infants. In 2017,

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Making sense of mammography guidelines

June 25, 2019 guidelines, making, mammography, of, sense

Experts agree that detecting breast cancer early offers a better outlook, but when to start screenings and how often to

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Hip Preservation Appropriateness Guidelines May Be Limited

February 15, 2019 Appropriateness, be, guidelines, hip, limited, may, Preservation

THURSDAY, Feb. 14, 2019 — The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) hip preservation surgery appropriateness classification system is driven

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