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07/14/2020

Another option for Covid testing

11/26/2019

Thanks for sharing Angela McQuire Bohles. Remember--the flu is a respiratory illness with fever, muscle pain and coughing--like a really bad cold. If you've got the flu there are treatments available to shorten its duration and reduce the risk of flu-related complications.

Is it a cold or the flu? The sooner you know what you have, the better you'll be able to treat it. https://wb.md/2M43tOy

11/18/2019

Treating hypertension reduces dementia risk. It doesn’t appear to matter what class of blood pressure medication is used.

Meta-analysis finds no differences between one drug class vs others on dementia, Alzheimer risk

11/05/2018

Managing hypertension appears to protect against dementia.

Clinicians are calling blood pressure drugs the first disease-modifying therapy for MCI.

09/04/2018

Yes, saturated fats (including butter and coconut oil) are still bad for you, just don’t eat bad carbs in their place. Good Fats, Bad Fats

Studies on saturated fats often failed to take into account what people ate in their place.

07/18/2018

Affected generics are made by Teva, Solco and Major Pharmaceutical. Other generics and Valsartan brand should be safe.

Blood Pressure Medicine Is Recalled

The F.D.A. announced that batches of a widely used generic drug, valsartan, made in China, might be tainted with a probable cancer-causing ingredient.

05/31/2018

The new recommendation reflects rising rates of colorectal cancer in adults younger than 50.

05/17/2018

This describes our mission at Personalized Primary Care

In its push for profits, the U.S. health care system has made it difficult for patients to get personal attention from doctors. But what if hands-on medicine actually saves money — and lives?

12/31/2017

https://www.mdedge.com/internalmedicinenews/article/145220/alzheimers-cognition/fueling-alzheimers-brain-fat?utm_source=News_IM_eNL_123117_F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Internal+medicine%3A+Top+10+from+2017

LONDON – In small studies, ketogenic interventions boost cognition for Alzheimer’s patients.

11/14/2017

Highlights: High blood pressure is now defined as readings of 130 mm Hg and higher for the systolic blood pressure measurement, or readings of 80 and higher for the diastolic measurement. That is a change from the old definition of 140/90 and higher,...