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Do Lung Cancer Guidelines Undercount Black Americans?

Despite findings that Black Americans are more likely to die of lung cancer than white Americans, current screening guidelines fail to properly count this population, according to new findings published in the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Black people have different patterns of smoking and lung cancer. They… Read More »

New U.S. Treatment Guidelines for Covid-19 Don’t See Much Progress

The federal agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci issued guidelines on Tuesday that stated there is no proven drug for treating coronavirus patients, a finding that essentially reinforces Dr. Fauci’s dissent from President Trump’s repeated promotion of certain drugs without evidence to support their use. The report echoed what frustrated doctors already know: Not enough… Read More »

Why were blood pressure guidelines changed

It all began when the doctors became shills for the pharmaceutical industry. If your initial reading is elevated, don’t panic. Aging changes in the heart and blood vessels. Instead, intensive treatment reduced the risk of complications related to high blood pressure by more than 30 percent, said Dr. That study, called Sprint, explored whether markedly… Read More »

Who diabetes guidelines 2018

Albiglutide Long-Acting Option for Diabetes Control. Nucleosome assembly in mammalian cell extracts before and after DNA replication. Efficacy and safety of canagliflozin monotherapy in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus inadequately controlled with diet and exercise. Association of retinal arteriolar dilatation with lower verbal memory: the Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study. Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and… Read More »

Sex after a Heart Attack: New Guidelines

The European Society of Cardiology and the American Heart Association has come up with a document based on a consensus between doctors on how to resume a healthy sex life after having suffered a heart attack. Many patients with implantable defibrillators worry about the device firing during sex. One study found that the percentage of patients receiving a shock during sex… Read More »