Clinical Briefs in Primary Care – December 1, 2016
December 1, 2016
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A Link Between Obesity and Asthma Severity
Clinicians should be aware that individualization of treatment for obesity-related asthma may need to include attention to weight reduction to optimize outcomes.
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Low-dose OTC Proton Pump Inhibitor for GERD Relief
When patients do not achieve satisfactory symptomatic relief from gastroesophageal reflux disease with low-dose treatment, there are other appropriate courses of action.
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Home BP Monitoring Associated with Better BP Control
Encouraging patients to take ownership of their blood pressure management, elimination of white-coat hypertension, and the ability to detect overtreatment by identification of episodes of hypotension at home could improve outcomes of hypertensive patients.
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Linking Psoriasis to Vascular Health
While the link between inflammatory disorders and coronary vascular disease has received increasing attention in the last decade, little cognizance exists of a relationship between psoriasis and abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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Secondary Prevention of Stroke by Pioglitazone in Prediabetes
Pioglitazone reduces vascular events in insulin-resistant stroke victims, as well as reduces risk of progression from prediabetes to diabetes by > 50%.
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10-year Outcomes for Localized Prostate Cancer
Is there a clear advantage to one path of long-term intervention than another in long-term management of localized prostate cancer?