New Guidelines Recommended for Treatment of Prediabetes
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Kathleen
For the first time, a panel of experts in diabetes and metabolic disorders has issued a comprehensive regimen of guidelines for diabetes prevention. Prediabetes (elevated fasting glucose levels or impaired glucose tolerance) remains undiagnosed in the majority of our population, and is t ...
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New Guidelines Recommended for Treatment of Prediabetes
by
Kathleen
For the first time, a panel of experts in diabetes and metabolic disorders has issued a comprehensive regimen of guidelines for diabetes prevention. Prediabetes (elevated fasting glucose levels or impaired glucose tolerance) remains undiagnosed in the majority of our population, and is t ...
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Federal Guidelines for Newborn Screening of Genetic Disorders Recommended
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
From Science Daily (hat tip to James Hughes of IEET.org ) Most Babies Receive Recommended Newborn Tests, But Half A Million Still Not Screened For Serious Genetic Disorders Science Daily - Nearly 90 percent of all babies born in the United States -- more than double the percentage in 2005 -- live in states that require screening for at least 21 ...
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Key Recommendations for the General Population, Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
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Meredy
... unpasteurized milk, raw or partially cooked eggs or foods containing raw eggs, raw or undercooked meat and poultry, unpasteurized juices, and raw sprouts. Note: The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 contains additional recommendations for specific populations. The full document is available at www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines.
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New Guidelines Recommend Revaccinating Those at Prolonged Increased Risk for Meningococcal Disease
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Poh Tin Tan
... n Immunization Practices (ACIP) has updated and replaced its previous recommendations for revaccinating persons at prolonged increased risk for meningococcal disease. The new guidelines, which were approved at the June 24, 2009, ACIP meeting, are published in the September 25 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. ACIP has previously ...
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The guidelines were recently set ...
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Medical Quack
The guidelines were recently set for psa tests for men at the same age as well, 50 to 75 is now the 25 time frame. BDThe utility of cancer screening over the course of a lifetim ...
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Statin guidelines changing in th ...
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Medical Quack
Statin guidelines changing in the UK...maybe more clinical information might become available...BD Lots more middle-aged folks in the U.K. may soon find themselves taking statins. Th ...
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Guidelines on Opioids in Noncanc ...
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Dr. Rubens D.Guidelines on Opioids in Noncancer Pain IssuedGuidelines on the use of opioids in treating chronic noncancer pain have been issued by the American Pain Society and the America ...
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Heart Association Offers CPR Guidelines
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Meredy
Updating the way everyday people do CPR, new recommendations urge many more chest compressions for victims of cardiac arrest. The revised guidelines issued Monday by the American Heart Association on cardiopulmonary resuscitation advise giving 30 chest compressions -— instead of 15 -— for every two rescue breath ...
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New guidelines for colonoscopies
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Katherine B.
The American College of Gastroenterology has updated the screening guidelines for colorectal cancer. The most important piece of information for patients is that they are now recommending "split dosing" to improve bowel prep. Instead of chug ...
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