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New HIV treatment guidelines recommend return to “hit hard, hit early” strategy
by
Paul T.
Posted
Thu 03 Dec 2009 2:10pm
Agents in HIV-1 Infected Adults and Adolescents” in the HIV Treatment Guidelines section.)
HIV-infected persons with CD4 counts of 500 of less are now recommended to start antiretroviral therapy (ART). With few exceptions, the previous guidelines recommended that ART be started when people’s CD4 counts were below 350.
People with the following conditions
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ER/PR testing guidelines: Joint CAP/ASCO recommendations
by
Mark Pool, MD
Posted
Tue 27 Apr 2010 9:55pm
The College of American
Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issue a joint guideline on April 19, 2010 in an effort to improve... with HER2 testing guideline in 2007. The
guideline is being published in the April 19 issues of ASCO’s Journal
of Clinical Oncology (JCO) and the CAP’s Archives of Pathology
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Exercise recommended in new cancer treatment guidelines
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Sun 06 Jun 2010 12:00am
can – and should – find ways to be physically active both during and after treatment, according to new national treatment guidelines. Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, an associate professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a member of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will present these guidelines
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Vitamin D intake recommendations in new clinical practice guideline
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Mon 25 Jul 2011 12:00am
, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.” The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue... as rickets.
“Vitamin D deficiency is very common in all age groups and it is important that physicians and health care providers have the best evidence-based recommendations
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Key Guideline-Recommended Therapies Improve Survival For Heart Failure Patients
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Ed H.
Posted
Mon 04 Apr 2011 8:58pm
A UCLA-led study has found that adherence to national guideline–recommended therapies for heart failure in an outpatient practice setting significantly lowered... impacts millions and results in morbidity, death, the use of significant health care resources, and significant costs. While quality-of-care measures based on national guidelines
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