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Switch to race-neutral test fixes missed asthma among Black kids

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What is high blood pressure?

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A crisis in cardiovascular health: What to tell your patients

Heart disease is America’s biggest killer, and it's making a deadly comeback. Here's how you can talk to your patients about preventing heart disease.

Chronic Diseases
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What is the physician role in patients’ experience of death? 

Advanced cardiopulmonary technologies can postpone certain death and reshape a physician’s view of what is considered good end-of-life care.   

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Why added-sugar nutrition labeling could save lives, money

Revised labels calling out a food product’s added sugar content should create huge benefits to the nation’s health and economy—if consumers understand and use the information.

Prevention & Wellness
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New heart-disease prevention guideline: What physicians must know

Evidence-driven recommendations from the ACC and the AHA mean goodbye to baby aspirin for healthy older adults. Here is what else you should know.

Prevention & Wellness
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Working to eliminate health disparities in cardiac care

AMA member Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, moves medicine by targeting the health disparities in cardiac care, 1-on-1 with patients and through research and education.

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Why nutrition matters to your patients with hypertension

How much and how quickly can diet really help? And what kind is best for patients to pursue as they try to reduce their blood pressure with lifestyle changes alone?

Prevention & Wellness
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Court case tests Philadelphia’s sugary drinks tax

The City of Brotherly Love says it can tax the distribution of products that harm public health. The AMA and other health organizations support the tax.

Prevention & Wellness
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Heart holograms may advance cardiac care

Physician develops cardiac visualization hologram that could enable better heart-disease detection and guide surgical approaches.

Chronic Diseases
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More statin guidance muddies primary prevention picture

USPSTF advises on proceeding when no cardiovascular disease history is present, differs from other recommendations on risk assessment, dosing.

Chronic Diseases