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Nurse Practitioner February 2012 Wood & Gordon	Preventing CVD in women: The NP's role This article focuses on the new American Heart Association guidelines for preventing cardiovascular disease in women and the nurse practitioner's role in implementing them.
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Nursing May 2009 Miller & Mink	Acute Ischemic Stroke: Not a Moment to Lose A review of the guidelines for acute ischemic stroke care for adults, based on the most recent revisions. Plus, a look at the two types of strokes.
Nursing March 2011 Mink & Miller	Stroke, Part 2: Respond aggressively to hemorrhagic stroke Patients may arrive at the hospital any time from minutes to days after a hemorrhagic stroke, and nurses need to be prepared for the unique challenges associated with their care.
American Family Physician October 15, 2003 Gavin et al.	Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes By increasing patient awareness of the link between diabetes and heart disease, family physicians can encourage patients to take medications (including aspirin), stop smoking, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol and blood glucose levels.
Nursing September 2010 Margaret M. Bolton	Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis.
American Family Physician July 15, 2002 Dana E. King	Acute Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Part II. Prevention of Thromboembolic Complications Family physicians should be familiar with the acute management of atrial fibrillation and the initiation of chronic therapy for this common arrhythmia. Part II of this two-part article focuses on the prevention of thromboembolic complications using anticoagulation.
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American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Hanna & Wenger	Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Patients A review of the scientific evidence for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Mark H. Ebell	Decision-Making Tool for Treating Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation What is the risk of stroke in a patient with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, and should that patient be given warfarin (Coumadin) or aspirin?
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American Family Physician December 15, 2000 Alan J. Garber	Attenuating Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes All cardiovascular risk factors except smoking are more prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes. In addition to exercise, weight control, aspirin therapy and blood pressure control, therapy to modify lipid profiles is usually necessary...
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American Family Physician March 15, 2005 Lockman et al.	Treatment of Cholesterol Abnormalities The relationship between coronary heart disease and elevated cholesterol levels has been recognized for many years, but now studies show an improvement in patient-oriented outcomes in patients receiving drug therapy.
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Health February 2008 Ginny Graves	The Scary Truth about Strokes Women who take birth control pills, get salon haircuts, or go to the chiropractor may be raising their risk for strokes. Read on for more information.
Nurse Practitioner July 2011 Kass-Wolff & Fisher	Menopause and the Hormone Controversy: Clarification or Confusion? Hormone therapy in perimenopause and menopause remains a controversial and often confusing management strategy for healthcare providers. To assist in providing women quality healthcare, recently published new guidelines help provide direction for NPs.
Nursing Management June 2010 Alison Trembly	Stroke care in the 21st century Stroke care has changed dramatically in the last decade. This story emphasizes several key points about stroke in the 21st century.
American Family Physician September 1, 2003 Magill et al.	New Developments in the Management of Hypertension Advances in the management of hypertension have refined our understanding of systolic blood pressure, nutrition, medication selection, and hypertension in special populations.
American Family Physician April 1, 2004 Nina Solenski	Transient Ischemic Attacks: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is no longer considered a benign event but, rather, a critical harbinger of impending stroke.
American Family Physician February 1, 2005 Dickerson & Gibson	Management of Hypertension in Older Persons Antihypertensive therapy has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in older patients with elevated systolic or diastolic blood pressures.
American Journal of Nursing June 2011 Karen Roush	Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What We Know Now This article describes the findings and limitations of the major research thus far on hormone therapy.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Gresham & Gresham	Winning the Aging Game A person's physical condition can change in a moment, and with those changes come significant financial questions that advisors are going to face with more frequency as baby boomers age.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2006 Michael Fronstin	A Fresh Look at Co-morbidity You may think you understand a disease. But then it arrives in tandem. A new survey takes a fresh look at co-morbidity.
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Konzem et al.	Controlling Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are common diseases in the United States. Patients with diabetes have a much higher rate of hypertension than would be expected in the general population. Regardless of the antihypertensive agent used, a reduction in blood pressure helps to prevent diabetic complications.
American Family Physician September 15, 2006 Mark H. Ebell	Predicting Short-term Risk of Stroke After TIA Because guidelines do not mandate hospitalization for patients who have had a transient ischemic attack, validated clinical prediction rules may be used to identify patients who should definitely be hospitalized for expedited evaluation and patients for whom outpatient evaluation is a reasonable option.
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American Family Physician July 15, 2002	Atrial Fibrillation What is atrial fibrillation?... Who gets atrial fibrillation and why?... How can my doctor and I tell that I have atrial fibrillation?... How is atrial fibrillation treated?... What can I expect in the future?
American Family Physician May 15, 2004 Birrer & Vemuri	Depression in Later Life: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge Depression in elderly persons is widespread, often undiagnosed, and usually untreated. Because there is no reliable diagnostic test, a careful clinical evaluation is essential.
AskMen.com Jen Woodward	Men's Health Red Flags There are plenty of men's health red flags that should not be ignored. Read on for some common ailments that often start out as minor issues.
American Family Physician August 1, 2002 Mark W. Niedfeldt	Managing Hypertension in Athletes and Physically Active Patients Athletes and other physically active patients should be screened for hypertension and given appropriate therapy if needed.
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American Journal of Nursing June 2012 Karen Roush	Managing Menopausal Symptoms This article reviews the literature on causes and treatments of peri- and postmenopausal symptoms.
AskMen.com November 10, 2002 Joshua Levine	Common Diseases That Affect Men The diseases that target large percentages of men deserve to be openly discussed and dealt with in order to inform, educate and prevent. There are certain scary illnesses that you should be on the lookout for.
American Family Physician December 1, 2002 Aukerman et al.	Management of the Acute Migraine Headache As many as 30 million Americans have migraine headaches. The impact on patients and their families can be tremendous, and treatment of migraines can present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for family physicians.
American Family Physician August 15, 2001 Thomas P. Guck	Assessment and Treatment of Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Depression is an independent risk factor in the development of and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy persons...
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Scientific American August 2005 Cathryn M. Delude	Widening the Window Strategies to buy time in treating ischemic stroke: Recently scientists have discovered ways that could extend tissue plasminogen activator's (tPA) window of time, at least for some patients, and have found alternatives that may be both effective and safe beyond three hours.
BusinessWeek November 19, 2007 Catherine Arnst	A Top Gun Takes Aim at Strokes Jackson Streeter left his dream job as a fighter pilot to tackle stokes, the second leading cause of death.