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Management of Blood Cholesterol

Author/s: Alenghat, Francis J., Davis, Andrew M.

Pharmacologically lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) consistently reduces ASCVD events (myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular death), and the principle that lower LDL-C is better was reaffirmed by trials that added ezetimibe or proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin...

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cholesterol LDL cholesterol, LDL

Prediction of individual life-years gained without cardiovascular events from lipid, blood pressure, glucose, and aspirin treatment based on data of more than 500 000 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Author/s: Berkelmans, Gijs F N, Gudbjörnsdottir, Soffia, Visseren, Frank L J, Wild, Sarah H, Franzen, Stefan, Chalmers, John, Davis, Barry R, Poulter, Neil R, Spijkerman, Annemieke M, Woodward, Mark, Pressel, Sara L, Gupta, Ajay K, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Svensson, Ann-Marie

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Although group-level effectiveness of lipid, blood pressure, glucose, and aspirin treatment for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been proven by trials, important differences in absolute effectiveness exist between individuals. We aim to develop and validate a...

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cardiovascular disease cardiovascular events

Podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author/s: Wylie, Gavin, Torrens, Claire, Campbell, Pauline, Frost, Helen, Gordon, Adam Lee, Menz, Hylton B, Skelton, Dawn A, Sullivan, Frank, Witham, Miles D, Morris, Jacque

BACKGROUND:

foot problems are independent risk factors for falls in older people. Podiatrists diagnose and treat a wide range of problems affecting the feet, ankles and lower limbs. However, the effectiveness of podiatry interventions to prevent falls in older people is unknown. This...

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podiatric intervention fall risk elderly patients podiatry

Guide to Enhancing Referrals and Consultations Between Physicians

Access to care is a challenge for many of our patients. The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College) recognize that every possible measure must be taken to help ensure access to timely and quality medical and other...

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referral and consultation patient care physicians

Patient Education Resources Pertaining to Children

AboutKidsHealth is a health education website for children, youth and their caregivers. 
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health resources health literacy children

Patient Education Resources from the Mayo Clinic Organization

Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to clinical practice, education and research, providing expert, whole-person care to everyone who needs healing.
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patient education health literacy health resources

Patient Education Resources at FamilyDoctor.org

Familydoctor.org is the AAFP’s award-winning consumer website, featuring physician-reviewed patient education materials.
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patient education health literacy health resources primary care

Research-to-Practice-Research (RPR) Exchange User Guide

Author/s: Mold, James W.

The user guide for the Research-to-Practice-Research (RPR) Exchange.
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Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults

Author/s: Demicheli, Vittorio, Jefferson, Tom, Ferroni, Eliana, Rivetti, Alessandro, Pietrantonj, Carlo Di

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The consequences of influenza in adults are mainly time off work. Vaccination of pregnant women is recommended internationally. This is an update of a review published in 2014. Future updates of this review will be made only when new trials or vaccines become available....

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vaccination

Vitamin D to prevent exacerbations of COPD: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomised controlled trials

Author/s: Jolliffe, David. A, Greenberg, Lauren, Hooper, Richard L., Mathyssen, Carolien, Rafiq, Rachida, de Jongh, Renate T., Camargo, Carlos A., Griffiths, Christopher J., Janssens, Wim, Martineau, Adrian R.

BACKGROUND:

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D to prevent COPDexacerbations have yielded conflicting results.Individual participant data meta-analysis could identify factors that explain this variation.

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PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of ...

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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease vitamin D

RPR User Guide

Research-to-Practice-to-Research (RPR) Exchange

If you need assistance with the RPR Exchange, please use the QOS form and leave a question or suggestion.  We review them regularly and will get back with you.  If you  need general information about using the RPR Exchange, the User Guide is available on-line.  You might also find the FAQs useful for some of the common questions RPR users have.