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The national high blood pressure education program.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 1110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health education.read more
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A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of amlodipine in children with hypertension
Joseph T. Flynn,Jane W. Newburger,Stephen R. Daniels,Stephen P. Sanders,Ronald J. Portman,Ronald J. Hogg,J. Philip Saul +6 more
TL;DR: Amlodipine was well tolerated, with just 6 children withdrawn from treatment because of drug-related adverse events as mentioned in this paper, which is a significant dose-response effect on both systolic and diastolic BP beginning at doses ≥ 0.06 mg/kg per day.
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Climate scientists need to set the record straight: There is a scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is happening
TL;DR: This paper found that half of all climate scientists are convinced that human-caused climate change is occurring, yet half of Americans do not know or do not believe that a scientific consensus has been reached.
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Tacrolimus therapy in pediatric patients with treatment-resistant nephrotic syndrome
TL;DR: Tacrolimus is an effective, well-tolerated medication for treatment-resistant forms of nephrotic syndrome in children, with a complete remission rate of 81% and a partial remission rate in children of 13% (totaling 94%).
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Proteinuric nephropathy in acquired and congenital generalized lipodystrophy: baseline characteristics and course during recombinant leptin therapy.
Edward D. Javor,Stephanie Ann Moran,Janice Ryan Young,Elaine Cochran,Alex M. DePaoli,Elif A. Oral,Martin A. Turman,Piers R. Blackett,David B. Savage,Stephen O'Rahilly,James E. Balow,Phillip Gorden +11 more
TL;DR: Generalized lipodystrophy is associated with proteinuria and unique renal pathologies, including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and membranoproliferative glomerumulonephritis, and the majority treated with recombinant leptin demonstrated reduction inproteinuria and hyperfiltration.
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Effects of Noncardiovascular Comorbidities on Antihypertensive Use in Elderly Hypertensives
Philip S. Wang,Jerry Avorn,M. Alan Brookhart,Helen Mogun,Sebastian Schneeweiss,Michael A. Fischer,Robert J. Glynn +6 more
TL;DR: Low use of antihypertensives in elderly with hypertension was associated with older age, female gender, white race, more severe other comorbidities, absence of some cardiovascular indications, hospitalizations, nursing home care, physician visits, and use of fewer other medications.