The Journal of family practice
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Follow these strategies and tips for using home and 24-hour ambulatory measurements to more accurately assess a patient's blood pressure.
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This guidance can help shape the conversations you have with patients who want to understand the results of their gene and biomarker testing for Alzheimer disease.
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Offer pregnant women behavioral counseling to promote healthy weight gain. Screen for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in adults ages 35 to 70 years who are overweight or obese.
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IT'S UNCLEAR. High-quality data have not consistently established the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections to improve symptomatic recovery in patellar tendinopathy, compared to placebo (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, based on 3 small randomized controlled trials [RCTs]). ⋯ One found no evidence of significant improvement with PRP compared to controls. The other 2 studies showed mixed results, with different outcome measures favoring different treatment groups and heterogeneous results depending on follow-up duration.
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The patient found it hard to climb stairs-and to complete a particular task when getting dressed. Difficulty with that task provided a useful diagnostic clue.