Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
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Polymyalgia rheumatica: clinical presentation is key to diagnosis and treatment.
Polymyalgia rheumatica should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients over 50 years old who present with bilateral achiness and stiffness in the shoulders or hips or both. It usually responds quickly to once-daily, low-dose prednisone, but some patients require treatment for several years. Polymyalgia rheumatica frequently overlaps with giant cell arteritis, and patients must be followed closely for development of complications from this condition, especially aortitis.
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Strengthening the standards for preventing heart disease and stroke: the recent AHA guidelines.
Recent American Heart Association guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease and stroke call for managing risk factors more aggressively than ever before, especially in people identified as being at high risk.