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Are you treating to an evidence-based blood pressure goal in patients with diabetes? Consensus guidelines suggest that we should aim for a blood pressure of < 130/80 mmHg.1,2 However, the support for this recommendation...

Nearly two-thirds of all Americans diagnosed with high blood pressure are treated with medications – but fewer than half are controlled to their goal. And the rate of control is even lower in racial and ethnic minority...

Are all of your patients with symptomatic heart failure and a low ejection fraction receiving an aldosterone antagonist?  Why not?  Randomized, double-blind, multi-center clinical trials using aldosterone-receptor...

One in 3 adults in the United States have high blood pressure (HBP).1 That’s more than 74 million people!  From 1996 to 2006 the death rate due to HBP increased 19.5%. In those with hypertension, blood pressure...

If you are like me, you probably received a lot of phone calls from patients and prescribers when the news hit about the potential interaction between clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).  In January 2009,...

Clinicians and patients alike have been anxiously waiting for an oral alternative to warfarin. That wait appears to be finally over. On October 19, 2010 dabigatran (Pradaxa®) was approved by the FDA and became the first oral...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition characterized by fat deposition in the hepatocytes of patients with minimal or no alcohol intake.  NAFLD has emerged as the leading cause of chronic liver disease in...