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Intervention Strategies for Management of Comorbid Depression Among Individuals With Hypertension: A Scoping Review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background: Hypertension and depression frequently co-occur, complicating patient management and worsening outcomes. This scoping review aims to systematically map non-pharmacological interventions for managing comorbid hypertension and depression, providing insights into current practices and guiding future research.

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Revised normative blood pressure values for children show better discrimination of kidney disease risk

Medical Xpress

Analysis recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) compared and contrasted the 2017 and 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) childhood hypertension guidelines and showed higher levels of proteinuria in children with hypertensive range blood pressure (BP) with 2017 vs. 2004 blood pressure percentiles.

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Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

2004 Nov 11;351(20):2049-57. The Slavery Hypertension Hypothesis: Dissemination and Appeal of a Modern Race Theory. J Law Med Ethics. 2008;36(3):537-545. doi:10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.302.x Combination of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine in blacks with heart failure. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa042934.

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Body Mass Index versus Percent Body Fat as a Predictor of Mortality in Men Aged 20-49 [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset: NHANES 1999-2004 linked to the National Death Index which provides population estimates of the US population. After a sensitivity analysis in men aged 20-49, healthy BF% was defined as < 28 and unhealthy BF% as >=28. 15-year mortality risk for the predictors of BMI and BF% was computed. 19.62, P= 0.02).