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Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Data visualization is useful to contemporary methods designed for clarity and communication of information. Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized.

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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

Physician's Weekly

Food and Drug Administration has approved Widaplik (telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide) for the treatment of hypertension in adults. “I am very excited and pleased to have Widaplik approved for the treatment of hypertension in the U.S. More Information Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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Hypertension with Dr. Nina Vasavada

Louisville Lectures

Nina Vasavada presents Hypertension by first discussing a general approach to ambulatory patients with elevated blood pressure. She then presents primary versus secondary hypertension, and ends her discussion on hypertension management in special populations. Her clinical expertise is in Nephrology as well as Hypertension.

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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017.

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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

And, as the NEJM article points out, there are no financial incentives to have nurses or other non-providers manage routine problems like hypertension in our current system. The drugs are better, but the way patients engage with doctors during office visits and hospital stays is unchanged.

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Positive Pressure Ventilation with Dr. Bilal Jalil

Louisville Lectures

Bilal Jalil completed medical school at the he Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan and his residency at the University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Jalil's research/clinical interests include: volume responsiveness, hemodynamics, differentiation of shock, and pulmonary hypertension.

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Chronic Kidney Disease with Dr. Gunjan Garg

Louisville Lectures

After, she discusses hypertension, dyslipidemia, management, and so on. She completed medical school at Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, her residency at Saint Vincent Hospital, and her fellowship at the University of Michigan. For more information, see our citation page. Learn more here.