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Beta-blockers and hypertension

What is your experience treating patient with hypertension with beta blockers?

Blood pressure monitoring in children and adolescents

Watch Henry Black, MD, President of the American Society of Hypertension comments on this subject and read the American Heart Association’s Position Statement.

A new level of understanding

More than 90 million Americans have low levels of health literacy. Are your patient education sheets easily understood by your patients? Share tips on how to create effective educational information for your practice and be sure to visit Blaine Carmichael’s customizable otitis externa patient education sheet.

Time for a change

How do you think health care will change in the new administration?

Read between the lines

Susan Dentzer's recent  article in The  New England Journal of Medicine describes the role of journalism and medicine. How do you think medical reporting has affected your practice? Do some of your patients refuse or demand certain drugs based on reports from the media? Do you second guess certain drugs yourself?

Do you want to start your own practice?