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In a cluster randomized controlled trial, Shulin Chen and colleagues investigate whether integrated care management of depression and hypertension leads to greater improvements as compared to usual care in older adults attending rural Chinese primary care clinics.

Tazeen H Jafar and colleagues present findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to manage hypertension.

Caterina Vicens and co-workers study a multicomponent intervention intended to reduce benzodiazepine prescriptions in primary care.

The Secretary, Energy User’s Association, Sanjeewa Dhammika seems to be confused or uninformed as regards his statement that engineers of the CEB should be ashamed of power cuts. He says, ‘They must implement the Long-Term Generation Plan. They too have scuttled the schemes that could have helped to overcome the current situation…’ These accusations should […]

The George Institute is delighted to be part of the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund commitment towards establishing new research

In a cluster randomized trial, Jane S Hocking and colleagues investigate the impact of removing financial incentives and/or audit and feedback on chlamydia testing in general practice in Australia.

Managing Single Risk Factors of CVD is Wasting Scarce Resources by Anjanee Sharma on  March 8, 2021 at 3:40 PM Researchers suggest that managing only single risk factors (like blood pressure) instead of evaluating overall risk may be a waste of scarce resources in countries where cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise. CVD accounts for over 17 million deaths - equivalent to 233 deaths per 100,000 people (seven times greater than the number of deaths reported from the C...

Sydney, March 7 : Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting scarce resources in countries where

 E-Mail Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting scarce resources in countries where cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise, according to a new study. Researchers looked at country-specific levels of cardiovascular risk, associations with socio-demographic factors and whether WHO guidelines on the use of blood pressure medication were being followed across 45 low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). They found a higher risk...