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Hypertension Toolkit for Primary Care Practice: A Heart Month Checklist
Author(s)Grace Halsey
Recommendations on hypertension management from the US Surgeon General's office are summarized for at-a-glance American Heart Month reading.
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The US Surgeon General's Call to Action to Control Hypertension is a comprehensive program of strategies developed to prevent or at least to slow the devastating effects of
In the spirit of American Heart Month 2022, we have summarized the
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