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PAH Therapy Guidelines Updated by CHEST Expert Panel

February 14, 2019 Share this content: The new update also provided 2 ungraded consensus-based statements on palliative care in patients with PAH. A panel of experts and organizational representatives from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, American Thoracic Society, and American Heart Association have updated the 2014 American College of Chest Physicians Guideline and Expert Panel Report… Read More »

A veteran science communicator’s guidelines for PR news releases on medical research

November 28, 2018 Posted By Categories This guest post is by Earle Holland, a member of our editorial team for the past four years.  For almost 35 years, he was the senior science and medical communications officer at Ohio State University. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Earlier this week,… Read More »

New cholesterol guidelines for heart health: What you need to know

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. A group of physicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the American Heart Association have released updated guidelines on managing cholesterol to minimize the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. The new guidelines advocate for more aggressive treatment with statin therapy and getting LDL… Read More »