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Lower Cholesterol – The Natural Way
Posted By: 
Debra A. Danforth, DNP, APRN | May 14, 2019
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 95 million US adults aged 20 or older have total cholesterol levels higher than 200 mg/dL. Many people don’t know that their cholesterol is too high because they have no symptoms. Unhealthy lifestyle choices are the leading cause of high cholesterol . . . more >
Found in: Preventive Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
Procalcitonin Levels in the Management of COPD Exacerbations
Posted By: 
Ben Taylor, PA-C, PhD, DFAAPA | May 10, 2019
The use of procalcitonin-based protocols to guide the decision to administer antibiotics has been evaluated in infections of different origins and settings. A more >
Anticoagulants and Recurrent Thrombosis
Posted By: Ben Taylor, PA-C, PhD, DFAAPA | February 11, 2019
The other day a student asked me, “If a patient is taking a blood thinner for a previous venous thromboembolism (VTE), is it still possible for them to get a more >