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..However, it has not been adequately translated into primary care...

..There has been limited implementation and evaluation of these strategies, particularly the added benefit of community-based intervention, in low-income Latino populations...

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..The room for improvement remains considerable, and interventions to promote quality preventive care are needed for all adolescents...

..These characteristics may identify specific at-risk subgroups of obese women in which hypothesized causal pathways and effective preventive and therapeutic interventions can be profitably investigated...

..Translational research is needed to test real-world models of lifestyle interventions in primary care settings...

..Due to methodological shortcomings of previous studies, however, well-controlled trials are needed to investigate the efficacy of weight loss strategies to improve asthma control in obese individuals...

..The roles of obesity and insulin resistance in asthma and atopy are not well understood. We investigated whether there is an association of obesity and insulin resistance with asthma and atopy prevalence in US adults...

..1 to 2.4). In conclusion, more intervention efforts are needed to further reduce the gaps and variations in routine practice in relation to evidence-based practice guidelines for hypertension screening, treatment, and control...

..The noted lack of change over time suggests that satisfactory improvement is unlikely unless substantial interventions are undertaken...

..Case management (CM) is a systematic approach to supplement physician-centered efforts to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). Research is limited on its implementation and efficacy in low-income, ethnic minority populations...

..We examined national trends in depression visits and treatment among outpatients aged 7 to 17 years...

..Innovative approaches are needed to promote appropriate, more aggressive statin use for eligible patients...

..Research on factors that influence prescribing patterns and the extent of change produced by clinical trial findings is limited...

..Pine bark extract, a dietary supplement source of antioxidant oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes, has multiple putative cardiovascular benefits. Studies published to date about the supplement have notable methodological limitations...

..Practices over the last decade are increasingly consistent with evidence-based guidelines. These changes in medication use might have contributed to the lack of a recent increase in asthma visits...

..Recent research has raised doubts about the efficacy of calcium supplementation in preventing fractures; however, adequate calcium intake remains important...

..Evidence-based guidelines for antihypertensive drug therapy do impact physician prescribing, but the impact seems to be short lived. Future interventions are imperative for promoting long-term adherence to published guidelines...

..The recorded long- and short-term trends indicate that evidence-based clinical recommendations had an impact on antihypertensive prescribing practices, but the magnitude of impact may be smaller and of more limited duration than desired...

..We also examined patient and health care provider contributors to the underuse of aspirin...

..Although significant racial disparities have been described in a variety of settings, we observed that similar, although less than optimal, care is being provided on a per-visit basis regardless of patient racial/ethnic background...

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..However, large gaps exist between patient expectations and provider preparedness to guide patient decision making...

..Implementation of CM, however, is difficult. We have identified lessons learned from a cardiovascular risk reduction CM program that may aid future CM implementation...

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..To study the therapeutic effects of oxyphenamone, a novel inodilator, on myocardial ischemia...

..Given recent trends, immediate, satisfactory improvement is unlikely without future innovative interventions...

..If successful, this project will help advance the current clinical guidelines for treating obese adults with asthma, which, in turn, may lead to reduced morbidity and mortality associated with asthma and obesity. ..

..If successful, this project will help advance the current clinical guidelines for treating obese adults with asthma, which, in turn, may lead to reduced morbidity and mortality associated with asthma and obesity. ..

..If successful, this project will help advance the current clinical guidelines for treating obese adults with asthma, which, in turn, may lead to reduced morbidity and mortality associated with asthma and obesity. ..