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The health care reform law includes some improvements in payment for primary care services; will it be enough to secure the future of the profession?

Physicians can use motivational interviewing and proven dietary recommendations to help patients lose weight.

The goal when evaluating patients for CVD risk is to know what signs to look for and to devise an evidence-based, individualized treatment plan.

The main focus of this session was how to determine the best treatment strategies for diabetes patients, with two case studies to illustrate the points.

Immunization schedules for children, adolescents, and adults have been revised in recent years, and are more complex than ever.

New evidence supports many current approaches to diabetes management, but also challenges the efficacy of several common practices.

Key scheduling, special event, exhibit hall, CME, and other information for attendees of the 2010 AAFP Scientific Assembly.

The majority of studies point to a common trend: patients who are nonadherent to medications and diet recommendations are much more likely to be readmitted.

As the medical home model gains ground, are cardiologists and other specialists being left out in the cold?

HFSA's updated guidelines focus on topics such as dietary instruction, activity and lifestyle issues, and health maintenance.

When it comes to the treatment of HF patients, one cardiologist believes there's a big white elephant in the room that no one is talking about: palliative care.

Keeping heart failure patients out of the hospital means keeping excess sodium out of their diet.

New research examines the mutually enforcing relationship between depression and HF, and the benefit of diagnosing depression in HF patients.

Assessing readiness and determining the patient's capabilities are the keys to building a successful exercise program in HF patients.

The HFSA releases updated guidelines on the most effective way to treatment patients considered to have myocarditis.

Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction trial finds that ACE inhibitors prevent progressive maladaptive changes in LV structure and function.

For the families of heart failure patients, caregiving is a significant burden that, until recently, has not been examined.

When it comes to treating heart failure, what works for a young male may not work for an elderly woman, according to new HFSA guidelines.

New research looks at the use of dyspnea in predicting outcomes, cognitive patterns in chronic heart failure, and the incidence of ICD shocks.

The diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases like heart failure needs to start long before the patient presents with symptoms.

Genetic diversity in great apes compares to our own genetic make-up, and contributes to similarities and differences in disease risk, including CVD.

New answers are emerging to help shed light on the complex relationship between renal function and heart failure.

In June, the HFSA published the 2010 Comprehensive Heart Failure Practice Guideline, with a key focus on recommendations for hypertension and heart failure.

One of the key issues in the treating elderly patients with HF is assessing and managing frailty--an issue many cardiologists don't hear much about.

Knowing your patient is always the best way to the right treatment --particularly for military patients, who bring unique clinical challenges.

Giordano highlights issues in pain medicine that leave patient populations vulnerable.

Dissimilar pharmacokinetics make blood and urine testing useful for different purposes in compliance monitoring.

Geralyn Datz, PhD, discusses strategies for optimizing medical adherence.

Paul J. Christo, MD provides an overview of the prevalence of pain in older adults while discussing physiological age-associated changes in pain processing.

Rebecca Curtis, ACC, discussed the stages of change associated with transforming helpless patients to empowered survivors.