Cardiovascular Disease

Research results from University of Iowa update knowledge of cardiovascular disease

Published in Blood Weekly, November 19th, 2009

In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To describe a pharmacist-managed health screening as a tool to identify patients who were at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Descriptive nonexperimental study."

"A community pharmacy, a health benefit consulting company, and two local unions of plumbers and electricians in the Quad Cities area (Mid-Mississippi Valley) in fall 2006. Union members and their dependents who received any one of the following pharmacist-managed screening services: systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Pharmacist-managed...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-11-19)

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