This morning, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister, visited the Hornsby GP Unit in NSW to see first hand how GPs manage the complexity of their patient consultations and to observe the teams and teamwork in place in general practices. Dr Elizabeth Marles, Chair of the RACGP NSW/ACT Faculty and GP at the Hornsby GP Unit, said that this was a great opportunity for the Prime Minister to increase his understanding of general practice and prevocational training…
Read the full story »ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Practice as usual may be the order of the day in the wake of an ACCORD trial finding that there’s no cardiovascular risk reduction from intensified lipid and blood pressure management among diabetic patients.
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ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Intensive blood pressure and lipid management does little against elevated cardiovascular risk in diabetes, according to results from the ACCORD study, again proving lower isn’t always better.