Consent Type - Cholesterol Screening

OBJECTIVE To determine whether racial and ethnic disparities in cholesterol screening persist after controlling for socioeconomic… Expand

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Expert Panel in the United States (US) recently published its report… Expand

Religious individuals are more likely to engage in healthy practices, including using preventive services; however, the… Expand

OBJECTIVES: The goal was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of family history in identifying children with severe or… Expand

OBJECTIVES We examined differential preventive health behavior among grandmothers who recently began raising a grandchild… Expand

Background: The benefits of aspirin use for the secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been… Expand

Background: Physicians rarely offer clinical preventive services to patients during acute care visits, but only a minority of… Expand

WE RECENTLY presented the case against childhood cholesterol screening. 1 In short, screening children, even the 25% with a… Expand

In 1989 Maryland became the first State to enact legislation, separate from existing laboratory law, authorizing a comprehensive… Expand

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health launched the National Cholesterol Education… Expand