AAFP News Now
...Are Controlling Their Hypertension The Healthy People 2010 objective of adequately con- trolling blood pressure (i.e., systolic blood pressure less than 140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure of less than 90 mm Hg) in 50 percent of Americans with hypertension has been achieved....
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0715/afp20100715p107.pdf
AAFP News Now
...(BMI) of 30 kg per m2 or more or a BMI of 27 kg per m2 or more in the pres- ence of at least one weight-related comorbidity, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, or dyslipidemia. Although Qsymia is a schedule IV drug, it contains the teratogenic substance topiramate,...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1015/afp20121015p729.pdf
AAFP News: AFP Edition
...AAFP Opts to Not Endorse New AHA/ACC Hypertension Guideline The AAFP will not endorse the new hypertension guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and nine other health professional organizations. The AAFP was not involved in...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/1215/afp20171215p760.pdf
AAFP News: AFP Edition
...Their end goal was to determine whether patients were able to maintain signifi- cant improvements in their control of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. The results, published in the May/June 2016 issue of Annals of Family Medicine, showed that 47.1% of patients in...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0701/afp20160701p11.pdf
AAFP News: AFP Edition
...aspirin use with high-risk adults; screening for colorectal and cervical cancers, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, human immunodeficiency virus infection, abdominal aortic aneurysm in high-risk men, and vision problems in children; counseling...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0315/afp20170315p348.pdf
AAFP Online CME
View all AAFP CME online activities.
https://www.aafp.org/cme/browse/all-formats/online.html
AAFP Performance Improvement CME
View all AAFP Continuing Medical Education on performance Improvement and earn CME credit.
https://www.aafp.org/cme/topic/performance-improvement.html
AAFP Releases Position Paper on Breastfeeding
February 15, 2015 Practice Guidelines
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0101/afp20150101p56.pdf
AAFP Releases Position Paper on Breastfeeding - Practice Guidelines - American Family ...
Jan 1, 2015 - Family physicians can have an important role in promoting breastfeeding, and are well positioned to provide support in the context of family-centered care. The position paper from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) provides key recommendations to assist family physicians ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0101/p56.html
AAFP Releases Position Paper on Preconception Care
September 15, 2016: Practice Guidelines
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0915/afp20160915p508.pdf
AAFP Releases Position Paper on Preconception care - Practice Guidelines - American ...
Sep 15, 2016 - The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has released a position paper providing evidence-based recommendations that address reproductive health care.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0915/p508.html
AAFP Reprint No 262 Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents ...
Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in our society. The family physician is the most broadly trained health care professional and should be proficient in the diagnosis and management of a variety of cardiovascular disorders. In addition, family physicians ...
Med School and Residency
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/medical_education_residency/program_directors/Reprint262_Cardio.pdf
AAFP Reprint No 264 Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents ...
There are many subtle, yet significant, differences in the diagnosis and management of older adults when compared with younger patients. The philosophy of providing comprehensive, continuous care includes the belief that a patient’s health in later years is vitally affected by lifestyle...
Med School and Residency
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/medical_education_residency/program_directors/Reprint264_Older.pdf
AAFP Reprint No 273 Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents HIV...
The pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is of vital concern to family physicians and the diverse populations they serve. The core tenets of family medicine emphasize a compassionate, whole-person approach to patient care; the application of specific knowledge and ...
Med School and Residency
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/medical_education_residency/program_directors/Reprint273_HIV.pdf
AAFP Testimony to House Small Business Committee on Prior Authorization- September 11, ...
...inexpensive first line medication used to treat hypertension. We ended up going back and forth with the insurance companies about what first line agents we had tried. Other thiazide diuretics like Chlorthalidone were unavailable, because he was already on an ACE inhibitor...
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/legal/administrative/TS-HouseSmallBusinessCommittee-PriorAuth-091119.pdf
AAFP Voices Concern About New 'Public Charge' Rule
The AAFP has joined a call for the Department of Homeland Security to rescind a new public charge regulation that creates an unacceptable barrier between physicians and their patients.
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20190821publiccharge.html
AAFP's Annual Clinical Focus - Inside AFP - American Family Physician
Nov 15, 1998 - ...Hard-to-Control Hypertension (March 1, 1998) Congestive Heart Failure (April 15, 1998) Hypertension: JNC-IV (Oct. 15, 1998) If you're looking for more articles on cardiovascular topics, you won't have to look far, since last year almost every issue of AFP contained articles in the...
American Family Physician : Inside AFP
https://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/1115/p1718.html
AAFP/ACP-ASIM Release Guidelines on the Management and Prevention of Migraines - ...
Mar 15, 2003 - Guidelines for primary care physicians on the pharmacologic management of acute migraine attacks and the prevention of migraines are available from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM).
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0315/p1392.html
AAP Clinical Report on Lipid Screening in Children - Practice Guidelines - American ...
Apr 15, 2009 - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a clinical report in July 2008 that recommends lipid screening in children and adolescents with a fasting lipid profile, and focuses on improving childhood and adolescent lipid and lipoprotein concentrations to lower the lifetime risk of...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0415/p703.html
AAP Examines Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Lifestyle Changes - Practice ...
Oct 15, 2006 - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement, Active Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Increased Physical Activity, addresses how physicians can encourage physical activity in children and adolescents who are currently or are at risk of becoming ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/1015/p1434.html
AAP Hypertension Guideline Garners AAFP Affirmation of Value
The AAFP recently gave its affirmation of value designation to the American Academy of Pediatrics' guideline on screening for and managing high blood pressure in children and adolescents.
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20180404aaphtnguideaffirm.html
AAP Issues Updated Guidance on Palivizumab Prophylaxis for RSV Infection
December 15, 2014 Practice Guidelines
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1215/afp20141215p867.pdf
AAP Issues Updated Guidance on Palivizumab Prophylaxis for RSV Infection - Practice ...
Dec 15, 2014 - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases has updated its guidance on the use of palivizumab (Synagis) prophylaxis in infants and children at increased risk of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Because the palivizumab package labeling does not ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/1215/p867.html
AAP Releases Guideline on Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients 10 to 18 Years ...
...diabetic autoimmu- nity (negative for autoantibodies typi- cally associated with type 1 diabetes); these patients are more likely to have hypertension and dyslipidemia than are those with type 1 diabetes Diabetes is defined as one of the following: • A1C level of 6.5% or...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2013/1115/afp20131115p710.pdf
AAP Releases Guideline on Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients 10 to 18 Years ...
Nov 15, 2013 - Childhood type 2 diabetes poses a challenge to many physicians who are not used to treating this disease in such young patients. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a guideline of evidence-based recommendations for treating type 2 diabetes in patients 10 to 18 years of...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2013/1115/p710.html