Hypertension Canada eINFO - February 2015

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February is Heart Month, giving us an opportunity to focus on some of the values closest to Hypertension Canada's heart: evidence-based decision making, collaboration and innovation.

2015 CHEP: What's New? What's still really important?

View and download the slide deck for all the updates

As is tradition at Hypertension Canada, the 2015 "What's New" slide deck is the first harbinger of best practices in hypertension prevention and control! Find it here.

Are you the go-to hypertension professional in your workplace? Treat confidently with accredited online training.

Stop Feeding off Kids

Campaign promotes an important Position Statement

Hypertension Canada has supported a consensus Position Statement from the Hypertension Advisory Committee calling on governments to restrict food and beverage marketing to children. Click the campaign image to the right to visit the Heart and Stroke Foundation, where you can send a message and show your support.

PCSK9 inhibitors: are statins history?

A gene mutation discovered in 2003 is about to generate a whole new class of drugs

Back in 2013, the New York Times reported that three pharmaceutical companies were in a race to get a brand new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs on the market: PCSK9 inhibitors. This review article looks at Phase III trials of these drugs and the profound treatment implications they may have.

Call for 2015 Hypertension Canada Recognition Award Nominations

May 15, 2015 - Deadline for submission of nominations

Many individuals have contributed to Canada's success of having the lowest prevalence rates for hypertension in the developed world and the highest awareness, treatment and control. Submit a nomination to recognize individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to this effort.

Member Publication of the Month

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: secondary prevention of stroke guidelines, update 2014.

Coutts SB, Wein TH, Lindsay MP, Buck B, Cote R, Ellis P, Foley N, Hill MD, Jaspers S, Jin AY, Kwiatkowski B, MacPhail C, McNamara-Morse D, McMurtry MS, Mysak T, Pipe A, Silver K, Smith EE, Gubitz G; the Heart, and Stroke Foundation Canada Canadian Stroke Best Practices Advisory Committee.

Int J Stroke. 2014 Dec 23. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12439.

PMID: 25535808

The full PubMed report is also available in English and French.

"The Interdisciplinary Management of Hypertensive Patients"
for all healthcare professionals (15.5 credits)

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