CKD: KDIGO Guidelines Recommend Wider Use of Statins

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A key recommendation was for treatment with statin or statin with ezetimibe of adults at least 50 years of age who have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 60 mL/minute per 1.73 m2 and who are not treated with chronic dialysis or …
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Five reasons to keep cannabis illegal

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It's not that we want to be self-righteous and condemn you because you're drinking or drugging or you're smoking pot," said the Rev David Perkins, who is working with his wife to restore the WCTU's Portland chapter. … In Portugal, where many other …
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union Targeting Marijuana

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The mansion that serves as Maine headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union lay largely fallow until recently, with drug needles, liquor bottles and pornographic magazines littering the grounds. Now, in the state …
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Mass. activists push for marijuana legalization

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This month, Maine voters in Portland overwhelmingly passed a question making it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to 2 1/2 ounces of pot but not purchase, sell or use it in public. In 2008, Massachusetts … Blodgett said one unintended …
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