Hypertension-or not? Looking beyond office BP readings.

Follow these strategies and tips for using home and 24-hour ambulatory measurements to more accurately assess a patient's blood pressure.

Are "goods for guns" good for the community? An update of a community gun buyback program.

Background: Gun violence remains a leading cause of death in the United States. Community gun buyback programs provide an opportunity to dispose of extraneous firearms. The purpose of this study was to understand the demographics, motivation, child access to firearms, and household mental illness of buyback participants in hopes of improving the program's effectiveness.

And the survey said.... evaluating rationale for participation in gun buybacks as a tool to encourage higher yields.

Background: Gun buyback programs represent one arm of a multipronged approach to raise awareness and education about gun safety.

Methods: The city of Worcester, MA has conducted an annual gun buyback at the Police Department Headquarters since 2002. We analyzed survey responses from a voluntary, 18-question, face-to-face structured interview from December 2009 to June 2015 using descriptive statistics to determine participant demographics and motivations for participation.