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From Heartwire CME
Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Linked to Elevations in Blood Pressure CME/CE
News Author: Michael O’Riordan
CME Author: Laurie Barclay, MD
Authors and Disclosures
CME/CE Released: 03/04/2011; Valid for credit through 03/04/2012
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CME/CE Information
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Target Audience
This article is intended for primary care clinicians,cardiologists, nutritionists, and other specialists caring for patients with or at risk for hypertension and/or cardiovascular disease.
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Goal
The goal of this activity is to provide medical news to primary care clinicians and other healthcare professionals in order to enhance patient care.
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Authorsand Disclosures
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financialrelationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Michael O'Riordan
Michael O'Riordan is a journalist for Medscape. Before becoming a journalist for theheart.org,now part of the WebMD Professional Network, he worked for WebMD Canada. Michael studied at Queen's University in Kingston and the University of Toronto and has a master's degree in journalism from the University of British Columbia, where he specialized in medical reporting. He can be contacted at MORiordan@webmd.net.
Disclosure: Michael O'Riordan has disclosed no relevant financialrelationships.
Brande Nicole Martin
CME Clinical Editor, Medscape, LLC
Disclosure: Brande Nicole Martin has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Laurie Barclay, MD
Freelance writer and reviewer, Medscape, LLC
Disclosure: Laurie Barclay, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Sarah Fleischman
CME Program Manager, Medscape, LLC
Disclosure: Sarah Fleischman has disclosed norelevant financial relationships.
Laurie E. Scudder, DNP, NP
Nurse Planner, Continuing Professional Education Department, Medscape, LLC; Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Allied Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Disclosure: Laurie E. Scudder, DNP, NP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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LearningObjectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the association of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverage consumption with blood pressure levels in adults.
2. Describe the effect of higher sodium intake on the association between sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and increases in blood pressure.
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Physicians - maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Family Physicians - maximum of 0.25 AAFP Prescribed credit(s)
Nurses - 0.50 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)
All other healthcare professionals completing continuing education credit for this activity will be issued a certificate of participation.

Physicians should onlyclaim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Accreditation Statements
For Physicians

Medscape, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Medscape, LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of...