Some of the recommendations were based on solid evidence.
The recommendations were based on clinical trials involving more than 50,000 people.
The recommendations were based on two studies, also published in the medical journal, that examined the effectiveness of screening.
"Some of my best recommendations were based on what the S.E.C. now calls the 'knowing possession' of material nonpublic information," Ms. Siebert acknowledges.
Woolf says his 1991 recommendations were based on the most comprehensive analysis of the prison system for over 100 years and that they were initially embraced by politicians.
The correct diagnosis and recommendations were based on the report of two electrophysiologists, cardiologists who specialize in interpreting EKGs.
An analysis of research on which the recommendations were based was also being published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The recommendations were based on a simple, albeit not exactly intuitive, idea: the more sides a sign has, the higher the danger level it invokes.
A number of the recommendations were based on a report from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative thinktank based in Washington that Republicans have long relied on for policy recommendations.
The minister, who released the report on Sunday, said the recommendations were based on "a lot of common sense", but the process of securing support from the states and territories would take longer than originally hoped.
A statement issued by the institute said the new recommendations were based on studies showing that artery damage and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease can begin even at blood pressure levels that until recently were thought to be normal.
