guidelines

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Eshghi is campaigning for a change in the law around sentencing guidelines for historical child abuse cases.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Large international studies have found that the kidney disease drug finerenone may benefit far more patients than current treatment guidelines recommend.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Such unofficial guidelines govern all kinds of white-collar offices, but nowhere do they carry more weight than on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

About 40% of eligible people either get a colonoscopy every 10 years or do a stool test every three years, per the guidelines.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

In fact, under the federal sentencing guidelines, providing “substantial assistance” is often the only way defendants can hope to obtain a sentence below the mandatory minimum.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander