Risk factor assessment for the development of HF in patients with first diagnosis AF
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Literature - Potpara TS, Polovina MM, Licina MM et al. - Eur J Heart Fail. 2013 Apr;15(4):415-24.Potpara TS, Polovina MM, Licina MM et al.Eur J Heart Fail. 2013 Apr;15(4):415-24.BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) often coexist and share risk factors. These conditions also bee…
Keeping the "Fit" in Fitness: How to Avoid Exercise Pitfalls
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Fitness professional Bobby Whisnand explains the importance of exercise and how to maintain an efficient workout routine.
What's On Your Patient's Plate: Focus on Metabolic Syndrome
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Kathy King shows effective ways to envision more ideal meal plates and associated nutrition counseling for patients with metabolic syndrome.
More Than 1 Billion People in the World Are Now Living with Obesity, Global Analysis Suggests
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet.…
Cocoa Extract Supplement Found to Have Benefits for Cognition Among Older Adults with Lower Diet Quality
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Cocoa Extract Supplement Benefits for Cognition in Older Adults Cocoa Extract Supplement Found to Have Benefits for Cognition Among Older Adults with Lower Diet Quality As we age, maintaining cognitive function becomes increasingly important. A recent study has found that coc…
Uterine Cancer Deaths Could Soon Outnumber Deaths from Ovarian Cancer, Oncologist Says: ‘We Need To Do Better’
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Cancer patient Jeff Bolle and his wife Connie joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss how they have been battling the shortages and their broader concerns surrounding the lack of treatment. The most common type of gynecologic cancer in the U.S. has been on the rise in recent years — and there’s n…
NKF Calls for Swift Passage of National Living Donor Protection Act
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~New Survey Data Shows Widespread Public Support Across Political Spectrum for Bills Encouraging Living Organ Donation~ (April 27, 2023, New York, NY) - The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) today applauded the re-introduction of the Living Donor Protection Act in the 118th United States Congre…
First Comprehensive Care Plan to Prevent Preeclampsia Published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new special report published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) provides a groundbreaking approach to preeclampsia, one of the most pressing issues in maternal health today and will translate the prediction of risk in…
Emergency Medical Kits Are Essential to Saving Airline Passengers, but Doctors Say Regulations Are Outdated
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(InvestigateTV) - In a 255-character tweet in June of last year, a surgical oncologist who had just assisted in a medical emergency on a plane pleaded with an airline to update its medical kits.“I just assisted in a medical emergency in the air,” the doctor tweeted. “Your medical kits need a glucom…
New Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Points to Bacterial Strain in the Gut as a Disease Trigger
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New research suggests a bacterial strain in the gut may trigger rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints. Photo: Getty Images. To visualize the idea of the 80 or so autoimmune diseases that afflict some 24 million people in the United States, consider a boxer bobbing and…