Preventive Care
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Exercise needn’t be strenuous to reduce heart risk
PHOENIX – “Find the things you love to do and get moving,” Dr. Andrea Z. LaCroix advises.
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Incidence of cardiovascular events is doubled in patients with MS
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Heart disease risk rises with gut metabolite linked to red meat
Increases in trimethylamine N-oxide over 10 years were significantly tied to increased CHD risk in otherwise healthy women.
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Tools for preventing heart failure
SNOWMASS, COLO. – “There will be more than 1 million new cases of heart failure this year, and the vast majority of them could have been prevented...
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Stopping smoking allows healthy lung cells to proliferate
Cells from current and ex-smokers had a far higher mutational burden than those of never-smokers and children, including an increased number of “...
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How much exercise is needed for maximum heart benefit?
SNOWMASS, COLO. – It’s a lot less than you may think.
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Statin, antihypertensive treatment don’t guarantee healthier lifestyles
Data from 41,000 Finns showed that people put on a primary CVD-prevention regimen don’t always turn healthier.
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Smoking ban in cars: 72% relative drop in percentage of kids’ smoke exposure
Both England and Scotland passed laws that ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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HHS: Coronavirus risk low in U.S., vaccine development underway
U.S. health providers should be on the lookout for any patient who has traveled to China recently.
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Echoes of SARS mark 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak
One-third of patients hospitalized for 2019 novel coronavirus infection required ICU admission, and six of the 41 (15%) died.
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Wuhan virus: What clinicians need to know
“It’s not good enough to just download CDC’s guidance; use it to make your own local plan and know what to do 24/7.”