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Smart health devices – promises and pitfalls
Major advancements in medical monitoring technology are now enabling physicians to get much deeper insight into their patients’ health status.
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Pesco-Mediterranean diet, fasting ‘ideal’ to reduce CVD risk
Adhering to the Mediterranean diet and limiting eating time can lower the risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Role of aspirin explored in primary prevention of CVD in systemic rheumatic diseases
“The message for rheumatologists is it needs to be prescribed on an individual basis, rather than based on diagnosis of a rheumatic condition – at...
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ECG promising for predicting major depression, treatment response
On average, depressed patients had a heart rate that was roughly 10-15 beats per minute higher than healthy controls.
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Wildfires’ toxic air leaves damage long after the smoke clears
Local health officials warned that western Montana could get hit by some of the worst air quality the state had seen since 2017.
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AI algorithm on par with radiologists as mammogram reader
Combining the algorithm with first-reader radiologists revealed more breast cancer cases than combining first- and second-reader radiologists.
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Liberalized European sports cardiology guidelines break new ground
The guidelines lift barriers to competitive sports participation by many with cardiovascular diseases.
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Counterintuitive findings for domestic violence during COVID-19
“I think the biggest take-home message is that some victims got better, but the vast majority stayed the same,” said Dr. Katelyn Jetelina.
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Novel calculator predicts cancer risk in patients with CVD
Individual lifetime total cancer risk ranges from 1% to 52%.
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Vitamin D pearls
Risk factors for worse COVID-19 outcome are also risk factors for vitamin D deficiency.
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Aspirin may accelerate cancer progression in older adults