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Long-Term Stroke Risk Higher for Women With Pregnancy Complications

Physician's Weekly

Shared familial factors partially explained these findings. “Both women and their doctors should now recognize that pregnancy complications are an early signal for future stroke risk,” Crump said in a statement. Women who experience these complications need support to reduce other cardiovascular risk factors.”

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Degree of Weight Loss Affects Tirzepatide-Linked Cardiometabolic Risk Improvement

Physician's Weekly

Bruno Linetzky, M.D., The researchers found that participants who lost at least 35 percent of their body weight from baseline to week 72 had mean changes of up to –14.2 mm Hg for systolic and diastolic blood pressure, respectively, –32.4 cm for waist circumference, –59.7 percentage point for hemoglobin A1c.

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

Chae : The four pillars of obesity care is a helpful framework that defines the essential elements of obesity care, which include nutrition therapy, physical activity, behavioral modification, and, if clinically indicated, medical interventions (eg, medication management, bariatric procedures, and complication management).

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NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

She called the NIH news “a complicated mix of emotions,” CNN said. “We These funds would be a lifeline for many families who are still grappling with health concerns and some economic hardship,” she said. But experts say it can be hard to link cancers directly to the chemicals from the crash.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. ” I think the family would like you to consider how to work with that.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

Our department chair is always tweeting, and I think there was a fourth shot and then a mild infection in a family member. And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. And one in five people had a serious COVID complication.