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The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity can be effectively managed—and even reversed—through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and avoidance of harmful substances.

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Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

Smartphone apps now include a variety of self-management tools for weight loss, physical activity, and chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. We debated the types of policies that would be most likely to encourage innovations that make a positive difference for individuals and populations.

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What Is Nutrition Counseling and How it Can Help You Achieve Your Weight Management Goals

Dr. Michael Bazel

Unlike one-size-fits-all diet plans, nutrition counseling focuses on your individual needs. It takes into account several key factors: Health conditions: Properly managing health concerns like diabetes, high blood pressure, or digestive disorders. Activity levels: Adapting to either a sedentary or highly active lifestyle.

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What Happens if Peripheral Arterial Disease is Left Untreated?

Vascular Physician

Many people feel fatigue or pain in their feet or legs with physical activity due to the lack of proper blood flow to their limbs. What Are the Symptoms of PAD? In its earliest stages, the signs of PAD can start slowly and occur sporadically. The best treatment plan for you will depend on your particular condition and symptoms.

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A Guide to Glaucoma Awareness & Proactive Eye Health

East Cary Family Physicians

By the time individuals experience vision problems, significant damage may have already occurred. If any concerns are identified, individuals are promptly referred to an ophthalmologist for a comprehensive eye examination. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often caused by elevated intraocular pressure.

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Renal Artery Stenosis: Is It Common & Life Threatening?

Vascular Physician

The majority of individuals who develop RAS also have atherosclerosis, a condition that causes sticky plaque to build up on the inside of your artery walls. First, they will perform a physical exam, review your health history, and check your kidney function with blood and urine tests.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

GeriPal

A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Physical activity is a big one. But there are some things that we really think we can modify: the vascular risk factors, sleep, physical activity, maybe cognitive activity, and what kind of bang for the buck could we get?