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Cardiovascular Risk After Hysterectomy Highest for Young Women

Physician's Weekly

They acknowledged limitations as well, such as that most participants were educated and health-literate White women, potentially limiting the generalizability of the findings. This enabled them to account for important confounding factors such as menopausal hormone therapy use and baseline CVD risk factors.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Thomas: But the person did screen and used a little bit of the and Social Network Scale and the UCLA Loneliness Scale. Like I said, the patient screened positive for it. The idea of listening with your ear, so E being educate, A, assess, and R, respond. I did actually go back in and administer scales at least one time.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

These screening measures help identify conditions in their earliest stages. Cancer Screenings Cancer screenings stand out as especially important preventive health care examples due to their ability to detect cancer at pre-symptomatic stages when treatment is most successful.