Physicians should consider lack of fitness an independent cardiovascular risk factor, measure it routinely, and help patients avoid being in the least-fit category, write cardiovascular specialists from the William Beaumont Hospital in suburban Detroit.
A regular walk may be the easiest and least expensive preventive strategy for obese patients, they add.
Search term: exercise cardiovascular risk
RESULT: Cardiorespiratory Fitness: An Independent and Additive Marker of Risk Stratification and Health Outcomes
Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Sep 1, 2009
A report in the same issue documents that fitness is a better marker of cardiovascular mortality risk than body mass index among women with impaired fasting glucose or undiagnosed diabetes. The study involved more than 3000 women observed over the course of 16 years.
RESULT: The Association Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of All-Cause Mortality Among Women With Impaired Fasting Glucose or Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus
Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Sep 1, 2009
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RESULT: Controversies in the Management of Localized Prostate Cancer: After the Rhetoric
Cancer Network | Sep 11, 2009
Experts face off this month and next on the best ways to manage early prostate cancer.
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RESULT: Heparin Treatment for Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Archives of Internal Medicine | Aug 10, 2009
When all else fails, administering intravenous heparin may reduce severe hypertriglyceridemia in ketoacidosis, and may reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis.
Search: halitosis
RESULT: Mouthrinses for the treatment of halitosis Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | Aug 11, 2008
Antibacterial mouthwashes can improve bad breath but may stain the teeth, according to an evidence-based review.
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