Tuesday, September 22, 2009

High time to track fitness, especially for obese and sedentary

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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OTHER RECENT SEARCHES

Search: prostate cancer

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.

(To reach page 1 of this article, after clicking on the article result scroll to the bottom, look for the numbers 1 and 2, and click on the number 1.)

Search:  hypertriglyceridemia

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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SEARCH TIP: Evidence-based Articles

This article category is filtered to offer only systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized trials.

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