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Heart Attack Treatment Timing Improves, But Inequities Remain
Women remain less likely than men to receive timely angiography after myocardial infarction.
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Cardiology Groups Standardize COVID-19 Diagnosis, Treatment Definitions
Guide provides clinicians with uniform information on symptom recognition, risk factors, testing, and more.
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Examining the Mortality Risk of Physical Activity in Parkinson’s Disease
In individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD), physical activity (PA) at all intensities was associated with a lower all-cause mortality rate, with the greatest reduction seen in individuals who maintained PA before and after PD diagnosis.
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The Effects of Yoga for Patients with Vasovagal Syncope
Randomization to yoga in addition to standard care to treat vasovagal syncope led to better outcomes than standard care alone, with reductions in syncopal and presyncopal events and improvement in quality of life scores at one year.
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Vegan Diets May Cause More Fractures
In a large, prospective study of men and women in the United Kingdom, those following a vegan diet sustained more total and hip fractures than those eating animal products.
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Examining the Relationship Between Sleep in Middle Age and Dementia Development
This long-term study revealed people who reported sleeping an average of seven hours or less nightly at age 50 years and 60 years were 30% more likely to develop dementia than their counterparts who reported sleeping seven hours or more.
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USPSTF Steers Away from Various Supplements as Preventive Tools
Board says existing evidence lacking regarding cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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A Collaborative Three-Step Physician and Nurse Support Strategy for Families of Patients Dying in the ICU
When physicians and nurses offer collaborative and repeated support to families of patients dying in the intensive care unit, it may decrease prolonged grief, depression, and anxiety symptoms.
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Frailty Is Associated with Longer Duration of Mechanical Ventilation and Higher Mortality
In this retrospective, population-based cohort study, patients with frailty spent more time on mechanical ventilation, had longer intensive care unit and hospital stays, and had higher mortality than patients without frailty.
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Ethics of Lung Transplantation in COVID-19
This article will explore the history and epidemiology of lung transplantation and discuss its application and ethics in the COVID-19 pandemic.