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Intensive lifestyle modifications

Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Change on CV Burden Studied

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Review indicates diet, exercise decrease overall coronary/carotid atherosclerosis burden
The positive rate of the glucose breath test is higher in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Glucose Breath Test Positivity Up in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Positive rate significantly higher in patients with Crohn's disease; positivity linked to GI symptom
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibition may attenuate hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance induced by the Western diet through hepatic lipid remodeling and modulation of hepatic mitochondrial function

How Does DPP-4 Inhibition Affect Liver Function?

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Mechanisms may involve hepatic lipid remodeling and modulation of hepatic mitochondrial function
Pain management treatment decisions may be impacted by a health care provider's demographic characteristics

Provider Demographics Affect Pain Treatment Decisions

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These effects may contribute to pain management disparities
Chronic insomniacs who regularly take longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep appear to be at a significantly increased risk for hypertension

Difficulty Falling Asleep Linked to Higher Risk of Hypertension

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Risk up with regularly taking longer than 14 minutes to fall asleep
For patients seen in emergency departments solely for chest pain not due to myocardial infarction

Benefit of Noninvasive Tests in Non-MI Chest Pain Questioned

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Such screenings don't predict who will have a future cardiovascular event, researchers report
Many women with breast cancer lack basic knowledge about their disease

Many Breast Cancer Patients Lack Knowledge of Their Disease

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Problem more pronounced among minority women
People at age 55 who've lived with 11 to 20 years of high cholesterol show double the risk of coronary heart disease compared to people who age with only one to 10 years of high cholesterol

Duration of Hyperlipidemia in 30s/40s Impacts CHD Risk

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Researchers compare extended exposure to high cholesterol to "pack years" in smoking
Higher cumulative use of anticholinergics may increase the risk of dementia

Cumulative Use of Anticholinergic Medication Tied to Dementia

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Class of drugs interferes with a key brain chemical, but study doesn't prove cause and effect
For critically ill patients

Chlorhexidine Bathing Doesn’t Cut Health Care-Linked Infections

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No difference in primary outcome for bathing with chlorhexidine versus nonantimicrobial cloth