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Medical Imaging Emerging Trends in 2021

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Emerging Trends of Medical Imaging in the Healthcare Sector Chronic diseases are thriving expeditiously. Identify accumulated blood clots that can result in heart diseases, cancer, or emphysema. The reports are immediately sent to the stroke team so that appropriate action can be taken in time.

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The Data For Weight Loss Medications Just Keeps Pouring In.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

That is severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and with that serious interruption to sleep quality also comes a doubling in the risk of future heart disease, particularly stroke 6. There are various stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which is more recently known as MAFLD - Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease.

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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. Most adults, healthy centenarians included, will die from one of three things: Cardiovascular Disease.

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Why Exercise Is The Key To A Longer Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

While I have covered many of these fitness measures individually in previous posts, I wanted to summarise these metrics and how they relate to living longer and preventing major diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia. Let’s start with the most basic measures and then examine increasingly complex ones.

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Decoding Longevity. How To Not Die. Young

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia account for 60% of all deaths in the US. Let’s start with Cancer. Compared to those who had ‘Low’ lifestyle scores, those with ‘Ideal’ scores were 27% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer in the next ten years. These are NCD’s.

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How To Test For Insulin Resistance

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. Subscribe now Take cardiovascular disease, for example. Main Takeaway Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for all the major chronic diseases that impact us.