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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

It’s a multidisciplinary approach involving nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, dieticians, psychologists and many others. Regular exercise and hitting LDL-C targets of <1.4 Exercise Exercise is one of the best tools we have for living longer. Cardiac Rehabilitation. Share Reverse Coronary Artery Disease.

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Creative Alliances in Cardiorenal Metabolic Management: A Game Changer (Part 1) 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Cardiometabolic risk encompasses a complex spectrum of interrelated conditions, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Implementation strategy: Provide training for healthcare providers in motivational interviewing techniques and incorporate these skills into routine patient interactions.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. Rates of referral for supervised exercise therapy among PAD patients are incredibly low.

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Expert Perspective: The Obesity Paradox with Salvatore Carbone, PhD

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] What levels of exercise intensity or duration are beneficial? You research physical activity and cardiovascular health.

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The Management of Chronic Disease

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Finally she saw a cardiologist who confirmed that she did indeed have heart failure and needed to start some medications as soon as possible and he would arrange for a heart failure nurse to see her. How can you possibly build rapport and trust if you never see the same doctors/ nurses more than once?

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Syncope and Block

EMS 12-Lead

David Didlake Firefighter / Paramedic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner @DidlakeDW Peer review provided by Dr. Steve Smith [link] @SmithECGblog A 72 y/o Male experiences a syncopal episode while seated. This is important because we must rely on the ECG to further elucidate the story when the patient cannot.

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Returning to COVID19

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Whenever I heard her speak, it brought to mind one of my most favourite quotes: ‘Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. There were GPs who simply refused to visit elderly residents in nursing homes. On my patch this was all GPs and all nursing homes.