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Gut microbiota: a potential new regulator of hypertension

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and has become a global public health concern. Finally, we review various regimens for better-controlling hypertension from the diet, exercise, drugs, antibiotics, probiotics, and fecal transplantation perspectives.

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National AFib Awareness Month: A Call to Action for Physicians Worldwide

ADN Center of Excellence

The Growing Global Burden of AFib The global incidence of AFib is on the rise, making it a significant public health concern. Lifestyle modifications, including diet, exercise, and smoking cessation, play a crucial role. By 2050, the number of individuals affected by AFib is expected to more than double.

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National AFib Awareness Month: A Call to Action for Physicians Worldwide

ADN Center of Excellence

The Growing Global Burden of AFib The global incidence of AFib is on the rise, making it a significant public health concern. Lifestyle modifications, including diet, exercise, and smoking cessation, play a crucial role. By 2050, the number of individuals affected by AFib is expected to more than double.

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Physiology Friday #213: Stair Climbing 'Exercise Snacks' Increase VO2 Max

Physiologically Speaking

ICYMI On Wednesday, I published a post about the recent evidence on high-volume exercise and atherosclerosis in athletes. Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. . “Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” Life gets busy.

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

DAIC

For patients with PAD and Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, clinicians should coordinate care to address diet, exercise, weight management, medications to control blood sugar, management of other cardiovascular risk factors and routinely check the feet of their patients for foot ulcer prevention.

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Physiology Friday #220: How to Wake Up More Alert

Physiologically Speaking

Alertness in the morning is not only great for personal productivity, but it’s also crucial for public health and safety — reduced alertness is a significant contributor to traffic- and workplace-related injury and death. This is a problem that all of us would like to solve.

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What is corruption – and why does it matter so much?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Where hosting the football World Cup became an exercise in bribery from which no-one, and nothing, was immune. “Richard Doll’s lifelong service to public health has saved millions of lives. Any man, or woman, who refused to take a bribe from FIFA was the exception, not the rule. So, good luck with that.