Ozempic Can ’ t Fix America ’ s Obesity Crisis
What is obesity?
Some people will tell you it’s a fancy word for being fat; others might say it’s a slur that pathologizes bigger bodies. And yet others will insist it’s a moral failing—one of laziness and poor willpower.
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For the past decade, however, the medical community has recognized that obesity is a chronic disease, much like cancer, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Obesity triples the risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19, is linked with hundreds of medical complications, and accounts for 4 million preventable deaths every year.
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Source: TIME: Health - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Fatima Cody Stanford and Simar Bajaj Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Recor Medical and Otsuka Medical Devices Announce First FDA-Approved Renal Denervation System for the Treatment of Hypertension
Approval of the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system makes innovative hypertension treatment available for the first time in the U.S.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 8, 2023 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Recor Medical, Inc. ("Recor... Devices, Cardiology, FDA Recor Medical, Otsuka Medical Devices, Paradise, Renal Denervation, hypertension (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - November 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
FDA Approves First Renal Denervation System for Hypertension
(MedPage Today) -- As expected, the FDA approved the Paradise ultrasound renal denervation system as an adjunctive treatment for hypertension, giving patients another option to control their blood pressure (BP), Recor Medical announced on Tuesday... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - November 8, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Aprocitentan Reduces Resistant Hypertension in CKD Aprocitentan Reduces Resistant Hypertension in CKD
The findings provide support for potentially using aprocitentan in patients with BP that remains elevated despite treatment with three established antihypertensive drug classes and with stage 3 CKD.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
All the ways the new Apple Watch can monitor your health
The current version can already detect poor sleep and potentially dangerous heart rhythms. But in 2024, the Apple Watch will be able to spot signs of high blood pressure and prediabetes (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High Remote Patient Monitoring Practices Offer Improved Hypertension Care
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 -- Patients with hypertension at high remote patient monitoring (RPM) practices have improved hypertension care, but also have increased hypertension-related spending, according to a study published online Nov. 7 in the Annals... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Pharmacist-Led Rx Intervention to Manage Hypertension Saves Lives, Money
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 -- A pharmacist-prescribing intervention to improve blood pressure (BP) control could provide high economic value compared with usual care, according to a study published online Nov. 3 in JAMA Network Open.
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Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
High Prevalence of Undetected Hypertension Found in Bangladesh
The salinity of the water in coastal Bangladesh contributes to high blood pressure. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPSBy Rafiqul IslamDHAKA, Nov 7 2023 (IPS) Since her childhood, Parveen Begum, 52, has been adding extra salt while eating her meals. However, she did not know that this contributed to high blood pressure.
Recently, she suffered severe headaches, forcing her to go to a physician, and when the doctor checked her health, he she had hypertension.
“I could not take my daily meals without taking additional salt, which helped develop the chronic disease in my health. Now I have to take medicines for blood pressure regular...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rafiqul Islam Tags: Asia-Pacific Health Humanitarian Emergencies Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Bangladesh IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery
(MedPage Today) -- The practice of taking some patients briefly off their antihypertensive medications before non-cardiac surgery did not work as intended, and in fact led to excess acute hypertension in the SPACE trial.
Myocardial injury rates... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and High Stroke Risk in Black Women Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and High Stroke Risk in Black Women
Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia seem to be a marker of later cardiovascular risk. Prevention will be key.Medscape Ob/Gyn (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Commentary Source Type: news
What Are the Common Types of Craniosynostosis?
Discussion
Usually when an infant is born the fontanelles and sutures remain open allowing the cranial bones the ability to move and undergo molding. This assists in delivery and molding from delivery usually resolves within hours to a few days.
Positional plagiocephaly (also called deformational plagiocephaly) usually occurs after birth (usually in the first few weeks) due to mechanical factors including positioning of the infant’s head such that little repositioning occurs (i.e. bottle feeding only on same side, placement in crib on same side, placement always on infant’s back with no prone placement, etc.)...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 6, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What my Patient Did to Prove the Establishment Wrong
Here at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine, we are having great success alerting people to what I call “Syndrome Zero.”
If you haven’t heard of this condition, you’re not alone. But I call it the most urgent public health threat of our time.
Syndrome Zero is the fundamental base of almost every health issue we face today — including obesity, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and even hip fractures.
It already afflicts billions of people on the planet — and within a matter of decades, it will see nearly every man, woman, and child in Amer...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 3, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Nutrition Source Type: news
Association Between Lack of Access to a Neighborhood Park and High Blood Pressure in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
(Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease)
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - November 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
Suzanne Somers Cause Of Death Revealed On Official Certificate, Multiple Issues Cited
Suzanne Somers’ cause of death was breast cancer with metastasis to the brain, according to her death certificate. News site The Blast reported a biopsy was done to confirm the revelation, but no autopsy was carried out. Other underlying conditions found included hypertension and hydrocephalus.…#suzannesomers #blast #threescompany #desertmemorialpark #cathedralcity #palmsprings (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
