For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...
Background Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is a disease process driven by inflammation and lipid infiltration, serving as a ...
George Costanza For years, my various physicians let me skate by. I would dutifully (if trepidatiously) hop onto the scales for my weight assessment, but I was ...
Food is your first medicine when it comes to having a healthy heart. A Savannah clinical dietician shares the pointers he ...
Background Early graft failure within 90 postoperative days is the leading cause of mortality after heart transplantation. Existing risk scores, based on linear regression, often struggle to capture ...
A nulliparous woman in her 40s presented with abdominal pain and dyspnoea during the second trimester of pregnancy.
A machine learning model incorporating functional assessments predicts one-year mortality in older patients with HF and improves risk stratification beyond established scores. Functional status at ...
Objectives Female sex and anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are associated with higher disease activity in ...
In December, the Bombay High Court cleared the Versova-Bhayandar DP road, a project that will affect more than 45,000 mangrove trees along Mumbai’s western coast.
Background Mechanical compression from the ascending aorta on the left atrial anterior wall (LAAW) can cause low voltage ...
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and progressive cardiovascular condition associated with significant morbidity, mortality and ...
Objective Socioeconomic inequalities significantly impact access to healthcare services for individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study investigates these inequalities in Iran, ...