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A physical activity intervention reduces perceived sleep dysfunction at three and six months for post-primary treatment breast cancer survivors

Exercise Reduces Sleep Problems in Breast Cancer Survivors

BEAT Cancer intervention improves Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index global sleep quality versus usual care
For patients post contemporary continuous flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Survival Down With Ventricular Arrhythmia Early Post CF-LVAD

Findings from retrospective review of patients with contemporary continuous flow LVAD implantation
The reduction in risk of cardiovascular death with empagliflozin is most mediated by changes in hematocrit and hemoglobin

Plasma Volume Changes May Mediate Effects of Empagliflozin

Findings suggest reduced CV mortality risk mediated by effects on markers of plasma volume
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Text Message Interventions May Help With Weight Management

Interventions classified as effective were more likely to last longer than 12 weeks
Liver transplantation in childhood is associated with good long-term survival

Good Long-Term Survival After Childhood Liver Transplant

20-year survival almost 80 percent; over one-third of patients have CKD, altered liver biochemistries
Genetics may be a factor in the experience of chronic pain post surgery

Gene Polymorphisms Linked to Risk of Chronic Post-Op Pain

Genetic variations, age, gender, history of chronic pain all associated with risk
The most common adverse events associated with injectable fillers are swelling and infection

Swelling, Infection Most Common Side Effects of Injectable Fillers

More serious adverse events include vascular compromise resulting in necrosis, blindness
In their first year

Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses Up With ACA’s Medicaid Expansions

Both overall and early diagnosis of cancer increased in first year of expansions
Intake of fruits and tomatoes may delay decline in lung function

Dietary Factors May Play Role in Preserving Lung Function

Apple, banana, tomato intake linked to slower decline in forced vital capacity in ex-smokers
Men and women have different cardiovascular reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia

Gender Differences Seen in Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia

CV reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia different for men, woman