Physicians’ Contracts Can Affect Patients, Professionalism
Problematic clauses in contracts include blanket confidentiality clauses, termination without cause
Opportunities for Healthy Diet, Exercise Influence Behaviors
Feasible opportunities for healthy diet and activity linked to intentions, behaviors, and BMI
Body Fat May Be Bigger Health Danger Than Body Size
Study finds fat levels a better indicator of early death than commonly used BMI measure
Slow Gait After Acute MI Linked to Mortality, Readmission
More than half of older adults have slow gait at one month after acute myocardial infarction
AHA: Self-Weighing Linked to Increased Eating Self-Efficacy
Increased self-efficacy over time seen for participants in high/consistent self-weighing group
Multiple Plaque Ruptures, Larger Cavities for IPST in PCI
In patients with intraprocedural stent thrombosis during percutaneous coronary intervention
AHA: Exposure to Violence May Up Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Exposure to physical violence in adulthood linked to carotid artery intima media thickness
AHA: Yogurt Consumption Linked to Reduced Risk of High BP
Effect seen in women, not men; strongest effect seen in the highest tertile of DASH scores
More Chest Pain for Women Undergoing PCI With DES
Similarly low incidence of adverse cardiovascular events for men and women with new generation DES
Annual Visit Rate for Obesity Is 49 Visits Per 1,000 Persons
Visits for obesity more likely to include height, weight, BP assessments; blood glucose, lipid testing
