GAPNA discusses how advanced practice practitioners are well-positioned to encourage healthy lifestyles among older adults, to include activities that help attain/maintain lean muscle mass, regardless of BMI, to reduce chronic pain and frailty.
A clinical trial found that more lipid-lowering medications were prescribed when physicians were provided with pictorial information of their patients’ vascular age and carotid plaques.
Investigators evaluated the effectiveness of a 1-year moderate to vigorous exercise program, liraglutide treatment, or the combination of both, compared with placebo, for the maintenance of healthy weight loss.
The researchers sought to determine the associations of diabetes and hemoglobin A1c with sudden and/or arrhythmic death in patients with coronary artery disease who do not qualify for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
The prevalence of obesity and overweight is high among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), and many patients do not lose weight after discharge from CHD-related hospitalization.
