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Mashup Score: 3Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence - 18 day(s) ago
The primary purpose of this narrative review was to evaluate the current literature and to provide further insight into the role physical inactivity plays in the development of chronic disease and premature death. We confirm that there is irrefutable evidence of the effectiveness of regular physical activity in the primary and secondary prevention of several chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, obesity, depression and osteoporosis) and premature death. We also reveal that the current Health Canada physical activity guidelines are sufficient to elicit health benefits, especially in previously sedentary people. There appears to be a linear relation between physical activity and health status, such that a further increase in physical activity and fitness will lead to additional improvements in health status.
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Mashup Score: 2Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline - 18 day(s) ago
KEY POINTS Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and reduces lifespan.[1][1] Epidemiologic studies define obesity using the body mass index (BMI; weight/height2), which can stratify
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Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline from CAN https://t.co/kjqkIy5k0F via @seanwharton et al https://t.co/VftgPyOsUi
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Mashup Score: 4A pragmatic approach to the management of menopause - 18 day(s) ago
KEY POINTS Menopause is defined as 1 year of amenorrhea caused by declining ovarian reserve or as the onset of vasomotor symptoms in people with iatrogenic amenorrhea. It is preceded by perimenopause or the menopause transition, which can last for as long as 10 years. Although many treatments exist
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A pragmatic approach to the management of menopause https://t.co/FsX1DFLQAE via @IlianaLega et al @ProfJoyceHarper @susan_bewley @AnniceMukherjee @Liz_ORiordan @PharmRJ @KarenMagraith
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Mashup Score: 0Prognostic importance of extensive coronary calcium on lung cancer screening chest computed tomography - 24 day(s) ago
Background: Low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) is used for lung cancer screening, but can also detect coronary artery disease as coronary artery calcium. We sought to determine the prevalence and prognostic utility of coronary artery calcium in a population at high risk of cancer. Methods: We reviewed CT scans from consecutive participants screened for lung cancer between March 2017 and November 2018 as part of the Ontario Health Lung Cancer Screening Pilot for People at High Risk. We quantified coronary artery calcium using an estimated Agatston score. We identified the composite primary outcome of all-cause death and cardiovascular events using linked electronic medical record data from The Ottawa Hospital to December 2023. Results: Among 1486 people who underwent screening CT, coronary artery calcium was detected in 1232 (82.9%) and was extensive in 439 (29.5%). On multivariable analysis, extensive coronary artery calcium was associated with the composite primary outcome (hazar
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Prognostic importance of extensive coronary calcium on lung cancer screening chest computed tomography | CMAJ https://t.co/g7yYJWtSSK
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Mashup Score: 29Did I not get the memo? - 2 month(s) ago
It wasn’t always lonely out here. I have been the only permanent doctor in my little country clinic north of Kingston for eight years now, and I previously felt tremendous camaraderie and connection with my hospital-based specialist colleagues and other family physicians in the area. But in the
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Wow. I have had difficulty publishing in CMAJ lately and now I see they publish this unproven assertion I feel pity for the author but there is ZERO evidence that all her anxious precautions will prevent these nonspecific sx in the future. https://t.co/CsLysH4Z79 https://t.co/rHxtyKilvA
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Mashup Score: 297Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in older adults - 4 month(s) ago
Most people experience mild RSV reinfections throughout their lifetime, particularly during respiratory virus season (November to March in Canada). People are at higher risk if they are older than 75 years or if they have comorbid conditions (e.g., pulmonary and cardiovascular conditions). In Canada
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A good update on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination for older adults in 🇨🇦, published today in @CMAJ. Link: https://t.co/18wVj94l5q https://t.co/FjQwyQ3FuX
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Mashup Score: 297Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination in older adults - 4 month(s) ago
Most people experience mild RSV reinfections throughout their lifetime, particularly during respiratory virus season (November to March in Canada). People are at higher risk if they are older than 75 years or if they have comorbid conditions (e.g., pulmonary and cardiovascular conditions). In Canada
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A good update on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination for older adults in 🇨🇦, published today in @CMAJ. Link: https://t.co/18wVj94l5q https://t.co/FjQwyQ3FuX
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Mashup Score: 6Resistant hypertension - 5 month(s) ago
First-line medications are renin–angiotensin system inhibitors, dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers, and thiazide diuretics. Resistant hypertension has an estimated prevalence of 30% among those with hypertension.[2][1] Out-of-office measurement (24-h ambulatory or home blood pressure
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Quick and easy read https://t.co/DvdQJ62TsN
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Mashup Score: 6Resistant hypertension - 5 month(s) ago
First-line medications are renin–angiotensin system inhibitors, dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers, and thiazide diuretics. Resistant hypertension has an estimated prevalence of 30% among those with hypertension.[2][1] Out-of-office measurement (24-h ambulatory or home blood pressure
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Quick and easy read https://t.co/DvdQJ62TsN
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Mashup Score: 2
[See related article at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.231547][1] In this issue of CMAJ , Dzakpasu and colleagues[1][2] show that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have increased 40% over the last decade in Canada, although early recognition and treatment have curtailed the severe adverse
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RT @CVarnerEmerg: https://t.co/68VTh6U5NF
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Health benefits of physical activity: the evidence https://t.co/kuXiuja81J via @warburtonlab et al https://t.co/nG4GnQkmix