Heart Minute: GDF-15 Predicts M&M After CRT
Author: SupremeCmdr
LAVI
…it makes intuitive sense that LA enlargement, as a nonspecific marker of high LV diastolic pressure due to any cause, is a marker of adverse prognosis.
Big is Bad Again
Tonight On Bill Moyers Journal, This Morning On NPR, And Louis Brandeis « The Baseline Scenario
Read this wonderful post and join the discussion. The brief history lesson is priceless and necessary knowledge for executives and managers. We have been here before.
Acute Kidney Injury and All-Cause Mortality
COBRA Subsidy Extension Under Consideration
Obama Considers Extending COBRA Subsidy | workforce.com
This short article caught my eye:
- COBRA enrollment doubled between March 1 and June 30 of this year
- Claims costs are likely to rise
The intended and unintended consequences of the subsidy will be interesting to follow.
Cultural Issues Matter in Underwriting
I was born in NY.
RESULTS Cultural and family challenges to diabetes management within foreign-born Chinese American families included how 1) diabetes symptoms challenged family harmony, 2) dietary prescriptions challenged food beliefs and practices, and 3) disease management requirements challenged established family role responsibilities.
More Mediterranean Diet, Less Depression
I think it’s the wine.
Studies have shown that the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders is lower in Mediterranean countries than in countries of northern Europe, and it is “plausible” that diet may contribute, the researchers wrote in the October Archives of General Psychiatry.
CRP for CHD Risk Assessment? Some Say Yes, Some Say No
The evidence for CRP as a solid risk factor for CHD remains mixed.
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