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The Obesity Paradox.
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are increased in a variety of lean or normal-weight individuals, compared with obese people with preexisting cardiovascular disease.
That finding emerged from two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Tamara B. Horwich said that her study of 1,203 patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF) of diverse etiologies suggested promotion of weight loss in CHF patients "may not improve mortality risk and is potentially harmful."
Fourteen percent of study participants were overweight. Another 15% were obese. These overweight or obese patients had significantly higher rates of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes as well as a greater mean left ventricular end diastolic diameter than the normal-weight or underweight CHF patients. Yet the obese or overweight subgroups ...
- Ribose Offers New Hope of Improved Functional Capacity for CHF Patients.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 30, 2006 700+ words
...study indicates NYHA Class III-IV CHF patients receiving an oral D-ribose supplement...regimens offers an exciting new option to CHF patients, as well as the doctors who treat them...where researchers followed sixteen CHF patients who consumed ribose daily for eight...
- Sleep posture in CHF patients. (Clinical Capsules).(congestive heart...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News April 15, 2003 700+ words
...conducted sleep studies in 75 consecutive CHF patients and 75 controls with no cardiovascular...gender, age, and body mass index. The CHF patients spent a significantly shorter time during...less time on their left sides than did CHF patients with smaller hearts and better cardiac...
- CHF patients get better care at teaching hospitals. (Large Medicare...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Jancin, Bruce June 15, 2002 700+ words
...care for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients tends to be optimal when provided...clinical guidelines, disappear when CHF patients are treated in teaching hospitals. It's only for CHF patients who are admitted to nonteaching hospitals...
- Platelet NO resistance characterized in CHF patients.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week March 17, 2004 700+ words
...determined in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. CHF "is associated with oxidative...aggregation O[subscript]2- in CHF patients," test results indicated. "However, subsets of CHF patients have NO resistant platelets: this...
- Ribose offers new hope of improved functional capacity for CHF patients.
- News wire article from: Chemical Business Newsbase October 30, 2006 700+ words
...III-IV congestive heart failure (CHF) patients receiving an oral D-ribose supplement...regimens offers an exciting new option to CHF patients, as well as the doctors who treat them...where researchers followed sixteen CHF patients who consumed ribose daily for eight...
- Eplerenone cleared for CHF patients with sustained MI.(congestive heart...
- Newspaper article from: Travel Medicine Advisor Elliott, William T. November 1, 2003 700+ words
...Effect with Concomitant Aspirin and ACE Inhibitor Use in CHF Patients Aspirin does not adversely affect survival in patients with...about the concomitant use of aspirin and ACE inhibitors in CHF patients. In a retrospective analysis, 755 stable patients with...
- Fast Results With Nesiritide for CHF Patients.(congestive heart failure)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News JANCIN, BRUCE May 1, 1999 700+ words
...hydralazine to the therapeutic regimen makes it possible for CHF patients to wear the patch around the clock, thereby accruing even...presented the results of a dose-finding study in which 321 CHF patients on triple-drug therapy were randomized to various doses...
- American TeleCare, Inc.: New Ulm Medical Center Home Health Reports No Hospital...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 24, 2002 700+ words
...Clinics, reported that none of its congestive heart failure (CHF) patients monitored with ATI's home telehealth system was readmitted...compliance to their plan of care." The evaluation tracked six CHF patients between the ages of 76-86 who, collectively, were hospitalized...
- CHF Patients Often Don't Get Ischemia Evaluation.(Brief Article)(Statistical...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News MANN, ARNOLD June 15, 2000 700+ words
...30,000 patients. The researchers examined diagnostic test claims for 3,353 newly diagnosed congestive heart failure (CHF) patients. The rates of testing for CAD were measured during the first year after their CHF was diagnosed. Of the patients whose...
- Study says CHF patients should put on dancing shoes -- and waltz.
- Magazine article from: Medical Device Week November 14, 2006 700+ words
Study says CHF patients should put on dancing shoes -- and waltz CHICAGO -- There's more to dancing (with or without the stars) than having some...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Obesity Paradox.