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6 days ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe Prescribed burns literally fight fire with more fire.
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6 days ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe Complications during pregnancy (oradverse pregnancy outcomes), like gestational diabetes and newly developed high blood pressure, act as nature’s stress test and may uncover an individual’s risk for heart disease later in life, according to new research published in the JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study also highlights how weight management before pregnancy may not only improve maternal health but also reduce future cardiovascular disease...
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1 week ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe Patients with depression who received the Moodivate app saw clinically meaningful reductions in their symptoms that were twice those achieved with standard-of-care therapy in a clinical trial conducted at 22 primary care practices in Charleston, South Carolina. App users were also 3 times more likely to achieve a clinically meaningful improvement in their depression and 2.3 times more likely to attain depression remission. Moodivate (available on both iOS and Android) is a digital...
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1 week ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe A major study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has revealed that adults with respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute respiratory infection (RSV-ARI) face a 2.7-fold higher risk of death within one year compared to the general population.1 The findings underscore the significant, yet often under-recognised, long-term health and economic burden of RSV-ARI in adults, particularly among those with underlying conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and...
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1 week ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe Medical Update Online > All Medical News > Nutrition > Study estimates proportion of adolescents living with overweight and obesity in England has increased by 50% between 2008 and 2023 New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the proportion of adolescents living with overweight or obesity in England has increased by 50% from 2008-2010 (22%) to 2021-2023 (33%). The research, presented in two studies, is...
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1 week ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe A new analysis finds a significant uptick in the number of people dying at home due to ischemic stroke compared to inpatient medical facilities, and when not at home, individuals in rural communities and Black Americans were more likely to die in less specialized care environments. Additionally, the researchers found that after a steady 10-year decline, overall death rates from stroke are now rising. These findings, published in PLOS One by researchers at Georgetown University...
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1 week ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe A new guideline to help health care providers manage obesity in children and adolescents takes a patient-centred approach, emphasizing behavioural and psychological supports that focus on outcomes valued by patients and their families. The guidelinehttps://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.241456, based on the latest evidence, is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). It was developed by Obesity Canada through an extensive, 4-year-long collaboration involving...
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1 week ago | 
evmagazine.com | Charlie King
Motoring giant General Motors is welcoming a new Chief Sustainability Officer, and she is certainly experienced in sustainability leadership. Cassandra Garber takes up the role at the US-based automotive company on 22 April 2025, having announced her departure from Dell on 10 April. “Next week I start as the new Chief Sustainability Officer at General Motors,” Cassandra shared on LinkedIn. “After nearly four fantastic years at Dell Technologies, I’m now trading keyboards for dashboards.
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1 week ago | 
medicalupdateonline.com | Charlie King
Subscribe New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that patients using GLP-1 or combined GLP-1 / GIP receptor agonist therapy for weight loss experienced minimal lean muscle mass loss as they lost weight across 6 months of treatment. The study is by Dr Dinabel Peralta-Reich, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York City, NY, USA, and Dr Alexandra...
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1 week ago | 
sustainabilitymag.com | Charlie King
Motoring giant General Motors is welcoming a new Chief Sustainability Officer – and she is certainly not new to sustainability leadership. Cassandra Garber takes up the role at the US-based automotive company on 22 April 2025 having announced her departure from Dell on 10 April. “Next week I start as the new Chief Sustainability Officer at General Motors,” Cassandra shared on Linkedin. “After nearly four fantastic years at Dell Technologies, I’m now trading keyboards for dashboards.
