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Life Sciences
New life sciences study findings have been reported by S.C. Martin and colleagues
July 6th, 2008
In this recently published article, scientists in the United Kingdom conducted a study "To establish the value of the first 3 years of a cardiovascular risk factor clinic in tackling the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). A database review of all 339 patients referred to the clinic." "Blood pressure levels in the hypertensive patients were significantly reduced and 9% of the smokers managed to quit for 12 months, half of them subsequently relapsing. Ninety-eight oral glucose tolerance tests were performed and 40% were abnormal yielding 10 patients with hitherto unsuspected diabetes and 29 with impaired glucose tolerance. Sixty-four of the 97 referrals...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2008-07-06)
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