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Hidden Fat in Muscle Is a Silent Threat to Heart Health

Mercola

Body mass index (BMI) is a value many people keep an eye on, believing it to be a key indicator of their health and weight, yet this metric alone falls short of telling the whole story when it comes to your heart. years, the researchers tracked the health outcomes of these men. Over an average follow-up period of 7.2

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The (sort of, partial) Father mRNA Vaccines Who Now Spreads Vaccine Misinformation (Part 1)

The Health Care Blog

Not only does this journal have a low ranking, based on metrics, such as its papers not being cited much by other published studies, but it also charges high fees to publish manuscripts of authors who don’t think that they can get their work published in better journal. Let me elaborate on the last part, because it’s important.

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. By JEFF GOLDSMITH and IAN MORRISON. Forty years later, there were 700 fewer facilities generating about $1.2

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

Gideon

Whether you are a student of nursing, health sciences, public health, or another specialty, you may be interested in expanding your knowledge of epidemiology. Public health and government agencies prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases on their shores. We can see this visually represented with outbreak or case maps.