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About: University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a education organization based out in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 5481 authors who have published 13715 publications receiving 456239 citations. The organization is also known as: UNCG & UNC Greensboro.
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TL;DR: It is the individual physician's assessment in the context of an emerging evidence base that the chosen model for early detection of cardiac disorders in the specific population provides greater benefit than harm.
Abstract: Cardiovascular screening in young athletes is widely recommended and routinely performed prior to participation in competitive sports. While there is general agreement that early detection of cardiac conditions at risk for sudden cardiac arrest and death (SCA/D) is an important objective, the optimal strategy for cardiovascular screening in athletes remains an issue of considerable debate. At the centre of the controversy is the addition of a resting ECG to the standard preparticipation evaluation using history and physical examination. The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) formed a task force to address the current evidence and knowledge gaps regarding preparticipation cardiovascular screening in athletes from the perspective of a primary care sports medicine physician. The absence of definitive outcome-based evidence at this time precludes AMSSM from endorsing any single or universal cardiovascular screening strategy for all athletes, including legislative mandates. This statement presents a new paradigm to assist the individual physician in assessing the most appropriate cardiovascular screening strategy unique to their athlete population, community needs and resources. The decision to implement a cardiovascular screening programme, with or without the addition of ECG, necessitates careful consideration of the risk of SCA/D in the targeted population and the availability of cardiology resources and infrastructure. Importantly, it is the individual physician's assessment in the context of an emerging evidence base that the chosen model for early detection of cardiac disorders in the specific population provides greater benefit than harm. AMSSM is committed to advancing evidenced-based research and educational initiatives that will validate and promote the most efficacious strategies to foster safe sport participation and reduce SCA/D in athletes.
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TL;DR: It is suggested that dietary fish oil may decrease the risk for cardiovascular disease through the modulation of both plasma lipids and inflammatory markers in healthy postmenopausal women.
Abstract: Background: Atherogenesis is a complex process involving both a low-grade inflammation and a disturbed lipid profile. Although dietary fish and fish oil improve the latter of these two risk factors, their impact on the former is less clear. Objective: This study addressed the effect of supplementation with fish oil in doses achievable with diet on serum C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the lipid profile. Methods and results: Thirty healthy subjects taking HRT were randomly divided into three groups and supplemented for five weeks with 14g/day safflower oil (SO), 7g/day of both safflower oil and fish oil (LFO), or 14g/day fish oil (HFO). Measurements included serum high-sensitivity CRP, IL-6 in plasma and in cell culture supernatant collected from 24-hr lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated whole blood, and lipid profile markers. CRP and IL-6 were adjusted for body mass index (BMI). Fish oil supplementation significantly decreased CRP and IL-6 compared to SO, with a greater effect in the LFO than HFO groups. Plasma triacylglycerol (TG) and the TG/HDL-C ratio were significantly lower in the HFO compared to the SO group. Conclusions: These results suggest that dietary fish oil may decrease the risk for cardiovascular disease through the modulation of both plasma lipids and inflammatory markers in healthy postmenopausal women.
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TL;DR: Evidence from the 1998 Russian crisis and evidence from the OECD shows that deaths rise in good economic times.
Abstract: evidence from the 1998 Russian crisis. Economic Discussion Paper No 541. Colchester: University of Essex, Department of Economics, 2002. 15 Andreev EM, Nolte E, Shkolnikov VM, Varavikova E, McKee M. The evolving pattern of avoidable mortality in Russia. Int J Epidemiol 2003;32:437–46. 16 Field MG, Twigg JL. Russia’s Torn Safety Nets: Health and Social Welfare During the Transition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. 17 Wallace R, Wallace D. Origins of public health collapse in New York City: the dynamics of planned shrinkage, contagious urban decay and social disintegration. Bull N Y Acad Med 1990;66:391–434. 18 Gerdtham U-G, Ruhm CJ. Deaths rise in good economic times. Evidence from the OECD. National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper No. 9357. Cambridge, MA: NBER, 2003. 19 Jantti M, Martikainen P, Valkonen T. When the welfare state works: unemployment and mortality in Finland. In: Cornia GA, Paniccia (eds). The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. pp. 351–91. 20 Lindert PH. Social Spending and Economic Growth Since the Eighteenth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 1206 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
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TL;DR: Examination of beliefs and perspectives among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus about dietary requirements, food selection and eating patterns, and attitudes about self-management practices concluded that diabetes nutrition education programs should increase awareness of eating history, spousal support, and time management practices.
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TL;DR: Whether physical performance could be maintained while consuming a hypocaloric, high percentage carbohydrate diet was investigated and POMS variables tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion were significantly elevated from PRE to POST; vigor was significantly lower.
Abstract: Well trained subjects (N = 12) were studied before and after losing approximately 6% of body weight to determine whether physical performance could be maintained while consuming a hypocaloric, high percentage carbohydrate diet. During a 4-d period of weight loss, subjects were randomly assigned to a high carbohydrate (HC) or low carbohydrate (LC) diet. A crossover design was used; subjects were measured before (PRE) and after (POST) weight loss on both diets for a 6-min bout of high intensity arm cranking, weight, skinfold thickness, and profile of mood states (POMS). Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and glycerol concentrations were analyzed for resting blood samples, while lactate, pH, and base excess were analyzed for blood samples drawn at rest and 1, 3, and 5 min after arm cranking. A three-way ANOVA of sprint work revealed a weight loss effect, a diet by weight loss interaction, and an order by diet by weight loss interaction (P less than 0.05). Total sprint work (mean +/- SE) PRE and POST HC was 37.7 +/- 2.1 kJ and 37.4 +/- 2.2 kJ, respectively. Sprint work was higher for PRE LC vs POST LC, with mean values of 37.4 +/- 2.1 kJ and 34.4 +/- 2.2 kJ, respectively. Post-arm cranking lactate was significantly higher PRE compared to POST for both HC and LC. Post-exercise blood pH was lower (P less than 0.05) at PRE vs POST, with no diet effect. Regardless of the diet, POMS variables tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion were significantly elevated from PRE to POST; vigor was significantly lower.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Douglas E. Soltis | 127 | 612 | 67161 |
John C. Wingfield | 122 | 509 | 52291 |
Laurence Steinberg | 115 | 403 | 70047 |
Patrick Y. Wen | 109 | 838 | 52845 |
Mark T. Greenberg | 107 | 529 | 49878 |
Steven C. Hayes | 106 | 450 | 51556 |
Edward McAuley | 105 | 451 | 45948 |
Roberto Cabeza | 94 | 252 | 36726 |
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan | 90 | 299 | 26112 |
Barry J. Zimmerman | 88 | 177 | 56011 |
Michael K. Reiter | 84 | 380 | 30267 |
Steven R. Feldman | 83 | 1227 | 37609 |
Charles E. Schroeder | 82 | 234 | 26466 |
Dale H. Schunk | 81 | 162 | 45909 |
Kim D. Janda | 79 | 731 | 26602 |