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Updated guidelines suggest all available modalities of echocardiography be used to obtain accurate anatomic, hemodynamic details of lesions

Program also helps caregivers prepare to care for these infants after discharge to home

Two percent increase seen in odds of 14-day in-hospital mortality for each additional day of exposure to high capacity utilization

Breaks every 30 minutes for five minutes may be enough to improve glycemic responses

Adolescents with greater number of psychological assets, such as self-esteem and feeling loved, more likely to have cardiometabolic health maintenance later in life

Findings show no difference between seven-day low- or high-salt diet

Sharp increase seen in stroke mortality with increasing age; steeper decline seen for ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke mortality

Reduction in mean hemoglobin A1c and decrease in mean LDL-C seen among children in low-income elementary schools

Compliance with sodium benchmarks for packaged food could prevent about 1,770 deaths, corresponding to 3 percent of CVD, CKD, and stomach cancer deaths

Weight loss pharmacotherapy recommended as adjunct to health behavior and lifestyle treatment in children 12 years and older with obesity