Preventive cardiology academic award

Award 2007 Winners Academic Award

Innovation and Benefits A fundamental aspect of chemistry involves creating chemical bonds between carbon atoms. Chemical processes commonly used to make such bonds usually also generate significant amounts of waste. Professor Krische developed a broad new class of chemical reactions that make bonds between carbon atoms using hydrogen and metal catalysts. This new class of reactions can be used...

Profiles in Preventive Cardiology

Chronic stress appears to play an important role in initiating and maintaining hypertension (HTN). Yoga/meditation has been demonstrated to be an excellent stress management technique and may reduce blood pressure. This article reviews the literature regarding the short and long term effects of yoga on hypertension. Though the results are mixed, many randomized studies and Meta-analysis suggest...

preventive pediatric cardiology

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Work to do in preventive cardiology.

Setting the Agenda for Preventive Cardiology.

What Is Preventive Cardiology? To some, it is a general concept encompassing a range of interests so wide to include basic research, population studies, community medicine, and public policy work. To others, it is a philosophy that informs and defines an aspect of a more general clinical practice stance, be it general cardiology, endocrinology, or internal medicine. To us, practitioners of this...