Journal of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The impact of a tailored mindfulness-based program for resident physicians on distress and the quality of care: A randomised controlled trial.
Many resident physicians suffer from distress, which endangers their individual health and the quality of care. ⋯ A tailored MBP for resident physicians improved burnout and might have improved other aspects of distress and the quality of care.
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Essential hypertension is a complex trait where the underlying aetiology is not completely understood. Left untreated it increases the risk of severe health complications including cardiovascular and renal disease. It is almost 15 years since the first genome-wide association study for hypertension, and after a slow start there are now over 1000 blood pressure (BP) loci explaining ∼6% of the single nucleotide polymorphism-based heritability. ⋯ Drug re-purposing opportunities, including SLC5A1 and canagliflozin (a type-2 diabetes drug), are also being identified. In this review, we present key studies from the past, highlight current avenues of research and look to the future focusing on gene discovery, epigenetics, gene-environment interactions, GRSs and drug discovery. We evaluate limitations affecting BP genetics, including ancestry bias and discuss streamlining of drug target discovery and applications for treating and preventing hypertension, which will contribute to tailored precision medicine for patients.
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Exposure to cadmium (Cd) via food and smoking is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Blood and urine levels of Cd are established biomarkers of exposure. ⋯ There is strong evidence that Cd causes ASCVD above a suggested exposure level via mechanisms in early as well as the late stages of atherosclerotic disease.
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are both caused by atherosclerosis. Serum lipids and lipoproteins are predictive of the development of atherosclerosis but it is not clear if they differ in the two manifestations, PAD and CAD. We tested whether a more detailed characterization of the lipid and lipoprotein patterns of PAD and CAD allows a clear differentiation between the two atherosclerotic phenotypes. ⋯ The present study clearly suggests that PAD and CAD differ in terms of their ceramide- and phosphatidylcholine-based lipid patterns but not in lipoprotein characteristics.