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Weight cycling does not adversely affect cardiovascular outcomes in women with suspected myocardial ischemia
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:40:01 EST
In a recently published study, Vera Bittner, M.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Cardiovascular Disease, and colleagues have demonstrated that weight cycling is associated with a lower rate of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in women with suspected ischemia, such as stroke, heart attack and heart failure.