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Grand Rounds December 2, 2022: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mobile Health Intervention in Heart Failure and Diabetes: Lessons Learned (G. Michael Felker, MD, MHS)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Making lifestyle changes is difficult especially for people living with chronic diseases, where healthy behaviors could make a big difference. Michael Felker, MD, MHS. Professor of Medicine. Director, Cardiovascular and Metabolism Research, DCRI. Pragmatic Clinical Trials, Heart Failure, Diabetes. Key Points. One pays more than another.

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You can’t afford to get cancer

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As cancer survival rates rise, so do the price tags of life-saving treatments. Cardio procedures and medicines are well established, and a big part of the solution is lifestyle changes — eating well, exercising, and reducing stress. OPENING: American cancer patients spent more than $21 billion on their care in 2019.

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Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

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Given the high price tags placed on many medications, it’s easy to understand why patients often feel that they are being taken advantage of. Finally, the belief that pharmaceutical companies prioritise their bottom lines over the health and well-being of patients is probably the largest contributing factor to lack of trust in the industry.

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Ways IoT Has Transformed The Pulse Of Healthcare, And Will Continue To Do So In The Future

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The hospital inventory is equipped with tagged sensors. The sedentary lifestyle over the past few years has given rise to many chronic diseases such as blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, depression , diabetes , obesity and anxiety. Medical Equipment Tracking. IoT can also be utilised in equipment tracking and management.

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PentagonFit Fitness Tracker

The Pharma Data

Based on research of the Blue Zones and traditional cultures with the lowest rates for obesity and disease in the world, “247 Leangevity Secrets” shows you the simple lifestyle tweaks you can make today to lose weight, keep it off and improve your vitality well into your 100s.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

Furthermore, an increase in a sedentary lifestyle, partly brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, saw a further rise in the obese population. The company’s weight loss drug Saxenda (liraglutide) won an approval for chronic weight management in December 2014, and Wegovy (semaglude) got the same tag in 2021. were overweight but not obese.

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The “Medical Bypass”: new drugs to strike obesity

Pharmaceutical Technology

Furthermore, an increase in a sedentary lifestyle, partly brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, saw a further rise in the obese population. The company’s weight loss drug Saxenda (liraglutide) won an approval for chronic weight management in December 2014, and Wegovy (semaglude) got the same tag in 2021. were overweight but not obese.

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