Urgent Care doctor David Bermejo will discuss ways to implement healthy lifestyle changes during a community lecture at the DeWees Center on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The lecture, titled “It’s Never Too Late for Lifestyle Medicine,” will cover how simple lifestyle changes — at any age — can help prevent and treat chronic disease and help people…
Baseline characteristics of the participants Table 1 depicts the participant characteristics. Out of 438,681 participants, 75,056 (17.11%) had CMDs. Among them, 15.12% had one CMDs, 1.90% had two CMDs, and 0.09% had three CMDs. Individuals with one, two, or three CMDs were compared to those without CMDs. The former group was older, had more males and…
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which are medical conditions not spread through infection or contact, include heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and respiratory illnesses. These diseases typically result from a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors and remain the leading causes of death and disability globally. NCDs are driven by five key risk factors: tobacco use,…