Incorporate Stress Management: Practices like meditation, deep breathing exercises, or gentle yoga can help manage cortisol levels
OTHER RELATED MARKERS BNP / NT-proBNP Marker for heart failure Elevated in ventricular stretch/overload CRP (C-reactive protein) Marker of inflammation Can predict cardiovascular risk D-dimer Useful in pulmonary embolism & DVT, not MI CLINICAL USES Diagnosis of MI Distinguish unstable angina vs MI Monitor treatment / reperfusion Detect reinfarction (CK-MB) Assess prognosis (troponins, BNP) To view or add a comment, sign in Diabetes and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Shared Pathology This presentation provides an overview of the link between diabetes mellitus (DM) and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), two major causes of vision loss
Executive functions, processing speed, and memory performance: untangling the age-related effects
Biochemistry
Research suggests that 20%40% of rapid weight loss can come from lean muscle
Janice Jin Hwang, chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explains that there are these networks of brain regions that have been very well characterized, mainly in addiction literature, that control our desire and motivation for food but also for addicting things. One reason food lights up reward pathways is that its essential for survival, says Lorenzo Leggio, an addiction researcher at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse
