Exercise is one of NCHR’s seven recommended ways to maximize your health. If you want to exercise but aren’t sure where to begin, we can help! If you feel like your daily life doesn’t allow you to get fit (not enough time, no money for a gym membership, etc.), we have some “work-arounds” that may help.
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The Unknown Health Risks of Air Pollution
Air pollution is a hot topic in the media. Here is what you need to know about the causes of air pollution and how it affects the health of adults and children.
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Does switching to healthier foods seem like an impossible chore? It doesn’t have to be! Change your habits gradually with these 10 simple tips.
Read More »NCHR Comments to USPSTF on Non-traditional Screening Methods for Heart Disease
February 12, 2018, USPSTF. We agree with the USPSTF that current evidence is insufficient to assess potential benefits and harms of adding the ankle-brachial index (ABI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), or coronary artery calcification (CAC) score to the traditional risk assessments for CVD.
Read More »NCHR Comments on USPSTF Draft Screening Recommendations for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
USPSTF, February 12, 2018. In order to more widely recommend ABI, we need more studies directly evaluating both the efficacy and harms. Most importantly, we encourage the USPSTF to review studies that analyze the accuracy of ABI and its effect on improving health outcomes in asymptomatic PAD patients.
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