MatÍas A. Loewy

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Will Changing the Term Obesity Reduce Stigma?

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: May 3, 2024

“Any obesity denomination is useful as long as the impact of comorbidities is taken into account.”

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Managing Obesity Can Lead to Sarcopenia: A ‘Hidden’ Problem

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: April 29, 2024

Exercise and nutrition are two key components in the prevention and management of sarcopenic obesity.

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Vaccine ‘Will Not Curb’ Dengue Epidemic, Says PAHO

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: April 18, 2024

The most important actions to take in addition to vaccination are field operations, vector control, prevention, and education.

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When Should a Pediatrician Suspect a Rare Disease?

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: March 14, 2024

“Patients with rare diseases have common symptoms. What needs to be done is to prioritize those symptoms that behave abnormally, that have an unusu...

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Cancer Identified as a New Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: January 25, 2024

Patient history of cancer may be an independent predictor of major cardiovascular events for those receiving coronary angioplasty.

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‘World’s Healthiest Arteries’ Found to Be the Most Elastic

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: December 29, 2023

The study “provides additional evidence that lifestyle modifications can improve arterial health.”

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Antimicrobial resistance requires a manifold response

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: April 10, 2023

In addition to finding new antibiotics, efforts to tackle this public health threat also should be directed toward promoting more rational prescrip...

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What is the psychological cost of performing CPR?

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: February 7, 2023

Andrés Snitcofsky, a 40-year-old designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, heard harrowing cries for help.

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Atrial failure or insufficiency: A new syndrome

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: January 17, 2023

The syndrome may explain heart failure in patients with preserved pump function, according to researchers.

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Emerging invasive fungal infections call for multidisciplinary cooperation

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: October 10, 2022

“We need epidemiologists, doctors, and microbiologists to join ... to generate the necessary databases.”

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Early metformin minimizes antipsychotic-induced weight gain

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: June 1, 2022

The main benefit of metformin is to flatten rather than reverse antipsychotic-induced weight gain.

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‘Incomprehensible’ CABG recommendation raises concerns

Author:: MatÍas A. Loewy

Publish date: January 21, 2022

The weakened recommendation for CABG in patients with multivessel disease in a new guideline has some cardiac surgeons raising questions.