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A serious and sometimes fatal lung-related vascular disease, pulmonary embolism is caused by obstruction of the pulmonary arteries by blood clots, generally formed in the leg vessels. Toru Shirakawa, from Osaka University (Japan), and colleagues completed an 18-year long study involving 86,024 men and women, ages 40 to 79 years, who self-reported their daily television

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Mobile Health Technologies: Achievements & Challenges

It is estimated that 1 in 5 American adults use some technology to track health data and the most popular health apps downloaded are related to exercise, counting steps, or heart rate.   The American Heart Association has issued a Scientific Statement based on a review published, peer-reviewed studies relating to the effectiveness of mobile health

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