Family Dinners = Healthier Kids
20 minutes
The minimum amount of time, 4 days per week,
that family dinners should last in order to
help children reach a healthy weight.
These children weigh significantly
less than peers whose family
dinners were 3 or 4 minutes
shorter.
Low BMI,
Higher Risk
of Death
After
Heart Attack
Source: University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. News
Release. April 19, 2016.
Invasive Intervention
Shows Favorable Outcomes
2x
The increase rate of favorable outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients without ST-segment elevation who underwent
emergent percutaneous coronary intervention. These findings support the use of an invasive strategy in these patients, particularly in
those resuscitated from a shockable rhythm.
Source: Duma F, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016;doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2016.02.001
Antibiotics
Prescribed
Without Need
30%
The percentage of antibiotics prescribed in the United States that are unnecessary, according
to new data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association by the CDC. This
percentage equates to an estimated 154 million prescriptions given without need. “Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, and if we continue down the road of inappropriate use we’ll lose
the most powerful tool we have to fight life-threatening infections,” said CDC Director Tom
Frieden, MD, MPH. “Losing these antibiotics would undermine our ability to treat patients with
deadly infections, cancer, provide organ transplants, and save victims of burns and trauma.”
Source: Center for Disease Control. News release. May 3, 2016.
ACC.org/CSWNInterventions
13%
The increased risk of death in underweight
patients 30 days after a heart attack. These
patients also had a 26% higher risk of death
over 17 years than normal weight patients.
Source: PLOS. News release. April 19, 2016.
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