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The Clinician's Challenge in PAD: Equipping the Outpatient Clinic to Measure ABI With some training and a modest one-time investment in equipment, any outpatient clinic can, and we would argue ...

Unlike other forms of atherosclerotic disease, PAD is easily diagnosed in the outpatient clinic noninvasively, using the ankle brachial index. Because its diagnosis can thus be seamlessly ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

The lack of standardised pricing' in the pet insurance market 'makes it difficult for insurers to forecast claims and for ...

Forrester’s new Brand Experience Index (BX Index), which measures prospects’ and customers’ perceptions of a brand. Unveiled today, this index measures how effectively companies leverage ...

Silver prices rose close to $31.00 per troy ounce on Friday during Asian trading hours. The increase followed recent comments ...

The glycemic index is a measure used to determine how much a food can affect your blood sugar levels. Several factors affect the glycemic index of a food, including the ripeness, nutrient ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as ... although it is not a direct measure of body fat. In the report, published Tuesday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, more ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and gender affect health risks.

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.