Innovate is a quarterly magazine from Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University Physicians, featuring the latest in medical technology, research opportunities and general happenings at the hospital and medical school.
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Cancer is a complex and too often devastating disease. Even with modern medicine’s latest techniques and most powerful tools for diagnosis and treatment, nothing compares to preventing it in the first place. The good news is that as many as half of all cancer cases are preventable.
It may not be easy or pleasant, but weight loss has more benefits than looking good in a swimsuit. Losing even a little weight can greatly improve heart and vascular health, boosting heart function, lowering blood pressure and improving metabolic measures. A research program at Washington University School of Medicine is dedicated to understanding the complex relationship between weight and heart health; its work shows that weight-loss benefits can last even if some of the weight returns, and that the effort can not only prevent but reverse significant health problems.
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