Dealing Together: Fighting Heart Disease and Obesity Simultaneously

Published Date: 14 Mar 2023

"You can't treat one of these conditions and ignore the others," says the author of the new review, explaining how obesity can affect the diagnosis and treatment of these heart conditions.

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