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According to the American College of Cardiology, patients with diabetes can decrease their cardiovascular risk by taking certain diabetes medications. Health care providers working in preventive cardiology can improve cardiovascular outcomes by becoming more involved in the management of patients with diabetes.

Exercise is Medicine® is committed to the idea that exercise and physical activity are integral to the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. The program also focused on the low physical activity in health care providers and the need for providers to counsel patients at office visits.

Cardiovascular nurses who counsel patients to improve diet quality may be confronted with questions regarding what “natural flavors” really are and why there are in so many foods.

The National Academy of Sciences has reported a slowdown in mortality improvement rates in the United States compared to other countries, and studies indicate that a major contributor is the rise in the prevalence of obesity.