Mike wants to improve his endurance because he wants to try out for the cross country running team in the fall. he works out at the local gym a few days each week and does a variety of activities, but he still feels like his cardiovascular fitness needs improvement. what would be the best thing for mike to do next?

Why would a person’s self-esteem affect his or her health?

When a doctor suspects that a patient may have diabetes based on what symptoms?

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis