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Opinion: How to read your body’s warning signs years before you get sick
MarketWatch • • health
Key Points:
- A young internal-medicine doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital responded to a "code blue" involving a man in his 70s whose heart had stopped.
- Despite 20 minutes of chest compressions and medication, the medical team was unable to revive the patient.
- The patient's daughter revealed he had long-standing conditions including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and Type 2 diabetes.
- The patient had been diagnosed with these chronic illnesses years prior but had not pursued consistent medical care for them.
