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Confirm Rx ICM for Monitoring Patient Heart Rhythms

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A resident of Dublin, Ohio, Zariq Siddiqui is a sales director at Abbott Laboratories Inc. In this role, Zariq Siddiqui manages the sale and distribution of the company’s products, such as Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM). Confirm Rx ICM is a smartphone-compatible continuous heart monitor designed to help patients monitor their heart rhythms easily and effectively. Before, patients with heart arrhythmias faced limitations with regard to monitoring their heart rhythms and sharing this information with their doctors in real time. Confirm Rx removes these limitations. The new device monitors the heart rate to detect signs of atrial fibrillation while the patient continues to live his or her life normally. The slim device is implanted just under the skin to collect data on heart rhythms and then transmits this data via Bluetooth to the patient’s smartphone. From the phone, the data is then transmitted to the Merlin.net Patient Care Network where the patient’s doctor can ...

Heifer International Assisted in Relief Efforts in Guatemala

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Employed for more than a decade with Abbott Laboratories, Inc., based out of Chicago, Illinois, Zariq Siddiqui serves as nutrition products sales director. Zariq Siddiqui supports several nonprofit organizations, one of which is Heifer International. A global organization, Heifer International works with communities to end world poverty and hunger. Farmer and member of the Church of the Brethren Dan West founded the organization more than 70 years ago. He served as an aid worker in the Spanish Civil War and believed that providing help to people via the philosophy, “teach a man to fish,” was beneficial. Today the organization uses that belief in empowering people with the capacity to help themselves. In early June 2018, Heifer International announced that it assisted in relief efforts in Guatemala during the volcanic eruption. When the deadliest eruption of the Volcano of Fire in four decades occurred, at least 75 people died and than one million were affected. Heifer Guatemal...

The Benefits of Running on a Daily Basis

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As a director with the Chicago headquarters of Abbott Laboratories, Zariq Siddiqui oversees sales operations for the company’s nutrition product line. Outside of the professional arena, Zariq Siddiqui is committed to personal good health as a daily runner. Exercise experts do not recommend training exceptionally hard for long periods of time every day because the human body requires recovery time between sessions of extreme physical exertion. However, authorities such as Medical Daily contributor Lizette Borreli have identified many benefits of running for just five minutes each day. Citing studies from peer-reviewed scientific journals such as the Journal of Experimental Biology and Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Ms. Borreli lists valuable wellness improvements such as boosted brain performance and optimized sleep cycles. And due to health benefits such as reduced blood pressure and rates of cardiovascular disease, running for just five minutes a day can add years to your life...