Dr. Laura Fink Defina M.D.
Internist
12330 Preston Rd Dallas TX, 75230About
Dr. Laura Defina is an internist practicing in Dallas, TX. Dr. Defina specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Defina provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Psychometric evaluation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in three diverse samples.
- Meeting physical activity guidelines and musculoskeletal injury: the WIN study.
- Relationship between asthma and cognition: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.
- The impact of race and higher socioeconomic status on cardiorespiratory fitness.
- Neural mechanisms of brain plasticity with complex cognitive training in healthy seniors.
- Physical activity and musculoskeletal injuries in women: the Women's Injury Study.
- Costs associated with women's physical activity musculoskeletal injuries: the women's injury study.
- Shorter term aerobic exercise improves brain, cognition, and cardiovascular fitness in aging.
- Triglyceride-to-high-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol ratio is an index of heart disease mortality and of incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in men.
- Effect of fitness on incident diabetes from statin use in primary prevention.
- Exercise outcomes in prevalent users of stimulant medications.
- Standing, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome: Findings From the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.
- Heart Rate Recovery and Systolic Blood Pressure Recovery After Maximal Exercise in Prevalent Users of Stimulant Medications.
- The Relationship Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Bone Mineral Density in Men: A Cross-sectional Study.
- Progression of CAC Score and Risk of Incident CVD.
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