April 6, 2021 The LITE Randomized Clinical Trial Mary M. McDermott, MD JAMA. 2021;325(13):1266-1276. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.2536 Key Points Question Does a low-intensity (does not induce ischemic leg symptoms) home-based walking exercise intervention improve 6-minute walk distance more than a high-intensity (induces ischemic leg symptoms) home-based walking exercise intervention and does the low-intensity intervention improve 6-minute walk […]
Video at MedPageToday as well. Published: Oct 28, 2014 | Updated: Oct 29, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this cohort study demonstrated an association between baseline trimethylamine-N-oxide levels and subsequent mortality among patients with heart failure. Be aware that dietary histories were not obtained from the patients […]
Medscape Multispecialty July 02, 2014 Story Source PAD: Dark Chocolate May Make Walking Easier – from MedPageToday Maybe we should go on a chocolate-study-news diet – Not so fast ROME, ITALY — Shortly after eating the equivalent of a small bar of dark, but not milk, chocolate, patients with moderate to severe peripheral arterial disease […]
Commentary February 19, 2014 Peter Libby MD Full Story Observational studies have long associated a food pattern that has come to be called the “Mediterranean diet” with reduced cardiovascular disease. In pioneering work, the late Ancel Keys in the Seven Countries Study documented a gradient in cardiovascular risk from south to north in Europe and […]
JAMA 2014 Jan 22;311(11)415-417, M Ruiz-Canela, R Estruch, D Corella, J Salas-Salvadó, MA Martínez-González Research · January 30, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This multicenter study from Spain previously reported a reduction in MI and stroke with a Mediterranean diet, which includes extra-virgin olive oil and nuts. The authors now report results of a […]
IMNG Medical Media, 2014 Jan 21, MA Moon News January 21, 2014 Full Story Two variations of the Mediterranean diet were associated with a lower risk of peripheral artery disease, compared with a control diet, in a secondary analysis of the PREDIMED randomized clinical trial, as reported in a Research Letter to the editor in […]