Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. It is a well know fact that the number one cause of death in the United States is heart disease. Many people are unaware that half the people who have had a sudden heart attack and death never had any conventional risk factors like high cholesterol. They didn’t even […]
September 28, 2016 Adipose tissue imaging may outperform body mass index for cardiovascular risk assessment TUESDAY, Sept. 27, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Visceral adipose tissue — particularly in the abdominal region — may indicate increased risk for cardiovascular disease, and lower fat density may equal higher risk, according to a study published in the Oct. […]
P.Elliott Miller, MD Abstract Background Coffee and tea are two of the most commonly consumed beverages in the world. The association of coffee and tea intake with coronary artery calcium and major adverse cardiovascular events remains uncertain. Methods We examined 6,508 ethnically-diverse participants with available coffee and tea data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. […]
“Twelve + 1”? I know that sounds odd, but I have my reason to single one of the natural alternatives, two scientists from the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand list in their 2016 review “A Review of the Efficacy, Safety, and Clinical Implications of Naturally Derived Dietary Supplements for Dyslipidemia”, right from the start: red yeast rice […]
APM&R September 2016 Volume 97, Issue 9, Pages 1456–1464 Mauro Mondelli, MD Abstract Objective To assess the associations between carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) severity and selected anthropometric and obesity indexes. Design We performed a case-control study. Clinical and electrophysiological severity of CTS was classified as mild, moderate, or severe based on validated scales. Body and […]
by Jeff Minerd Contributing Writer, MedPage Today 09.20.2016 Meta-analysis: no poor candidates for lifestyle intervention Obese and overweight individuals with genetic risk factors for obesity respond as well as anybody else to diet and exercise, according to a meta-analysis of clinical trials evaluating weight-loss interventions. In trial participants with the high-risk FTO (fat mass and […]
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 09/07/2016 Castres I, et al. – In this pilot study, the authors intend was to assess the impact of a walking program of 10,000 steps per day and dietary counseling on health–related quality of life (HRQoL), resting energy expenditure (REE) and anthropometric parameters in obese subjects. This study concluded that Walking […]
09/01/2016 09:59 EDT This isn’t the first stroke attributed to a love bite. Emma Prestwich The Huffington Post Canada A 17-year-old boy in Mexico died recently after his girlfriend gave him a hickey, according to local media reports. Julio Macías González, who lived in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa neighbourhood, died of a stroke after the hickey caused a […]
POSTED 5:50 PM, AUGUST 30, 2016, BY SHARDAE NEAL, UPDATED AT 08:48AM, AUGUST 31, 2016 MEXICO CITY — Sometimes a hickey, love bite, or whatever you want to call it, can really suck. And one 17-year-old boy in Mexico City learned that the hard way. He reportedly died after his 24-year-old girlfriend sent him home […]
July 29, 2016 JAMA Cardiology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this prospective cohort study evaluated the association between random plasma glucose (RPG) levels and cardiovascular event risk in nearly half of a million adults without diabetes in China. They found that each 18-mg/dL higher RPG level above 106 mg/dL was associated with 11% increased risk […]
The association between arthritis and depression is intensified by excessive body weight: Findings from a US national survey, 2005–2012 Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 07/28/2016 Politis MD, et al. – In the present study researchers aim is to determine the degree to which abundance body weight effect–modifies the relationship amongst arthritis and depressive symptoms. The […]
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 07/27/2016 Raffield LM, et al. The researchers tried to find out the associations of calcium supplement use and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and further they got the fact which suggest that Calcium supplements were not associated with elevated CVD risk. Moreover, dietary calcium intake was also not associated with incident […]
Clint Wooten, MD; Brian Curtin, MD Orthopedics July/August 2016 – Volume 39 · Issue 4: 207-209 Posted July 25, 2016 Our waiting room provides evidence each day that obesity continues to be a major problem, if not an epidemic, within the United States. It is particularly challenging in the world of arthroplasty. As reported by […]
July 06, 2016 Gastroenterology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this retrospective, cohort study evaluated the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and subsequent development of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in 8020 men. They found that, compared with men without NAFLD, men with persistent NAFLD had significantly greater risk of incident subclinical carotid atherosclerosis (HR, 1.23; […]
6/24/2016 BMJ Open TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors investigated the association of LDL-C with mortality in the elderly by reviewing 19 cohort studies of individuals ≥60 years. In 16 of 28 cohorts, all-cause mortality was inversely associated with LDL-C, with no association in the remaining 12 cohorts. Cardiovascular mortality was also inversely associated with LDL-C in […]
J Hum Hypertens. 2016 Oct;30(10):627-32. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2016.34. Epub 2016 Jun 9. S Asgary PMID: 27278926 DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2016.34 Abstract Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has a prevalence of about one billion people worldwide. It has been shown that adherence to a diet rich in fruits and vegetables helps in decreasing blood […]
Katherine M. Flegal, PhD JAMA. 2016;315(21):2284-2291. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.6458 Importance Between 1980 and 2000, the prevalence of obesity increased significantly among adult men and women in the United States; further significant increases were observed through 2003-2004 for men but not women. Subsequent comparisons of data from 2003-2004 with data through 2011-2012 showed no significant increases for men […]
JAMA internal medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE A cohort of 74,534 healthy women was followed for 20 years to evaluate the relationship between attendance at religious services and mortality. Women who attended a religious service two or more times a week had a 33% lower all-cause mortality rate than those who never attended (HR, 0.73 for cardiovascular […]
May 25, 2016 BMJ : British Medical Journal AKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review and meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies evaluated the association between BMI and mortality. For every 5-point increase in BMI, the summary relative risk of all-cause mortality was 1.05 for all individuals, 1.18 for never smokers, and 1.21 for healthy […]