A Transatlantic Taste
A fellow wonders about worldwide differences in clinical and research approaches in cardiology, as she attends a session on a controversial area that sits uncomfortably alongside the weight-loss...
View ArticlePrevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Likely to Increase Despite Gains in...
It is the best of times and the worst of times in the battle against cardiovascular disease. On the one hand, mortality rates from cardiovascular disease in the U.S. have dropped by more than half in...
View ArticleAfter Long Wait, Updated U.S. Cardiovascular Guidelines Now Emphasize Risk...
Updated cardiovascular health guidelines were released today by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC). The guidelines are designed to provide primary care...
View ArticleSelections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: January 13th
This week's topics include the risk for MI and ischemic heart disease among overweight and obese people with and without metabolic syndrome, and the lower risk for CV events in postmenopausal women...
View ArticleSERIES: Making Sense of the New Prevention Guidelines — The View from...
A series of clinical vignettes involving decisions affected by the recently published prevention guidelines (JNC 8, ACC/AHA, ESC)The post SERIES: Making Sense of the New Prevention Guidelines — The...
View ArticleWhat Role Should Coca-Cola Play in Obesity Research?
Larry Husten asks: "What role should Coca-Cola and other food and beverage companies play in funding and communicating research about nutrition and obesity?"The post What Role Should Coca-Cola Play in...
View ArticlePortrait of the Global Obesity Pandemic
A new, comprehensive analysis, published in the Lancet, paints a frightening portrait of the global obesity pandemic. Analyzing data from a wide variety of international sources, the Global Burden of...
View ArticleLow-Carb Diet Linked to Greater Weight Loss Than Low-Fat Diet
A low-carbohydrate diet is associated with greater weight reduction than a low-fat diet among obese adults, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine study. Roughly 150 obese adults who were...
View ArticleFDA Approves New Weight Loss Drug
The FDA announced today that it had approved Contrave, the long-awaited and much-disputed weight loss drug. Contrave is a combination of two drugs already approved for other indications: naltrexone...
View ArticleAnother Diet Myth Exploded: Gradual Weight Loss No Better Than Rapid Weight Loss
Once again, a popular weight loss myth has been exploded. It has been widely believed that weight loss, which is nearly always difficult to maintain, is even less likely to be sustained if it’s the...
View ArticlePopular Diets Achieve Only Modest Long-Term Weight Loss
Four of the most popular current weight loss diets produce at best only modest long-term benefits, a new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes shows. The study also found...
View ArticleAdherence to Mediterranean Diet Linked to Marker of Healthy Aging
Following a string of recent successes and favorable publicity for the Mediterranean Diet, a a new study published in The BMJ finds that women who more closely followed a Mediterranean diet had longer...
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