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23 Mar Trial of Current Dietary Guidelines Reduced Waistlines and Cardiovascular Risk Markers

Posted at 14:24h in Author Interviews, Nutrition, Weight Research

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Tom Sanders, PhD DSc Emeritus Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics, Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King’s College London London, UK Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Sanders: Controversy surrounds the effectiveness of dietary guideline for cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

19 Mar Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Vital For Cardiovascular Health of Kids

Posted at 18:25h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Pediatrics, University of Michigan

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Donald M Lloyd-Jones, MD/ScM Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine Director, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) Eileen M. Foell Professor Professor in Preventive Medicine-Epidemiology and Medicine-Cardiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine MedicalResearch: What is the...

08 Mar Do Emulsifiers in Food Additives Play A Role In Inflammatory Bowel Diseases?

Posted at 12:48h in Author Interviews, Gastrointestinal Disease, Nature, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Benoit Chassaing, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Gewirtz’s lab. Institute for Biomedical Sciences Center for Inflammation, Immunity, & Infection Georgia State University Atlanta GA 30303 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Chassaing: A key feature of inflammatory bowel diseases...

05 Mar Frequent Fried Food Consumption Linked To Increased Heart Failure

Posted at 19:48h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, Heart Disease, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Luc Djousse, MD, ScD, FAHA Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Editor-in-Chief, Current Nutrition Reports Director of Research, Division of Aging Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA 02120 MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Djousse: While some studies...

03 Mar High Peanut Consumption Linked To Reduced Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

Posted at 19:39h in Author Interviews, Heart Disease, JAMA, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Xiao-ou Shu M.D., MPH, Ph.D Associate Director of Global Health Co-Leader, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program Ingram Professor of Cancer Research Professor of Medicine (Epidemiology) Cancer Epidemiologist MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Shu: Nuts are rich in nutrients, such...

27 Feb History Of Bariatric Surgery Has Risks and Benefits For Pregnancy

Posted at 15:45h in Author Interviews, Diabetes, Karolinski Institute, NEJM, OBGYNE, Weight Research

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Kari Johansson, PhD Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet Clinical Epidemiology Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Johannson: The number of women who are obese in early pregnancy has increased dramatically over the...

24 Feb Finnish Sauna May Be Heart Healthy

Posted at 09:29h in Author Interviews, Heart Disease, JAMA

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jari Laukkanen Cardiologist, MD, PhD Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Laukkanen: We have been studying many risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general...

05 Feb Gut Bacteria Link Between Heart and Kidney Disease Strengthened

Posted at 11:39h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Cleveland Clinic, Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: W. H .Wilson Tang, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A. Professor in Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195. Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Tang: Our group has previously demonstrated that TMAO is linked...

19 Jan Breast Cancer Patients May Benefit From Detailed Nutrition Monitoring

Posted at 21:07h in Author Interviews, Breast Cancer, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Cecilia Cesa Schiavon Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The study was based on a nutritional intervention for patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer. The intervention...

05 Jan Whole Grains Linked To Lower Cardiac and Overall Mortality

Posted at 17:01h in Author Interviews, Brigham & Women's - Harvard, JAMA, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Qi Sun, MD ScD Assistant Professor of Medicine Channing Division of Network Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA 02115 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main...

27 Dec How Much Salt Intake Is Recommended For Patients With Heart Disease?

Posted at 13:34h in Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Salt-Sodium

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jordi Salas-Salvadó Professor of Nutrition Human Nutrition Unit Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology IISPV School of Medicine. Rovira i Virgili University CIBERobn, Instituto Carlos III Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Excess sodium intake is associated with high...

11 Dec Coenzyme Q Deficiency May Contribute To Aging and Heart Disease

Posted at 20:52h in Aging, Author Interviews, FASEB

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jane Tarry-Adkins BSc Biochemistry Research Assistant University of Cambridge · Institute of Metabolic Science Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: From epidemiological and animal studies, it has been known for several years that a suboptimal in utero environment...

26 Nov COPD: Nutritional Supplements Improved Outcomes and Reduced Costs

Posted at 15:52h in Author Interviews, CHEST, Nutrition, Pulmonary Disease

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Refaat Hegazi, MD, PhD, MS, MPH Medical Director, Abbott Nutrition Affiliate Research Associate Professor, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Hegazi: This study stems from the need to address...

19 Nov Cardiovascular Disease Risk Varies By Demographics and Geography

Posted at 14:39h in Author Interviews, CDC, Heart Disease

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Quanhe Yang PhD CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Yang: Our study reveals that an individual’s predicted risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke over the...

31 Oct Higher Intake of Linoleic Acid Leads To Lower Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Posted at 01:00h in Author Interviews, Heart Disease, JACC, Lipids

MedicalResearch.com Interview with Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115 Medical Research: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Hu: There has been much confusion and sensational...

23 Oct Trans and Saturated Fat Intake Declining, Still Room for Improvement

Posted at 11:23h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Mary Ann Honors, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Division of Epidemiology and Community Health University of Minnesota Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Honors: The American Heart Association and USDA have made recommendations on what we should and should not eat in order...

20 Oct No Adverse Effects of Short-Term Daily Egg Ingestion in Coronary Artery Disease

Posted at 22:44h in Author Interviews, FASEB, Heart Disease, Yale

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center Griffin Hospital Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Katz: We did not see any adverse effects of short-term, daily egg ingestion in adults with established coronary artery disease....

15 Oct Olive Oil and Mediterranean Diet May Improve Metabolic Syndrome

Posted at 00:55h in Author Interviews, CMAJ, Mediterranean Diet, Metabolic Syndrome, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Jordi Salas-Salvadó Professor of Nutrition Human Nutrition Unit Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology IISPV School of Medicine. Rovira i Virgili University CIBERobn, Instituto Carlos III Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Response: In this large, multicenter, randomized clinical trial conducted in Mediterranean individuals...

02 Oct Foods With Polyunsaturated Fat May Decrease Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Posted at 01:57h in Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Mediterranean Diet, Nutrition

For MedicalResearch.com Jyrki Virtanen, PhD Adjunct Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Virtanen: The main finding was that saturated fat intake was not an independent risk factor for Coronary Heart Disease even in a population with...

29 Sep Moderate Physical Activity Could Protect Against Heart Failure in Women

Posted at 16:11h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Karolinski Institute

MedicalResearch.com Interview Invitation with: Dr. Iffat Rahman Ph.D. Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Rahman: Our study suggests that moderate to high level of physical activity could protect against heart...

23 Sep Lifestyle Practices May Prevent Most Heart Attacks in Men

Posted at 21:34h in Author Interviews, General Medicine, Heart Disease, JACC, Karolinski Institute

MedicalResearch.com Interview with Agneta Åkesson Associate professor, senior lecturer Nutritional Epidemiology IMM Institute of Environmental Medicine Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden Medical Research: What are the main...

27 Aug Sulfonylurea For Diabetes Linked To Increased Heart Disease Risk

Posted at 21:18h in Author Interviews, Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Heart Disease, Pharmacology

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Frank B. Hu Department of Nutrition Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Hu: in this study among approximately 5000 patients with type 2 diabetes followed for up to 10 years, longer duration of sulfonylurea...

31 Jul Increase Fruits and Vegetables, Decrease Cardiovascular Mortality

Posted at 20:34h in Author Interviews, BMJ, Heart Disease, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview Invitation Prof. Frank B Hu Department of Nutrition Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Prof. Hu: We found that increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced risk of mortality, especially cardiovascular mortality. The largest...

17 Jul Processesed Red Meat Linked To Higher Risk Of Heart Failure

Posted at 10:41h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Red Meat

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr inz. Joanna Kaluza Department of Human Nutrition Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW Warsaw POLAND Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Response: The most important finding of my study is the fact that processed red meat consumption, but not unprocessed red...

04 Jul Heart Failure: Low Prealbumin At Discharge Linked to Mortality

Posted at 20:13h in Author Interviews, BMJ, Heart Disease

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Patrícia Lourenço Serviço de Medicina Interna, Centro Hospitalar São João Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Unidade I&D Cardiovascular do Porto Monteiro, Portugal; Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Lourenço: A low prealbumin at hospital discharge associates with morbidity and...

19 Jun Periodic Fasting May Lower Risk of Diabetes and Heart disease

Posted at 17:49h in Author Interviews, Diabetes, Weight Research

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Benjamin D. Horne, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FACC Director, Cardiovascular and Genetic Epidemiology, Intermountain Heart Institute Adjunct Assistant Professor, Genetic Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Utah MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? Dr. Horne: The Fasting II trial was a single-arm interventional trial of...

04 May Coffee Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted at 12:40h in Author Interviews, Coffee, Diabetes, Diabetologia

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Frank B. Hu MD MPH PhD Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology From the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Hu: We found that people who increased the amount of coffee they...

15 Apr Salt Reduction Program Led To Population Drop In Blood Pressure, Stroke and Heart Disease Deaths

Posted at 16:15h in Author Interviews, Blood Pressure - Hypertension, BMJ, Salt-Sodium

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Feng He Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London, London, UK MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. He: The UK salt reduction program has led to a fall in population blood...

25 Mar Dietary Vitamin K Linked to Lower Heart Disease, Cancer Mortality

Posted at 11:27h in Author Interviews, Inflammation, Nutrition, Vitamin K

MedicalResearch.com Interview with Mònica Bulló PhD Human Nutrition Unit Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology IISPV School of Medicine Rovira i Virgili University Sant Llorenç, Spain MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Dr Bulló: There is some evidence that different dietary forms of vitamin K could exert varying...

15 Jan Dietary Fiber Intake and Cardiovascular Risk

Posted at 20:01h in Author Interviews, BMJ, Heart Disease, Nutrition

MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Victoria J Burley Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Epidemiology School of Food Science and Nutrition University of Leeds Biostatistics, University of Leeds, UK MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings of the study? Prof. Burley: Although it’s been suggested for a long time that foods rich in dietary...