February 11th, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: February 11th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include the effect of ramipril on walking times and quality of life among those with PAD and intermittent claudication, genetic associations with valvular calcification and aortic stenosis, and more.
February 5th, 2013
Back To The Future: Resurrected Data From 1960s Trial Might Impact Contemporary Dietary Fat Debate
Larry Husten, PHD
In an exceedingly strange turn of events, data from a clinical trial dating from the 1960s, long thought to be lost, has now been resurrected and may contribute important new information to the very contemporary controversy over recommendations about dietary fat composition. The American Heart Association has long urged people to increase their consumption of polyunsaturated […]
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