December 8th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: December 8th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include the surgical treatment of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation, the Mediterranean diet and telomere length, and more.
December 2nd, 2014
Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Linked to Marker of Healthy Aging
Larry Husten, PHD
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 telomeres, a key measure of healthy aging. The new report is based on data from 4676 women in the Nurses’ Health Study who completed food-frequency […]
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