April 25th, 2013
Another Cleveland Clinic Study Links TMAO to Atherosclerosis
Larry Husten, PHD
A new study from the Cleveland Clinic research group headed by Stanley Hazen offers more evidence in support of the hypothesis that TMAO (trimethylamine-N-oxide) may play a role in the development of heart disease. The new research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, follows closely on a related study published recently in Nature […]
April 7th, 2013
Researchers Find New Pathway Linking Heart Disease To Carnitine
Larry Husten, PHD
A new line of preliminary research has turned up a novel pathway linking atherosclerosis to red meat and a common supplement contained in energy drinks. If the research is upheld, the findings may have important implications for dietary recommendations and our understanding of atherosclerosis. The research also provides another quite surprising example of the previously […]
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