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The PREDIMED Study: Should the Mediterranean Diet Be Recommended to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
One of the most widely recommended diets for CVD prevention is the Mediterranean diet, which recommends following a dietary pattern that includes mostly fresh fruits…
Coffee and Your Health: Should You Have a Little or a Latte?
Choosing the right morning drink may prove to be beneficial to your heart. Close to 50% of adults in the U.S. have 1 cup of…
Healthy Dietary Patterns, Not Specific Nutrient Targets
A healthy diet is a powerful tool for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite low-fat recommendations, the prevalence of obesity continues to…
Cardiovascular Nutrition Fads and Controversies
A cardioprotective eating pattern is a proven mainstay of therapy for both the treatment and prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Many controversial diets, foods…
The Nurse Practitioner’s Role as a Clinical Lipid Specialist
Are you interested in preventive care? How about lifestyle focus, medical management, multi-specialty collaboration, an evidence-based approach, genetics and the related usage of technology? Then…
The Lipid and Cardiovascular Disease Specialist and the Use of Basic Statistics: Reader Beware
Medical literature is replete with the use of more complex statistics these days, and many of our practice guidelines require more and more rigorously conducted…
Eicosapentaenoic Acid: Pleiotrope Extraordinaire?
The word “pleiotropy” is derived from the Greek word pleon, which means “more,” and tropos, which means “way” and refers to when a gene produces…
Targeting Atherogenic Cholesterol Goals for Patients that Meet the Criteria of ‘Extreme’ ASCVD Risk
The Very High ASCVD Risk Category Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk assessment has long been simplified to only several major risk factors and only a…