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How Much Should We Exercises to Reduce Mortality?

Physical activity has been shown to reduce mortality in a dose/response manner, just like any drug. But...

Vitamin D Supplements for the Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

A supplement (or anything, really) that might reduce simultaneously the risk of cardiovascular disease and of cancer...

Skipping Breakfast and Cardiovascular Risk

Several studies have associated skipping breakfast (having little to no breakfast) with increased cardiometabolic risk factors such...

Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Alzheimer Risk

Artificially sweetened beverages (with different kinds of sweeteners) could be responsible for increased cerebrovascular risk and close...

Egg Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Events

According to this study recently published in prestigious journal JAMA, eating too much cholesterol or eggs (which...

The Elderly and Polypharmacy: What to Discontinue

We often receive elderly poly-medicated patients (with more than 10 different drugs) who ask us to reassess...

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Artificially Sweetened Beverages Associated with Cardiovascular Events and Mortality

While the consumption of carbonated soft drinks has decreased in most Western countries over the last 20 years,...

What is Optimal Blood Pressure?

In the last 30 years, the clinical practice guidelines on both sides of the Atlantic have been...