Traditional analyses in nutritional epidemiology relate single nutrients or foods to disease risk. Dietary pattern analysis is increasingly preferred to analysis of single nutrients as …
Abstract of "Epidemiologic Studies of Coronary Heart Disease and Metabolic Risk in Costa Rica" by Jian Gong, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011Cardiovascular disease, obesity, and …
Abstract of Genetic and Lifestyle Predictors of Nonfatal Myocardial Infarction in the Costa Rica Study, by Stella Aslibekyan, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011Cardiovascular disease is …
In 2008 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated a previous set of guidelines on treatment of hypercholesterolemia in children from 1998. Despite evidence linking …
A large body of evidence from both observation studies and clinical trials suggests that sleep quality and quantity is implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular …
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is complex and chronic in nature, resulting over time from multiple factors. First, CVD rarely develops due to the presence of a …