Research Review

HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings

This study highlights the key role that educators play in implementing school-based interventions, and the importance to continue recognizing the influence of the home environment on healthy eating and physical activity...

Statins and all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention

While statins may be of limited to no benefit in individuals considered to be at comparatively high risk for CVD, tried and proven nonpharmacologic approaches to the primary prevention of CVD remain available...

Deaths preventable in the US by improvements in use of clinical preventive services

Increasing provision of clinical preventive services (up to 70% of those requiring the intervention) could lead to dramatic number of deaths prevented...

From Framingham to the framework convention on tobacco control

Even though several studies, specifically the Framingham heart study, have revealed an increase in cardiovascular disease mortality in smokers compared to nonsmokers, tobacco use continues to be a leading cause of death worldwide...

Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease: Tracing the steps from Framingham

This study examines the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with incremental increases in blood pressure, elucidates the key markers of cardiovascular risk, and refutes several existing misconceptions about the effects of high blood pressure...

Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in people with diabetes

This paper, a joint scientific statement by the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology Foundation, seeks to provide guidelines for the appropriate use of Aspirin therapy in the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes...