Optimum nutritional strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation (BACPR)

Nutritional Recommendations for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Lifestyle factors, including nutrition, play an important role in the etiology of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). This position paper, written by collaboration between the Israel Heart Association and the Israel Dietetic Association, summarizes the current, preferably latest, literature on the association of nutrition and CVD with emphasis on the level of evidence and practical recommendations. T...

South American guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation.

Cardiovascular disease: different strategies for primary and secondary prevention?

Correspondence to: Professor Richard Hobbs, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; f.d.r.hobbs@ bham.ac.uk _________________________ D espite public apprehension over the risks of developing cancer, in most countries the public has more to fear from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, the principal manifestat...

Prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients.

Effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the survival of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.1 With increased life expectancy, HIV-infected patients increasingly are experiencing complications of illnesses that are not directly related to HIV infection.2 Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the United States,3 recently has been recognized as ...

Colon Cancer: Nutritional Strategies for Prevention

M any of us have known, or will know, someone who suffers with colon cancer. In its Facts and Figures for 2000, the American Cancer Society estimates that there were 93,800 new cases of colon cancer in the United States in 2000 and 47,700 deaths from the cancer. Commonly recognized risk factors for colon cancer include obesity and low consumption of vegetables, fish, and whole-grain cereals.1 A...