The American Journal of Medicine Blog

Writing in the American Journal of Medicine, Devries et al reported that “a large proportion of cardiovascular specialists have received minimal medical education and training in nutrition, and current trainees continue to experience significant education and training gaps.” In the video, AJM Editor-in-Chief Joseph S. Alpert, MD, suggests that nutrition education might be more important […]

Diet quality is associated with brain aging outcomes. However, few studies have explored in humans the brain structures potentially affected by long-term diet quality. We examined whether cumulative average of the Alternative Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010) score during adult life (an 11-year exposure period) is associated with hippocampal volume. METHODS Analyses were based on […]

The aim was to examine the association between habitual consumption of dairy products and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among older adults with hypertension. Methods We conducted an analysis of 715 community-living hypertensive adults age ≥60. Habitual dairy consumption was assessed with a validated diet history. Blood pressure was recorded by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure […]

The lipid hypothesis, which postulates that lowering serum cholesterol saves lives and prevents cardiovascular disease, has been supported by a prodigious volume of evidence over the past 30 years.1 Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) has become the foundation of cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines, yet not all of the evidence supports this recommendation.2 A reappraisal of the lipid […]

Dietary patterns are related to mortality in selected populations with comorbidities. We studied whether dietary patterns are associated with long-term survival in a middle-aged, healthy population. Methods In this observational cohort study at the Cooper Clinic preventive medicine center (Dallas, Tex), a volunteer sample of 11,376 men and women with no history of myocardial infarction […]

It is well known that antidepressants can cause hyponatremia, particularly in elderly patients. This complication can be serious, with delirium, seizure, or even death. In the classic study by Fabian et al,1 paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), was found to induce hyponatremia in 12% of elderly patients within a mean duration of 9 days. […]