Clinical Conversations

August 15th, 2013

Podcast 165: The Mediterranean diet’s salutary interaction with risk-conferring genes

Running time: 14 minutes. A study in Diabetes Care shows that people at higher genetic risk for diabetes and cardiovascular complications had a relatively lower stroke risk when they adhered to a Mediterranean diet. Dr. Jose Ordovas, the study’s senior author, is our guest for this discussion about the interaction between genes and diet — and […]

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February 13th, 2012

Podcast 145: The Y chromosome and the possible role of a common variant in coronary disease in men.

Haplogroups — who knew? Ancient variations in the Y chromosome form what’s known as haplogroups, and haplogroup I is common in Europe, particularly so in northern Europe. Researchers find that “I” is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease in men, carried as it is on the male-only Y chromosome. Listen in as we talk […]

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