Akbar Shafiee
MD, MSc
Tehran, Iran
Community medicine specialist
Master of science in vitality and aging
Medical research advisor
Akbar Shafiee
MD, MSc
Tehran, Iran
Community medicine specialist
Master of science in vitality and aging
Medical research advisor
Research
Education
Workshops
- 12 years of clinical research
- Leiden university graduate
- Lecturer of workshops on research methodology & scientific writing
Latest blog posts
Isolated Diastolic Hypertension: No difference between the old and new cut-off for cardiovascular outcome
Isolated diastolic hypertension using the stricter hypertension definition imposed by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) in 2017 is not associated with adverse
Don’t be a Careless Physician: Advise Your Patients to Quit Smoking!
Four of every nine smokers who saw a healthcare provider in the past year were not advised to quit, according to the U.S. Surgeon General’s
Ultraprocessed Food Consumption Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
Higher intake of ultraprocessed foods (for example, packaged snack foods) is associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a prospective study in
Treat Metabolic Syndrome and Reduce Cardiovascular Risks
Recovery from metabolic syndrome is associated with a lower risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), finds an observational study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The lowest rate of smoking ever in the United States
Roughly 14% of U.S. adults reported smoking cigarettes in 2018, a new low, according to an MMWR article. That still amounts to over 34 million Americans who
Being Lonely Increases the Risk of Death in Cardiac Patients
Patients hospitalized for heart problems may be at greater risk of dying within a year of discharge when they live alone or feel lonely, a