id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-287258-m4so4il0 Riley, David Looking Back, Looking Forward 2014-01-01 .txt text/plain 806 53 52 Today, people around the world are spending billions of dollars annually on vitamins and supplements despite limited scientific evidence that regular supplementation is useful for the prevention of disease. In 1900, the annual mortality rate from infectious diseases in the United States was approximately 800 per 100 000, falling to 63 deaths per 100 000 in 1996. A recent randomized trial showed that a Mediterranean diet reduced the risk of diabetes among persons at high risk for cardiovascular disease. 3 Do the new risk prediction algorithms 4 derived from industry-sponsored trials encourage overtreatment 5 at the expense of a healthy diet and lifestyle in the prevention of cardiovascular disease? These efforts encourage increased collaborations among the global science community as convergences in health and medicine support the development of a worldwide research infrastructure. Trends in infectious disease mortality in the United States during the 20th century Statins: new American guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease ./cache/cord-287258-m4so4il0.txt ./txt/cord-287258-m4so4il0.txt