February 2020

GERIATRICS

DARK CHOCOLATE AND PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE WITH MARY MCDERMOTT, MD

Featuring: Mary McDermott, MD

Episode Summary

Most people with peripheral artery disease, PAD, have great difficulty walking and few treatments to help. Preliminary results of a new Northwestern Medicine study suggest that cocoa may have a therapeutic effect on walking performance in people with PAD. Mary McDermott, MD, led this study and shares the results.
Mary McDermott, MD, Jeremiah Stamler Professor, Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology).

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