Michael Leslie Burr

TL;DR: Symptoms of atopic eczema exhibit wide variations in prevalence both within and between countries inhabited by similar ethnic groups, suggesting that environmental factors may be critical in determining disease expression.

TL;DR: For patients chronically disabled by obstructive pulmonary disease, an intensive, multidisciplinary, outpatient programme of rehabilitation is an effective intervention, in the short term and the long term, that decreases use of health services.

TL;DR: The results of a randomized controlled trial of a single daily dose of acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin) in the prevention of reinfarction in 1,239 men who had had a recent myocardial infarct showed a reduction in total mortality of 12% at six months and 25% at twelve months after admission to the trial.

TL;DR: Mortality from ischemic heart disease among vegetarians was 24% lower in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians, and was greater at younger ages and was restricted to those who had followed their current diet for >5 y.

TL;DR: Men with angina had a higher risk of sudden cardiac death (1.54; 95% CI 1.06, 2.23; P=0.047) and even greater risk for sudden cardiac deaths when given fish oil capsules, and no evidence that it was due to interactions with medication.