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Shari S. Bassuk
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 46
Citations - 3916
Shari S. Bassuk is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vitamin D and neurology & Menopause. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 46 publications receiving 3309 citations.
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Epidemiological evidence for the role of physical activity in reducing risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Shari S. Bassuk,JoAnn E. Manson +1 more
TL;DR: Public health initiatives promoting moderate increases in physical activity may offer the best balance between efficacy and feasibility to improve metabolic and cardiovascular health in largely sedentary populations.
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Social Engagement and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life Longitudinal Findings
TL;DR: Social engagement (an index combining social and productive activity) is associated with lower CES-D scores after adjustment for age, sex, time, education, marital status, health and functional status, and fitness activities, and this association is generally constant with time, suggesting a cross-sectional association.
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The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL): rationale and design of a large randomized controlled trial of vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acid supplements for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
JoAnn E. Manson,Shari S. Bassuk,I-Min Lee,I-Min Lee,Nancy R. Cook,Nancy R. Cook,Michelle A. Albert,David Gordon,Elaine Zaharris,Jean G. MacFadyen,Eleanor Danielson,Jennifer Y. Lin,Shumin M. Zhang,Julie E. Buring,Julie E. Buring +14 more
TL;DR: The ongoing VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) is a large randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 x 2 factorial trial of vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acids in the primary prevention of cancer and CVD among a multi-ethnic population of 20,000 U.S. men aged ≥ 50 and women aged ≥ 55.
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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein: clinical importance.
TL;DR: Clinical guidelines for hsCRP screening in cardiovascular risk assessment are provided and epidemiologic data on the relation between CRP and atherothrombotic disease is summarized.
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Vitamin D supplements and prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease
JoAnn E. Manson,Nancy R. Cook,I-Min Lee,William G. Christen,Shari S. Bassuk,Samia Mora,Heike Gibson,David Gordon,Trisha Copeland,Georgina Friedenberg,Ridge C,Bubes,Edward Giovannucci,Walter C. Willett,Julie E. Buring +14 more