Past president of the American Heart Association, Donna K. Arnett, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., B.S.N., Dean, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Offering perspective on AHA Scientific Sessions 2020 Presentation P929 
copyright American Heart Association 2020

"This analysis of the Regard study is particularly important for clinicians. This is because even amongst those who were taking 10 or more medications per day, there was a 38% reduction in all cause mortality, if people followed six or more points of this lifestyle score, which was defined as adhering to a Mediterranean diet, being physically active, not smoking or being not sedentary, which is watching TV for four or more hours a day. So for clinicians, it's critically important to think through how you can recommend lifestyle changes to your patients so that they can improve their overall mortality rate, in addition to these medications that they're taking."