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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Nighttime Food Cravings And Binge Eating May Be Due To Hormones Driving Hunger And Signaling Feelings Of Satiety,
reports that “food cravings” and nighttime binge eating may be due to a “complex orchestra of hormones that drive hunger and signal feelings of satiety,” researchers found in a study involving “32 obese men and women, half of whom had a habit of binge eating.” The study revealed that “satiety hormones may be lower during the evening hours, while hunger hormones rise toward nightfall and may be stoked even higher by stressful situations.” The findings were published in the International Journal of Obesity. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/well/eat/binge-eating-at-night-your-hormones-may-be-to-blame.html
Mediterranean Diet May Increase IVF Success Rate In Women,
“lower rates of pregnancy (29.1% versus 50.0%, P=0.01) and live births (26.6% versus 48.8%, P=0.01) were seen among with the lowest compliance to the Mediterranean diet when compared with women with the highest compliance,” the study found. What’s more, “women with the lowest adherence the diet had a 65% lower relative risk for both pregnancy (RR 0.35, 95% CI 0.16-0.78) and live birth (RR 0.32, 95% CI 0.14-0.71) compared with women with the highest compliance to the diet (P=0.01 for trend for both),” the study revealed. https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/infertility/70825
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Offspring Of A Parent With T1D May Have An Increased Risk For AD/HD
“Offspring of a parent with diagnosed type 1 diabetes [T1D], particularly a mother with the disease, have an increased risk for” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), researchers found after identifying “adults with type 1 diabetes and their 15,615 children from the nationwide Swedish National Hospital Discharge Register and Swedish Outpatient Register linked to the Swedish Multi-Generation Register.” The findings were published in the January issue of Diabetes Care. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/in-the-journals/%7B0fe9caaa-3862-4389-aa81-a1df00d020d6%7D/adhd-risk-increases-with-parental-type-1-diabetes-diagnosis
Monday, January 29, 2018
EMTs May Not Be Able To Administer Glucagon To People With Severe Hypoglycemia,
reported that first responders may not be able to administer glucagon to people with severe hypoglycemia, researchers found. That is because basic emergency medical technicians (EMTs) cannot administer glucagon, whereas paramedics can. Currently, just “eight states (Alaska, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Rhode Island, Virginia and Wisconsin) and Washington, DC, let EMTs give glucagon, the study found.” The findings were published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine. https://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/emergencies-and-first-aid-news-227/emergency-services-crews-often-unprepared-for-diabetic-crises-730534.html
Number Of US Women Freezing Eggs Is Increasing,
reported that “the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, which represents the majority of fertility clinics in the United States, found in its latest survey that the number of women freezing their eggs is skyrocketing – from 475 in 2009 to nearly 8,000 in 2015.” But, “there’s surprisingly little discussion about what happens years later when women try to use” those eggs to become pregnant. A 137-woman study published two years ago in Fertility and Sterility suggested that “women who froze 10 eggs at the age of 36 faced a 30 percent likelihood of achieving a live birth.” The article detailed the successful and unsuccessful experiences of several women who attempted conception with eggs they had previously had frozen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/01/27/feature/she-championed-the-idea-that-freezing-your-eggs-would-free-your-career-but-things-didnt-quite-work-out/?utm_term=.d5a639d3af6a
Smoking At Least A Pack A Day Tied To Higher Diabetes Risk Among Black Adults,
reported that a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that “smoking at least a pack of cigarettes a day is tied to a higher risk of developing diabetes” among black adults. According to Reuters, “While previous research has found that smokers and black people both have higher risks of diabetes than nonsmokers and individuals from other racial and ethnic backgrounds, the current study offers fresh evidence that the amount of cigarette use can impact this risk.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-smoking-diabetes/heavy-smoking-tied-to-higher-diabetes-risk-for-black-adults-idUSKBN1FF2MZ
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
Researchers Develop Smart Contact Lens That Can Measure Blood Sugar Levels In Rabbits.
reports “researchers have developed a smart contact lens with sensors capable of measuring blood glucose levels,” according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. The article points out that the device has only been tested in rabbits so far. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/25/these-smart-contact-lenses-could-monitor-your-blood-sugar/1064754001/
Vitamin D May Be Effective In Treating IBS Symptoms
reports that research suggests “vitamin D could be effective in treating the painful symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome.” The findings were published in The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.2WGmGQ4tSfE.O/m=pds,pdl,pdit,m_i,pdt,t,it/am=_jmBHZDrBwKwjEEGUZohzP7PI5cGnr1h__9_ABBAA8A34N_cB9BxAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAoIXiEw/rt=h/d=1/rs=AHGWq9DceLWhjw3Z8mD7_aSUWCMlLs-1lw
Diabetes May Speed Up Cognitive Decline Over Time,
“Diabetes may speed up cognitive decline over time,” researchers found. Specifically, “both prediabetes (-0.012 SD/year, 95% CI -0.022 to -0.002) and diabetes (-0.031 SD/year, -0.046 to -0.015) were tied to a faster rate of global cognitive decline over time when compared with people with normoglycemia,” the study revealed. What’s more, “those with prediabetes and diabetes also showed a similarly fast trend of cognitive decline versus those with normoglycemia, as reported in memory, executive function, and orientation cognitive tests.” https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/diabetes/70764
More Than 300 Genes May Work Differently After Even A Little Weight Gain,
Subscription Publication) reports, “An ambitious new study published this month in Cell Systems” enumerates “for the first time the thousands of changes in genes and various biological systems that may occur after even a small amount of weight gain, and which may – or may not – be reversed if the weight is then dropped.” In the 23-participant study, researchers found that “318 genes worked differently after most subjects had gained even a little weight.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/well/eat/data-dieting-weight-gain-loss-fat-genes.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=3816FB0A1954B606D73C07DC6B774447&gwt=pay
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Researchers Develop Smart Contact Lens To Monitor Blood Sugar Levels Among People With Diabetes.
reports on its website that scientific researchers have “developed a soft, flexible contact lens” for diabetics to help them “monitor their blood sugar with the blink of an eye.” The lens detects patients’ glucose levels in their tears through wireless sensors built into the contacts. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/01/24/smart-lens-diabetes-patients-dont-have-to-prick-their-fingers-anymore.html
Some Common Herbal Supplements May Have Dangerous Interactions With Common Prescription Drugs
reports some “common herbal supplements, including green tea and Ginkgo biloba, can interact with prescription medications” in “dangerous or deadly” ways, “according to a new research review published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.” Researchers reviewed “49 case reports of adverse drug reactions, along with two observational studies,” and concluded that herb-drug interactions were “highly probable” in 8% of the reports, “probable” in 51%, possible in 37%, and doubtful in 4%.
In one case report, a patient who took statins complained of intense leg cramps and pain—a commonly reported side effect—after drinking three cups of green tea a day. The reaction was attributed to green tea’s effects on statin levels in the blood, the researchers wrote, although they say more research is needed to rule out other possible causes.
In another report, a patient died after having a seizure while swimming, even though he was regularly taking anticonvulsant drugs for his condition. His autopsy, however, showed decreased levels of those drugs in his blood, likely due to the way Ginkgo biloba supplements—which he’d also been taking regularly—had affected their metabolism. Taking herbal supplements has also been associated with worsening depression symptoms in people taking antidepressants, the authors wrote in their paper, and with organ rejection in those who had received kidney, heart or liver transplants. For cancer patients, chemotherapy drugs have been shown to interact with herbal supplements including ginseng, echinacea and chokeberry juice.
The analysis also showed that patients taking warfarin, a blood thinner, reported “clinically significant interactions” after taking herbal medicines containing sage, flaxseed, St. John’s wort, cranberry, goji juice and chamomilla. These herbs may affect the metabolism of warfarin, the researchers hypothesize, which may reduce its anticoagulation abilities or cause bleeding episodes.
http://time.com/5116664/are-herbal-supplements-safe/
Combination Lorcaserin And Phentermine Treatment May Help Reduce Food Cravings,
“Combination lorcaserin and phentermine treatment may help reduce food cravings,” researchers found. But, “combination treatment of lorcaserin 10 mg, twice daily plus phentermine was even more effective at reducing total food cravings over 12 weeks,” the 235-patient study revealed. The findings were published in the journal Obesity. Endocrine Today (1/24, Schaffer) also covers the study. https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/obesity/70706
Older Patients With T2D May Be Overtreated, Which Could Lead To Complications
https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/diabetes/70707
“Older patients with type 2 diabetes [T2D] may be overtreated, which could lead to complications,” researchers concluded in a brief report published in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism.
According to Medscape (1/24, Tucker), the “study showed that about 20% of 319 adults with type 2 diabetes aged 70 and older were overtreated in five primary care practices, based on Dutch guidelines for individualized HbA1c targets.” What’s more, “this was despite the fact that many had complications, comorbidities, and were taking medications that can cause hypoglycemia,” the study found.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Research Supports Theory That Obesity May Be Contagious.
reports that “a new study involving thousands of military families suggests that” obesity may indeed be “a contagious disease.” The findings, published online in JAMA Pediatrics, offer “the first quasi-experimental evidence to support the theory that obesity spreads through social contagion.” http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-obesity-contagious-army-20180123-story.html
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
People With Diabetes Appear To Have Increased Risks For Serious Infections,
“Compared with the general public, people with diabetes – and type 1 diabetes, in particular – have increased risks for serious infections,” researchers found after evaluating “data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink on 102,493 English primary care patients aged 40 to 89 years with a diabetes diagnosis by 2008 (type 1 diabetes, n = 5,863; type 2 diabetes, n = 96,630) and 203,518 age-, sex- and practice-matched controls without diabetes.” The findings were published in Diabetes Care. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/in-the-journals/%7B1632e80f-36eb-4ac2-a6e4-4ce14f446edc%7D/infection-risks-may-increase-with-type-1-diabetes
Babies Born To Women Who Receive Antithyroid Medications For Graves Disease During First Trimester May Have An Increased Risk For Congenital Malformations,
“The risk of congenital malformations may be substantially higher for babies exposed to antithyroid medications in utero,” researchers found. Expectant mothers “with Graves’ disease medicated during the first trimester showed a higher prevalence of babies born with either overall or organ-specific congenital malformations versus mothers not on the medication,” the study revealed. The findings of the 12,891-case study were published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Medscape (1/22, Brown) also covers the study. https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/thyroid/70667
Season May Impact Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence,
reports that research suggests “the season may affect gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence, possibly leading to misdiagnosis.” In the “retrospective and a prospective analysis, higher temperatures in Greece were associated with a higher prevalence of GDM diagnoses.” Investigators found that “compared with the winter, women had significantly higher odds of being diagnosed with GDM when tested in the summer...as well as the spring or autumn.” The findings were published in the European Journal of Endocrinology. https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnancy/70679
Residing In A Community With More Obesity May Be A Risk Factor For Individual Residents To Become Overweight Or Obese,
“Residing in a community with more obesity may be a risk factor for its individual residents to become overweight or obese,” researchers concluded. The findings were published online in JAMA Pediatrics. What’s more, “similar findings were reported for children, where a 1% higher county obesity rate was linked to an increased risk of overweight or obesity...and a higher BMI z-score.” The authors of an accompanying editorial wrote, “The idea of obesity being contagious provides a very useful analogy for pediatricians to recognize the association of the social environment with obesity (through social networks and/or social norms).” https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/obesity/70665
Monday, January 22, 2018
Patients With T2D Treated With Sulfonylureas May Face Higher Risk Of Contracting TB Compared With Patients Treated With Metformin
Metformin has recently been shown to enhance the immune response to other intracellular pathogens as well. https://www.pulmonologyadvisor.com/tuberculosis/tuberculosis-risk-in-diabetes-treatments/article/737965/
Flu Season Just Keeps Getting Worse Death rate jumps above epidemic threshold
lu deaths surpassed the epidemic threshold at the end of December, with pediatric flu-related deaths also up, according to data from the CDC.
The CDC's weekly FluView surveillance report found that pneumonia- and influenza-related mortality comprised 8.2% of all deaths in the last week of December. This was above the epidemic threshold of 7.1%.
Pediatric influenza-associated deaths were also up, from seven a week ago to 10 reported in this week's data.
Cumulative pneumonia and influenza-related hospitalizations continued to climb. The CDC reported 31.5 per 100,000 hospitalizations from Oct. 1, 2017, to Jan. 13, 2018 -- up from 22.7 per 100,000 in the CDC's previous report. Because this is a cumulative rate, the number is expected to increase as the flu season progressed, CDC researchers said two weeks ago in a conference call with the media.
Not surprisingly, older adults over age 65 comprised the greatest portion of influenza-related hospitalizations, which rose sharply from previous-week estimates (136.5 per 100,000 versus 98.0 per 100,000, respectively). This was followed by adults ages 50-64, https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/70656?xid=NL_breakingnews_2018-01-22&eun=g721819d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBreak_012218&utm_term=Morning%20Break%20-%20Active%20Users%20-%20180%20days
Friday, January 19, 2018
Overall General Fertility Rate Has Decreased In 2016, But Increased In Women 30 And Older,
reports on “a new analysis of census data by Pew Research Center” finding that even though “the overall general fertility rate decreased in 2016, it increased for women 30 and older,” researchers found. For example, “86 percent of women ages 40 to 44...are mothers, up from 80 percent in 2006, reversing decades of declines.” Other groups showing increases are women “with advanced degrees and those who never marry,” the analysis revealed. Overall, “the median age at which women first give birth has risen to 26, and women are significantly less likely than they were two decades ago to give birth as teenagers or in their early 20s,” the study found. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/upshot/the-us-fertility-rate-is-down-yet-more-women-are-mothers.html
Noninvasive Blood Test May Detect Signs Of Eight Types Of Cancer Before Any Symptoms Arise,
reports that in a study, “which screened over 1,000 patients known to have cancer and 815 people presumed to be healthy,” researchers “found that the test could accurately detect cancer when it existed about 70 percent of the time and accurately did not detect cancer more than 99 percent of the time.” Meanwhile, “the test also gave” physicians “clues about where to look for a tumor in about 83 percent of the cases used.” The findings were published in Science. http://www.newsweek.com/new-blood-test-can-detect-cancer-someday-save-your-life-784836
Risk Of Endometrial, Ovarian Cancers May Be Lower Among Women Who Use Oral Contraceptives,
reports that research published in JAMA Oncology indicated “the risk of endometrial and ovarian cancers were lower among women who used” oral contraceptives. The study also “found that the longer women were on oral contraceptives, the lower their risk was.” The data indicated that “for those taking the pill for 10 years or more, the risk of ovarian cancer was 40% lower compared to women who had never used the pill or used them for less than a year, and 34% lower for endometrial cancer.” http://time.com/5106925/birth-control-pills-prevent-cancer/
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Bones May Play A Role In Weight Control, Animal Study Suggests.
reports researchers working with animals concluded that bones may play a role “in tracking weight and controlling appetite.” The findings of the animal study were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/well/move/how-our-bones-might-help-keep-our-weight-stable.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=5EF58C1467D7FBBB675E21C6D052D0F8&gwt=pay
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Early Puberty May Be Linked To Higher Risk For Heart Disease, Stroke In Women,
reports that research published in the journal Heart suggests that “girls who start menstruating before they’re 12 years old may have a greater risk of heart disease and stroke later in life than their peers who go through puberty later.” Investigators found that “when they got their first period before age 12, women were 10 percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than when they started menstruating at age 13 or older.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-women-heart/early-puberty-puts-women-at-higher-risk-for-heart-disease-and-stroke-idUSKBN1F52PF
Longer Duration Of Breast-Feeding May Be Associated With Lower Risk Of T2D In Women
reports, “Among more than 1,200 young white and black women (mean age 24.2), increasing lactation duration was associated with a graded 25% to 47% relative reduction in the incidence of diabetes, even after accounting for factors such as prepregnancy biochemical measures, clinical and demographic risk factors, gestational diabetes...and lifestyle behaviors,” researchers found. The findings were published online in JAMA Internal Medicine. https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/parenting/70549
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Chicago O'Hare travelers possibly exposed to measles
According to WGNTV, the passenger was in Terminal 1 and 5 during the day.
The Department of Health is warning other passengers that were in the airport between 6:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on January 10, that they may have been exposed to measles. The Department of Public Health has asked anyone who was at the airport during that time to get checked. http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/01/15/chicago-ohare-travelers-possibly-exposed-to-measles.html
Oral Microbiome Tied to H&N Cancer Risk Lower incidence when Corynebacterium, Kingella spp. are abundant
A greater abundance of certain bacteria in the oral microbiome were associated with a decreased risk of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) in several patient cohorts, according to investigators.
Specifically, Richard B. Hayes, DDS, PhD, NYU Langone Health, New York University School of Medicine, and colleagues found the association between a decreased risk of HNSCC and a greater abundance of genera Corynebacterium and Kingella. An earlier study found that higher levels of Tannerella forsythia were associated with an increased risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma, while a greater abundance of Porphyromonas gingivalis was linked to a higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/70521?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-01-16&eun=g721819d0r&pos=4&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-01-16&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days
FDA Denies Health Claim For Vitamin D To Prevent MS Among Healthy People.
reports that the Food and Drug Administration “has denied a request for use of a qualified health claim that taking vitamin D may reduce the risk for multiple sclerosis (MS) in healthy people.” The agency found “no credible evidence of a relationship between intake of vitamin D and a reduced risk of MS.” https://login.medscape.com/login/sso/getlogin?urlCache=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vdmlld2FydGljbGUvODkxMzA3&ac=401
Home Visits May Cut Obesity In Young Children
reports a prospective study found that “a home visit program designed to foster secure attachment between socially disadvantaged mothers and their babies significantly reduced the likelihood that the children would be overweight or obese at age 2.” The findings were published in Pediatrics. https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/obesity/70522
Insulin Vials, Cartridges Sold In Pharmacies May Not Contain Sufficient Concentrations Of Insulin,
reports that research indicates “insulin vials and cartridges sold in pharmacies may not contain sufficient concentrations of insulin.” The findings were published online in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1932296817747292
Increasing US Obesity Rates May Be Responsible For Up To 186,000 Deaths Annually,
reports that an analysis suggests “rising obesity rates in the U.S. may be responsible for as many as 186,000 deaths per year.” Researchers found that “increases in obesity...slowed gains in mortality rates by 0.54% between 1988 and 2011, shaving an estimated 0.9 years off the national life expectancy at age 40 and resulting in as many as 186,000 additional deaths in 2011 alone.” The findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://time.com/5100737/obesity-lowering-life-expectancy-united-states/
Saturday, January 13, 2018
This Flu Season, Don't Forget About Tamiflu With a less effective vaccine, antiviral drug is a good tool to fight flu
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/70474?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-01-13&eun=g721819d0r&pos=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-01-13&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days
Despite recent controversies about its effectiveness, clinicians should not forget about using the antiviral, oseltamivir (Tamiflu), to help shorten the course of influenza among patients during the coming flu season. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Arnold Monto, MD, of the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, discusses how antivirals may be more important than ever this flu season -- both in adult and pediatric populations -- with an influenza vaccine that may not be as effective.
Following is a transcript of his remarks:
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Hormone Therapy May Offer More Benefits Than Risks For Certain Women With Menopausal Symptoms
reports that in 2002, “hormone replacement therapy [HRT] toppled off the table for many menopausal women and their” physicians when the Women’s Health Initiative study “stopped early after a data review published results linking a common hormone therapy to an increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and blood clots.” Now, “specialists in women’s health say it’s time for the public and the medical profession to reconsider their views on” HRT, particularly since research has “clarified the risks, benefits and ideal ages for hormone therapy.” Currently, “medical organizations, including the Endocrine Society in 2015 and the North American Menopause Society in 2017, have released updated recommendations” in which “the overall message is that hormone therapy offers more benefits than risks for the relief of menopausal symptoms in mostly healthy women of a specific age range: those who are under age 60 or within 10 years of stopping menstruation.” https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hormone-replacement-therapy-menopause
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Night Shifts May Be Linked To Increased Cancer Risk In Women,
reports that research suggests “women who work the night shift have a 19% increased risk of developing cancer compared to women do not work at night.” The findings were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. After analyzing data from 61 studies, researchers “found that women who worked night shifts for longer periods of time had a 41% higher risk of skin cancer, 32% higher risk of breast cancer and an 18% greater risk of digestive system cancers compared to women who did not work night shifts.” The data indicated that “the risk was highest among nurses who worked at night; their risk of developing breast cancer if they worked night shifts long term was 58% higher than nurses who didn’t have night shifts.” http://time.com/5093052/working-night-shift-risk-cancer/
Severe Obesity Declining Among Low-Income US Toddlers Receiving Government Food Assistance,
“The proportion of” low-income children “receiving government food assistance who are severely obese has declined following benefits changes designed to encourage healthier purchases,” researchers found after examining data on “22.6 million young children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which gives money to low-income families to purchase healthy foods.” The data were “from 2000 to 2014, a period spanning a benefits change in 2009 to promote fruits, vegetables and whole grains.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-kids-poverty-obesity/severe-obesity-declining-among-low-income-u-s-kids-idUSKBN1EX26A
Repeated Vaccination May Prevent Severe Flu in Older People
Older adults hospitalized for the flu who received repeated doses of the flu shot in consecutive years were better protected against developing severe influenza, researchers found.
Compared to unvaccinated adults 65 and older, a flu shot in the current flu season and any of the three previous flu seasons helped prevent admission to the ICU, as well as death, reported Itziar Casado, MD, of Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra in Spain, and colleagues.
However, this repeated vaccination was less effective in preventing hospitalization from non-severe influenza, the authors wrote in CMAJ, the Canadian Medical Association journal. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/uritheflu/70364?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-01-09&eun=g721819d0r&pos=2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-01-09&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days
Friday, January 5, 2018
“Fertility Diet” Discussed.
“research shows if you’re trying to conceive...the ‘fertility diet’ can increase ovulation, which in turn increases a woman’s” likelihood of becoming pregnant. USA Today adds, “The Nurses’ Health Study, upon which the plan’s recommendations are based, found a diet high in vegetables and fruit, whole grains and beans, healthy fats, certain protein-rich foods, and full-fat dairy was related to a 66% lower risk of anovulatory infertility...and a 28% lower risk of other causes of infertility. “
Cancer Death Rate Has Declined In US,
“During the past 10 years, cancer death rates in men” declined by approximately “2 percent per year, but they remained steady in women.” Additionally, the investigators “found a persistent gap between cancer death rates between whites and blacks.” The data indicated “in 2015, the cancer death rate was 14 percent higher in black people than in white people. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-04/cancer-deaths-fall-to-lowest-rate-in-decades-as-smoking-declines
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Expert Panel Ranks Mediterranean Diet, DASH Diet Best Diet Plans For 2018.
says new rankings from U.S. News & World Report have named the Mediterranean Diet and DASH Diet as the best diets for 2018. The diets, tied for first place, advocate consuming lots of fruits and vegetables “as well as healthy fatty foods like fish, nuts and olive oil.” U.S. News sourced data from “a panel of food and health experts to rank 40 diets on a variety of measures” such as “the diet’s ability to help a person lose weight in the short and long term,” concluding that the “lowest ranking diets were the Keto Diet and the Dukan Diet, which tied for last place.” http://time.com/5085711/best-diets-for-2018/
Hysterectomy, Even With Ovarian Conservation, May Be Associated With Higher Cardiovascular Risks,
“Women who undergo hysterectomy before age 35 may face significantly higher long-term heart risks, even if their ovaries are preserved,” researchers found after focusing on some “2,000 US women who had their uterus removed but left their ovaries intact.” The study found that compared to women “who did not have hysterectomies...those who did faced a greater risk of obesity, clogged arteries, high blood pressure and high cholesterol in the 20-plus years after surgery.” https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/egg-preserving-hysterectomy-raises-heart-risks-later-study-doc-vk8sk1
Blood Levels of Caffeine May Help Diagnose Parkinson’s Study finds decreased metabolites in early disease, regardless of caffeine consumption
Unrelated to total caffeine consumption or disease severity, serum levels of caffeine and nine of its downstream metabolites were significantly lower in patients with early Parkinson's, Shinji Saiki, MD, PhD, of Juntendo University School of Medicine in Tokyo, and colleagues reported online in Neurology.
There were no significant genetic variations in the enzymes metabolizing caffeine between patients and controls. One reason why early Parkinson's patients had decreased caffeine levels may be related to intestinal absorption, the authors suggested. Gastrointestinal problems like constipation can affect up to 80% of Parkinson's patients, sometimes preceding symptom onset by years, and a recent analysis showed that fecal microbial flora is altered in patients with Parkinson's.
"Although constipation and fecal bacterial change are predominantly attributed to large intestine function, caffeine absorption mainly occurs in the small intestine, where bacterial overgrowth in Parkinson's is associated with levodopa . Another explanation might be anti-parkinsonian agents.
"There is an elephant in the room: almost all patients with Parkinson's were receiving treatment," wrote Munoz and Fujioka. "The authors address this issue by finding no association between levels of caffeine metabolites and levodopa equivalent doses, but it is obvious that the validity of the study hangs on this point."
"If a future study were to demonstrate similar decreases in caffeine in untreated patients with Parkinson's, or persons with prodromal signs of Parkinson's including REM behavior disorder, many of whom would be expected to develop Parkinson's, the implications of the current study would take enormous importance," they continued. This could lead to an easy test for early diagnosis or point to a basic mechanism of Parkinson's pathogenesis. https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/parkinsonsdisease/70281?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-01-04&eun=g721819d0r&pop=0&ba=1&pos=0&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-01-04&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Fiber-Rich Diets May Be Healthy Because They Feed Good Gut Bacteria,
reports researchers found that fiber-rich diets help feed gut bacteria, which may explain some of the health benefits of such diets. The article highlights a study published in Cell Host & Microbe, and also mentions other recent studies that may help explain why fiber-rich diets can be healthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html
Medication Originally Developed To Treat Diabetes Appears To Reverse Memory Loss, Brain Degeneration In Mice With Alzheimer’s.
research in mice “suggests a drug originally developed to treat diabetes significantly reverses memory loss and brain degeneration in mice with a rodent version of Alzheimer’s disease.” The medication “is called a triple receptor drug and according to the study, combines GLP-1, GIP and glucagon, three biological molecules known as ‘growth factors.’” The findings were published online Jan. 1 in the journal Brain Research. Fierce Biotech (12/31, Weintraub) also covered the story. http://www.newsweek.com/alzheimers-diabetes-new-medication-drug-development-767510
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