Dr. House
Dr. House
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
CDC: Dramatic Jump in Vector-Borne Disease from 2004-2016 Tick-borne illnesses more than doubled, mainly due to increases in Lyme disease
Cases of tick-borne disease more than doubled, and accounted for more than three-quarters of all vector-borne disease, reported Ronald Rosenberg, ScD, of the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues.
Also, Lyme disease accounted for 82% of tick-borne diseases during this time period, they wrote in "Vital Signs," in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Tick-borne diseases in particular are not reported or recognized, so it is difficult to estimate their cost and burden, noted Lyle Petersen, MD, director, vector-borne diseases at the CDC, on a media call https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/72643?xid=NL_breakingnews_2018-05-02&eun=g721819d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBreak_050218&utm_term=Morning%20Break%20-%20Active%20Users%20-%20180%20days
Troponin Predicts Mortality in Inflammatory Arthritis High levels associated with all-cause and cardiovascular death
Inflammatory arthritis is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, and standard risk-prediction models underperform in these patients. "There's a recognition that we need to develop better ways of identifying inflammatory patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease," Skeoch said in presenting the results at the annual meeting of the British Society for Rheumatology.
Cardiac troponin is released from damaged myocardium, and is detectable in the circulation within hours of myocardial injury, she explained, calling the enzyme the cornerstone of diagnosis in acute coronary syndrome. Elevated levels of high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-TnI) were associated with excess mortality among patients with inflammatory arthritis, researchers reported here. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/bsr/72632?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-05-02&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-05-02&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Five Habits May Decrease Risk Of Heart Disease And Cancer, Increasing Life Expectancy By More Than 10 Years, Study Suggests.
researchers found that “following five healthy habits could drastically cut your risk for heart disease or cancer and potentially add more than 10 years to your life.” The five habits are: “eating healthy, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy body weight, not smoking, and moderate alcohol consumption.” The findings were published in the journal Circulation.
In “Science Now,” the Los Angeles Times (4/30, Kaplan) reports the researchers found that women with the five healthy habits “lived about 14 years longer than women who followed none of them,” while “the difference was about 12 years” for men.
Also covering the story are AFP-Relaxnews (4/30), the Boston Globe (4/30, Finucane), CNN (4/30, Howard), Forbes (4/30, Disalvo), Fortune (4/30, Mukherjee), HealthDay (4/30, Norton), Newsweek (4/30, Gander), Reuters (4/30, Rapaport), and TIME (4/30, Ducharme). http://time.com/5258645/life-expectancy-live-decade-longer/
What Women Eat May Determine When They Enter Menopause,
“What women eat might determine when they enter menopause,” research indicated. After following some “35,000 British women for four years, investigators found that menopause tended to start earlier among those whose diets were heavy in refined carbs,” whereas “menopause tended to begin later among those who consumed a lot of fish and legumes.” The findings were published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. BBC News Online (UK) (5/1) also covers the story. https://consumer.healthday.com/women-s-health-information-34/menopause-and-postmenopause-news-472/what-foods-can-hasten-or-delay-menopause-733441.html
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