Dr. House
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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
Monday, April 30, 2018
MS Drug Could Reduce Painful Adverse Effects of Cancer Treatment
Researchers from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have discovered why many multiple myeloma patients experience severe pain when treated with the anticancer drug bortezomib. The study, which will be published April 27 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggests that a drug already approved to treat multiple sclerosis could mitigate this effect, allowing myeloma patients to successfully complete their treatment and relieving the pain of myeloma survivors.
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common, painful side effect of many anticancer drugs that can cause patients to discontinue treatment or, because symptoms can persist for years, reduce the quality of life for cancer survivors. "This growing problem is a major unmet clinical need because the increased efficacy of cancer therapy has resulted in nearly 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, many suffering from the long-term side effects of CIPN," says Daniela Salvemini, Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/ms-drug-could-reduce-painful-adverse-effects-of-cancer-treatment-300240?utm_campaign=Newsletter_TN_BreakingScienceNews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62522460&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_xxEuMFcEJPcaRKsAupOpoIGxoKi_-TsiiI2MT31uvNxtbWZWvt4PdzH2fqX3j7BK-V8lz0fipFmOqb5gK5tL57jQWZA&_hsmi=62522460
Frequently Heading the Ball Worse Than Concussion
“Unintentional head impacts are generally considered the most common cause of diagnosed concussions in soccer, so it’s understandable that current prevention efforts aim at minimizing those collisions,” said study leader, Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.R., professor of radiology and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and medical director of MRI Services at Montefiore. “But intentional head impacts—that is, soccer ball heading—are not benign. We showed in a previous study that frequent heading is an underappreciated cause of concussion symptoms. And now we’ve found that heading appears to alter cognitive function as well, at least temporarily.” https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/heading-frequency-is-more-strongly-related-to-cognitive-performance-300244?utm_campaign=Newsletter_TN_BreakingScienceNews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62522460&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_xxEuMFcEJPcaRKsAupOpoIGxoKi_-TsiiI2MT31uvNxtbWZWvt4PdzH2fqX3j7BK-V8lz0fipFmOqb5gK5tL57jQWZA&_hsmi=62522460
Taxing Cookies, Candy Could Have Larger Impact On Public Health Than Taxes On Soda, Other Sugary Drinks
reported that “a large study of consumer behavior in England” suggests “taxing sweet snacks such as cookies and candy could have a greater impact on public health than taxes on soda and other sugary drinks.” The findings were published in BMJ Open. https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/dietnutrition/72576
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