Dr. House
Dr. House
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Significant Link Between Common Allergic Diseases and Psychiatric Disorders
Patients with asthma and hay fever have an increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry. Almost 11% of patients with common allergic diseases developed a psychiatric disorder within a 15-year period, compared to only 6.7% of those without — a 1.66-fold increased risk. While previous studies have linked allergies with certain psychiatric or emotional disorders, this is the first to find a connection between common allergies and the overall risk of developing psychiatric disorders. The findings could have implications for how doctors care for and monitor patients with allergic diseases.
Asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and atopic dermatitis (eczema), are among some of the most common allergic diseases and are nicknamed the three “A”s. Dr. Nian-Sheng Tzeng, from Tri-Service General Hospital in Taiwan and lead author of the study, noticed something unexpected about these patients.
“As a clinician, I observed that some patients with the three ‘A’s appeared to suffer emotionally,” says Tzeng. “Therefore, I wanted to clarify whether these allergic diseases are associated with psychiatric disorders.” https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/significant-link-between-common-allergic-diseases-and-psychiatric-disorders-300347?utm_campaign=Newsletter_TN_BreakingScienceNews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62610503&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_QOziJoj_bxaESltsgywJBessmmMyklgw_KMvw8dMjGDJnn9wJK2BWp186IyEIUR5AUznkpVBcltmPAsZPqOJayEZWLw&_hsmi=62610503
Number Of Uninsured Americans Rose By Four Million In The Last Two Years, Analysis Indicates.
reports that some “4 million Americans lost health insurance in the last two years,” according to an analysis conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, “which attributed the decline to actions taken by the Trump administration.” Data show the uninsured rate rose “significantly compared with 2016 among adults with an individual income of about $30,000 and a family income of about $61,000.”
U.S. News & World Report (5/1, Williams) says the analysis concluded that “the erosion in coverage is likely due to Congress’ deciding not to shore up weaknesses in the” Affordable Care Act, “and to White House moves such as cutting advertising geared toward getting people to sign up for government-sponsored insurance plans.” The study also warned that this downward trend “is likely to continue in the foreseeable future,” partly because the tax reform bill repealed the ACA’s individual mandate. http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/health-insurance/385680-poll-uninsured-rate-is-climbing
Giving Patients With T2D Access To Healthy Food At No Charge May Result In Improvements In Their Disease, Overall Quality Of Life.
“Giving patients with type 2 diabetes [T2D] access to healthy food at no charge can result in large improvements in their disease and overall quality of life,” researchers from the Geisinger Health System concluded. The findings were presented at the World Health Care Congress. https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/diabetes/72640
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
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