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Insidermedicine is a daily health and medical video news service created by a leading physicians. Our content library contains videos in many languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, on over 100 different diseases. Joining the likes of the Associated Press and Reuters, Insidermedicine's newstories are featured ...
Insidermedicine is a daily health and medical video news service created by a leading physicians. Our content library contains videos in many languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, on over 100 different diseases. Joining the likes of the Associated Press and Reuters, Insidermedicine's newstories are featured by Google News and The News Room. April 25, 2007 Patients with HIV who are treated with protease inhibitors have an increased risk of heart attack, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Combination antiretroviral therapy has had a dramatic effect in reducing illness and death associated with the HIV virus, however an earlier study showed that the risk of heart attacks increased by 17% with every year a patient spent on antiretroviral. It isn’t known, though, whether all antiretroviral drugs carry this risk. The assessment of the role of any specific drug is difficult because patients with HIV usually receive a combination of drugs, and often switch regimens because of the availability of newer substances, adverse events, or drug regimen failure. Previous studies have shown a relationship between the use of protease inhibitors, a class of antiretroviral drug, and cardiovascular disease, but there is little information on the risks associated with another class of antiretroviral therapy called nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. In this study, more than 23,000 patients infected with the HIV virus were assessed to determine the incidence of heart attack and the association between heart attack and exposure to protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. Confirming the earlier results, the researchers found the risk of having a heart attack increased by 16% per year of exposure to protease inhibitors alone, which is equal to twice the risk over five years. Not such effect was observed with nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. It is thought that protease inhibitors raise the level of blood lipid, thereby increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attack. Patients treated with protease inhibitors should have their cholesterol and blood pressure levels monitored, and take steps to reduce their lifestyle-related risk factors. This includes maintaining a healthy weight, eating a low-fat diet rich in fruits in vegetables, and getting regular exercise. Reporting for Insidermedicine, I'm Dr. Susan Sharma.
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Daily multivitamins do not reduce risk of heart attack, stroke in men
(November 5, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - Daily multivitamins ...
(November 5, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - Daily multivitamins do not reduce risk of heart attack and stroke in men, according to a report published in JAMA. Researchers followed nearly 15,000 male physicians, over 700 of whom had a history of heart disease at the outset of the study. Participants were randomized to receive either daily multivitamins or placebo for a median follow-up of 11 years. Nearly 1,800 men suffered a cardiovascular event during the follow-up period, and over 800 died from cardiovascular causes. Analysis revealed that men taking multivitamins were no less likely to die from cardiovascular causes than men taking placebo. Though there were fewer deaths overall in the multivitamin group, the difference was not statistically significant.
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Schizophrenia patients who take their medication on schedule have improved life expectancy
(November 2, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Baltimore - Research published ...
(November 2, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Baltimore - Research published in Schizophrenia Bulletin finds that schizophrenia patients live longer the more they comply with their antipsychotic medication schedule. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine reviewed Medicaid data collected over a ten year period on over 2,000 schizophrenia patients in Maryland. They found that patients who were 90% compliant with their medication schedule had a 25% reduced risk of death, when compared to those who were less than 10% compliant. In addition, high doses of antipsychotics raised risk of death by 88%.
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Antidepressants during pregnancy linked to autism, preterm birth, miscarriage and other complications
(October 31, 2012 - Inidermedicine) From Boston - Antidepressants during ...
(October 31, 2012 - Inidermedicine) From Boston - Antidepressants during pregnancy put the mother and child at significant risk of serious complications, according to a report published in Human Reproduction. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of several published studies that examined the use of SSRIs during pregnancy. The antidepressants were associated with several complications, including increased risk of: -Miscarriage -Cardiac defects -Preterm birth -Low birth weight -Autism spectrum disorder
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Multiple C-sections raise risk of major blood loss and preterm birth
(October 31, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Oxford - Women who ...
(October 31, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Oxford - Women who undergo multiple cesarean sections are at raised risk of complications and preterm delivery, according to a report published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Researchers compared nearly 100 women who were undergoing their fifth or more c-section to nearly 200 women with fewer c-sections. Results showed that women having their fifth or more section were much more likely to have major blood loss, and need a blood transfusion when compared to the other women. They were also 5x more likely to have a preterm delivery
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Cancer drug reduces MS relapses
(October 31, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Cambridge - A drug ...
(October 31, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Cambridge - A drug used to treat cancer has shown great success in reducing multiple sclerosis disease activity, according to two trials published in the Lancet. In the first trial, over 500 MS patients who had yet to undergo any treatment for their disease, were randomized to receive the cancer drug alemtuzumab or interferon beta 1a, the most common treatment for MS. After two years follow-up, results showed that those only 22% of patients on the cancer drug relapsed, while 40% of those on interferon beta 1a relapsed. In the second study, nearly 900 patients who had already been treated with initial therapy and suffered a relapse were randomized to either alemtuzumab or interferon beta 1a or glatiramer, another common MS drug. As in the first trial, patients taking alemtuzumab were significantly less likely to relapse than those taking interferon beta 1a or glatiramer. In addition, alemtuzumab was associated with a reduction in disease-related disability
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High-fat breakfast sandwiches have immediate impact on heart health
(October 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Alberta - Eating just ...
(October 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Alberta - Eating just one high-fat breakfast sandwich can affect your heart, according to a report presented at the 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. For the study, researchers recruited a group of healthy university students, twice measuring the student's velocity time integral (VTI)--an indicator of blood flow to the arm--once after eating no breakfast, and once after eating two commercially available breakfast sandwiches. The sandwiches contained processed meat and cheese and totalled 900 calories and 50g of fat. Just two hours after eating the sandwiches, the student's VTI decreased by 15-20%. Said lead author Dr. Todd Anderson, "I won't say don't ever have a breakfast sandwich…But enough of a diet like that, and you can see how you can build up fat in the walls of your arteries."
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More than one third of cancer survivors suffer serious quality of life issues
(October 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From North Carolina - Over ...
(October 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From North Carolina - Over one third of cancer survivors suffer significant quality of life issues, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Researchers reviewed data from a 2010 national survey from the CDC, comparing nearly 2,000 cancer survivors to over 24,000 adults with no history of cancer. They found that survivors of certain cancers, namely prostate, breast, and melanoma, had quality of life equal to, or better than, the adults without cancer. However, 40% of those who survived cervical, blood, colorectal, liver, lung or pancreas cancer, however, were more likely to report both physical and mental problems that had a negative impact on their quality of life.
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Canada's universal health care could save the US trillions of dollars
(October 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - The ...
(October 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - The US could have saved trillions of health care dollars in the past 30 years if they followed universal health care measures employed in Canada, according to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers from the City University of New York's School of Public Health examined decades of data on Medicare spending in both US and Canada, focusing on how much either country's program spent on individuals over the age of 65. They found that US Medicare spending per elderly person rose nearly 200% from 1980-2009, while in Canada, spending only increased 73%. Canada's single-payer system--in which health care is universal, publicly administered and non-profit--has significantly reduced costs because it is much more streamlined and has fewer administrative costs than America's multi-payer system. According to Dr. David Himmelstein, lead author of the study, "Had U.S. Medicare spending per elderly enrollee increased as slowly as in Canada, the savings from 1980 through 2009 would have totaled $2.156 trillion…equivalent to more than one-sixth of the U.S. national debt."
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Smoking while pregnant raises risk of overweight child by nearly 50%
(October 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the UK - A ...
(October 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the UK - A new report published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood outlines several risk factors that greatly raise risk of childhood obesity. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 30 studies from 1990-2011. The studies involved over 200,000 individuals and tracked children from birth until at least 2 years of age. Results showed several factors that raised risk of obesity in the child. Smoking during pregnancy, in particular, raised risk of the child being overweight by 47.5%. In addition, women who carried too much weight during pregnancy were more likely to have an overweight child, and a high birth weight and rapid weight gain in the first year of life also raised a chlid's risk of being overweight. Breastfeeding, however, was found to lower risk by 15%.
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COPD 2x more likely to have plaque in carotid arteries; Healthy lifestyle equals healthy aging
(October 28, 2012 - Insidermedicine Week in Review) From the ...
(October 28, 2012 - Insidermedicine Week in Review) From the Netherlands - Research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine finds that older COPD patients are at raised risk of carotid artery plaque formation--a disease that can cause stroke and death. Researchers from Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam studied 1,100 individuals over the age of 55, 253 of whom had COPD and over 900 of whom were controls. Study participants received spirometry to confirm COPD, ultrasound to identify carotid wall thickening and MRI to identify carotid plaques. Ultrasound revealed that COPD patients were 2x more likely than controls to have carotid wall thickening and significantly more likely to have plaque formation on MRI. From London - Research published in CMAJ finds that engaging in multiple healthy behaviours in midlife is strongly connected to successful aging. Studying over 5,000 men and women for 16 years, researchers found that those who engaged in healthy behaviours such as eating fruits and vegetables on a daily basis, did not smoke, consumed moderate amounts alcohol, and exercised regularly were much more likely to remain healthy as they aged.
