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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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Prolonging formula, delaying solids linked to ALL in children; 40% of lesbians not receiving routine cervical cancer screening; Multivitamins lower cancer risk in men
(October 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Texas - Prolonging formula ...
(October 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Texas - Prolonging formula feeding and delaying solid foods raises risk of paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, according to a report presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. Researchers studied nearly 300 healthy children and over 140 who were diagnosed with ALL. They found that risk of ALL rose 16% for every additional month a child was on formula, while every additional month that solid foods were delayed raised risk by 14%. From Maryland - A significant amount of lesbians are not being screened for cervical cancer, according to a report presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. Surveying over 1,000 women who identified themselves as lesbian, researchers found that nearly 40% were not routinely screened for cervical cancer--a percentage much higher than the rest of the population. From Boston - A new report presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting finds that daily multivitamins may lower risk of cancer in men. Researchers randomized over 15,000 men to take daily multivitamins or placebo for more than 10 years, and found that those taking the vitamins had a 8% reduction in cancer rates as well as a reduction in cancer deaths.
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Cochrane report finds no reduced death rate from routine health checks
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Denmark - A new ...
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Denmark - A new report published in the Cochrane Library finds that routine general health checks may not reduce risk of death. Results of a meta-analysis examining 14 studies and over 180,000 people found that general health checks did not reduce overall deaths, or deaths from heart disease or cancer.
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Alcohol dependency may have a bigger impact on lifespan than smoking
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Germany - Alcohol dependence ...
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Germany - Alcohol dependence may shorten lifespan more than smoking, according to a report published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Researchers studied over 4,000 adults for 14 years, 149 of whom were alcohol dependent. Results showed that mean age at death for females dependent on alcohol was 60 and 58 for males, both of which are 20 years earlier than the general population.
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CDC: Cholesterol levels may be improving in the US
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Maryland - Cholesterol levels ...
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Maryland - Cholesterol levels have improved in the US in the past 20 years, according to a report published in JAMA. Examining nationally representative data from 1988 to 2010, researchers found that average total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels declined over 22 years, with an increase in HDL cholesterol levels as well as cholesterol lowering medications
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Cholesterol levels in the US improving; Alcohol dependence may take 20 years off lifespan; Routine general health checks do not reduce death rates
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Maryland - Cholesterol levels ...
(October 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Maryland - Cholesterol levels have improved in the US in the past 20 years, according to a report published in JAMA. Examining nationally representative data from 1988 to 2010, researchers found that average total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels declined over 22 years, with an increase in HDL cholesterol levels as well as cholesterol lowering medications. From Germany - Alcohol dependence may shorten lifespan more than smoking, according to a report published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Researchers studied over 4,000 adults for 14 years, 149 of whom were alcohol dependent. Results showed that mean age at death for females dependent on alcohol was 60 and 58 for males, both of which are 20 years earlier than the general population. From Denmark - A new report published in the Cochrane Library questions the benefits of routine general health checks. Results of a meta-analysis examining 14 studies and over 180,000 people found that general health checks did not reduce overall deaths, or deaths from heart disease or cancer.
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Biking without a helmet raises risk of fatal head injury
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) Cyclists who don't wear a ...
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) Cyclists who don't wear a helmet are at increased risk of suffering a fatal head injury, according to a report published in the CMAJ. Here are some tips for safe cycling, from the Canadian Ministry of Transportation: - Use appropriate hand signals - Wear a helmet - Know the rules of the road Researchers from St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto studied all incidental cycling deaths in Ontario from 2006-2010. Of the 129 deaths during this time period, 86% were boys or men and 77% involved a motor vehicle. The cyclists were between 10 and 83 years old. Results showed that that cyclists who died of a fatal head injury were approximately 3x more likely to not be wearing a helmet when compared to cyclists who died of other injuries. Today's research suggests the enormous life-saving potential of wearing a helmet while biking.
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Beta amyloid in the brain more harmful to memory than Alzheimer's gene
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Australia - Beta amyloid ...
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Australia - Beta amyloid plaques in the brain may cause more harm than an Alzheimer's gene, according to a report published in Neurology. Researchers followed over 140 elderly individuals free of memory problems. They found that those with more brain plaques at the outset of the study had a more significant mental decline during 1.5 years of followup than those who carried a gene known to be associated with Alzheimer's disease
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Diabetes linked to psoriasis
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Psoriasis patients ...
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Psoriasis patients are at increased risk of diabetes, according to a report published in the Archives of Dermatology. Results of a meta-analysis examining nearly 30 studies and over 4 million patients found that those with severe psoriasis were at nearly 2x increased risk of diabetes.
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169.3 million years of healthy lives lost to cancer in 2008
(October 15 2012 - Insidermedicine) From France - A new ...
(October 15 2012 - Insidermedicine) From France - A new report published in the Lancet estimates that over 160 million years of healthy life were lost to cancer in 2008. Researchers studied cancer registries worldwide, using disability-adjusted life years to calculate the amount of healthy lives lost due to both fatal and non-fatal cancers. They found that 169.3 million years were lost, with lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancers accounting for 18-50% of the cancer burden
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Over 160 million years of healthy life lost due to cancer; Psoriasis patients at raised risk of diabetes; Brain plaques more damaging the Alzheimer's disease
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From France - A new ...
(October 15, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From France - A new report published in the Lancet estimates that over 160 million years of healthy life were lost to cancer in 2008. Researchers studied cancer registries worldwide, using disability-adjusted life years to calculate the amount of healthy lives lost due to both fatal and non-fatal cancers. They found that 169.3 million years were lost, with lung, breast, colorectal and prostate cancers accounting for 18-50% of the cancer burden. From California - Psoriasis patients are at increased risk of diabetes, according to a report published in the Archives of Dermatology. Results of a meta-analysis examining nearly 30 studies and over 4 million patients found that those with severe psoriasis were at nearly 2x increased risk of diabetes. From Australia - Beta amyloid plaques in the brain may cause more harm than an Alzheimer's gene, according to a report published in Neurology. Researchers followed over 140 elderly individuals free of memory problems. They found that those with more brain plaques at the outset of the study had a more significant mental decline during 1.5 years of followup than those who carried a gene known to be associated with Alzheimer's disease.
