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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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Low calorie cranberry juice reduces blood pressure
(September 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Washington - A new ...
(September 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Washington - A new report presented at the AHA's High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions finds that cranberry juice may have a positive effect on blood pressure. Randomizing study participants to either low-calorie cranberry juice or placebo for 8 weeks, researchers found that those drinking cranberry juice had significant reductions in their blood pressure, while the placebo group had no change at all.
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Economics significantly impacted by secondhand smoke as well
(September 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From San Francisco - Secondhand ...
(September 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From San Francisco - Secondhand smoke has a dramatic effect on both health and economics, according to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers used biomarkers in the blood to measure secondhand smoke exposure, and found that secondhand smoke accounts for 42,000 non-smoker deaths a year as well nearly 900 infant deaths. Annual deaths attributed to secondhand smoke average to 600,000 years of potential life lost and approximately $6.6 billion in lost productivity.
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Secondhand smoke kills 42,000 adults and 900 infants a year; Cranberry juice may lower blood pressure; Great improvements in survival following general anaethesia
(September 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From San Francisco - Secondhand ...
(September 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From San Francisco - Secondhand smoke has a dramatic effect on both health and economics, according to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health. Researchers used biomarkers in the blood to measure secondhand smoke exposure, and found that secondhand smoke accounts for 42,000 non-smoker deaths a year as well nearly 900 infant deaths. Annual deaths attributed to secondhand smoke average to 600,000 years of potential life lost and approximately $6.6 billion in lost productivity. From Washington - A new report presented at the AHA's High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions finds that cranberry juice may have a positive effect on blood pressure. Randomizing study participants to either low-calorie cranberry juice or placebo for 8 weeks, researchers found that those drinking cranberry juice had significant reductions in their blood pressure, while the placebo group had no change at all. From London - Survival after general anaesthesia has greatly improved in the past 50 years, according to a report published in the Lancet. Results of a meta-analysis covering nearly 90 studies spanning 6 decades found that the amount of people who die following a general anaesthetic dropped from 357 per million patients before the 1970s to 34 per million in the 1990s, a decrease of roughly 90%.
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Those at risk of type 1 diabetes may be able to prevent the disease with oral insulin
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Florida - Taking oral ...
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Florida - Taking oral insulin may help prevent type 1 diabetes, according to a report published in Diabetes Care. Randomizing nearly 400 individuals at high risk of type 1 diabetes to either oral insulin or placebo, researchers found that those taking insulin were significantly less likely to develop the disease
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Daily low-fat yogurt may lower risk of high blood pressure
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Massachusetts - Yogurt may ...
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Massachusetts - Yogurt may help lower blood pressure, according to a report presented at the AHA's High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions. Results of a 15 year followup of over 2,000 individuals found that regularly consuming small amounts of yogurt could reduce risk of high blood pressure by 31%
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Stroke risk tied to emotional neglect in childhood
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago - Children who ...
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago - Children who are emotionally neglected are at increased risk of stroke later in life, according to a report published in Neurology. Researchers followed over 1,000 individuals over the age of 55 for nearly 4 years. Results showed that those who reported a moderately high level of emotional neglect in childhood had a 3x increased risk of stroke
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Emotional neglect in childhood linked to stroke risk years later; Yogurt may help lower blood pressure; Oral insulin may prevent type 1 diabetes
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago - Children who ...
(September 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago - Children who are emotionally neglected are at increased risk of stroke later in life, according to a report published in Neurology. Researchers followed over 1,000 individuals over the age of 55 for nearly 4 years. Results showed that those who reported a moderately high level of emotional neglect in childhood had a 3x increased risk of stroke. From Massachusetts - Yogurt may help lower blood pressure, according to a report presented at the AHA's High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions. Results of a 15 year followup of over 2,000 individuals found that regularly consuming small amounts of yogurt could reduce risk of high blood pressure by 31%. From Florida - Taking oral insulin may help prevent type 1 diabetes, according to a report published in Diabetes Care. Randomizing nearly 400 individuals at high risk of type 1 diabetes to either oral insulin or placebo, researchers found that those taking insulin were significantly less likely to develop the disease.
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Bariatric surgery can reduce risk of diabetes by over 80%
(September 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Sweden - A new ...
(September 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Sweden - A new report published in the NEJM finds that weight loss surgery greatly reduces risk of diabetes. Researchers compared nearly 1,700 bariatric surgery patients to over 1,700 obese controls who did not undergo surgery, and followed participants for 15 years. Results showed that the surgery could reduce risk of diabetes by over 80%
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The most common and least aggressive form of breast cancer still raises risk of death
(September 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Even the ...
(September 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Even the least aggressive form of breast cancer increases death risk years later, according to a report published Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Results of a 21 year study following nearly 1,000 breast cancer patients found that women with luminal A tumors--the most common and least aggressive breast cancer subtype--were still at increased risk of dying from the disease 10 years after diagnosis.
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Location of fat greatly affects whether obese individuals will develop type 2 diabetes
(September 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Texas - Obese individuals ...
(September 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Texas - Obese individuals are most at risk of type 2 diabetes depending on where their fat is located, according to a report published in JAMA. Researchers followed nearly 800 obese adults without diabetes or heart disease for 7 years. Results showed that individuals with higher abdominal fat were more likely to develop pre-diabetes and diabetes during the study period.
