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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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Healthy diet raises IQ in children
(August 10, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Australia - A new ...
(August 10, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Australia - A new report published in the European Journal of Epidemiology finds a strong association between diet and IQ in children. Researchers studied the dietary habits of over 7,000 children between 15 months and two years of age, following up with the children at age eight. Researchers found that children who ate a healthier diet had a higher IQ at age eight, while those who ate an unhealthy diet had a lower IQ
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CDC: Cholesterol levels declining among US children, adolescents
(August 10, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Cholesterol levels ...
(August 10, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Cholesterol levels among American youth are improving, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers reviewed data on over 16,000 children aged 6-19 years old, finding that average total cholesterol levels have decreased since 1988, though nearly 1 in 10 American youth still have high cholesterol.
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Cholesterol declining among American youth; Link between unhealthy diet and lower IQ in children; Corticosteroids ineffective for sinusitis
(August 10, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Cholesterol levels ...
(August 10, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Cholesterol levels among American youth are improving, according to a report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers reviewed data on over 16,000 children aged 6-19 years old, and found that, on average, total cholesterol levels decreased since 1988, though nearly 1 in 10 American youth still have high cholesterol. From Australia - A new report published in the European Journal of Epidemiology finds a strong association between diet and IQ in children. Researchers studied the dietary habits of over 7,000 children between 15 months and two years of age, and followed up with the children at age eight. Researchers found that children who ate a healthier diet had a higher IQ at age eight, while those who ate an unhealthy diet had a lower IQ From the Netherlands - Corticosteroids are not effective at treating acute sinusitis, according to a report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Randomizing nearly 200 adults with acute sinusitis to either daily prednisone or placebo for a week, researchers found no difference in clinical benefits between the two groups.
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Episodes of delirium raise risk of dementia eightfold
(August 9, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Cambridge - Delirium dramatically ...
(August 9, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Cambridge - Delirium dramatically increases risk of dementia in the elderly, according to a report published in Brain. Studying nearly 600 individuals over the age of 85, researchers found that those who experienced episodes of delirium were 8x more likely to develop dementia
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Faulty gene plus too much iron in the diet raises risk of bowel cancer
(August 9, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the UK - Elevated ...
(August 9, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the UK - Elevated iron levels may raise risk of bowel cancer in certain people, according to a report published in Cell Reports. Researchers studied mice with a faulty APC gene--a critical anti-cancer gene--and found that the rodents were at 2-3x increased risk of developing bowel cancer when fed a diet high in iron. Mice with a normal APC gene, on the other hand, did not develop cancer at all when fed the same diet.
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New test more accurate at detecting aggressive prostate cancer; Elevated iron levels raises bowel cancer risk in some people; Dementia strongly linked to delirium
(August 9, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - A ...
(August 9, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - A novel test has the ability of diagnose aggressive prostate cancer, according to a report published in the Journal of Urology. Researchers studied nearly 300 men with high prostate-specific antigen levels but a history of negative biopsies, giving the men a two-drug combination designed to reduce their PSA levels. Men whose PSA levels had minimal change were biopsied again, and researchers successfully identified high-grade tumours without administering unnecessary biopsies. From the UK - Elevated iron levels may raise risk of bowel cancer in certain people, according to a report published in Cell Reports. Researchers studied mice with a faulty APC gene--a critical anti-cancer gene--and found that the rodents were at 2-3x increased risk of developing bowel cancer when fed a diet high in iron. Mice with a normal APC gene, on the other hand, did not develop cancer at all when fed the same diet. From Cambridge - Delirium dramatically increases risk of dementia in the elderly, according to a report published in Brain. Studying nearly 600 individuals over the age of 85, researchers found that those who experienced episodes of delirium were 8x more likely to develop dementia.
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Subcutaneous injection of Herceptin greatly speeds, simplifies breast cancer treatment
(August 8, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Brazil - Research published ...
(August 8, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Brazil - Research published in the Lancet Oncology describes a novel method of delivering a common breast cancer drug that can dramatically speed up breast cancer treatment. Results of a Phase III clinical trial found that subcutaneous delivery of Herceptin was just as effective as intravenous delivery, greatly accelerating delivery of the drug and offering the potential for at-home administration by the patient.
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General vaccine has the potential to reverse type 1 diabetes
(August 8, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Massachusetts - A generic ...
(August 8, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Massachusetts - A generic vaccine may have the potential to reverse diabetes, according to a report published in PLoS ONE. Researchers randomized six type 1 diabetes patients to receive either the BCG vaccine (approved for use against tuberculosis and bladder cancer) or placebo. Results showed BCG treatment killed autoimmune cells that prevent insulin-secretion and temporarily restored insulin production.
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Vaccine helps reverse diabetes; Standard injection of breast cancer drug as effective as IV; Natural birth may boost brain function in child
(August 8, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Massachusetts - A generic ...
(August 8, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Massachusetts - A generic vaccine may have the potential to reverse diabetes, according to a report published in PLoS ONE. Researchers randomized six type 1 diabetes patients to receive either the BCG vaccine (approved for use against tuberculosis and bladder cancer) or placebo. Results showed BCG treatment killed autoimmune cells that prevent insulin-secretion and temporarily restored insulin production. From Brazil - Research published in the Lancet Oncology describes a novel method of delivering a common breast cancer drug that can dramatically speed up breast cancer treatment. Results of a Phase III clinical trial found that subcutaneous delivery of Herceptin was just as effective as intravenous delivery, greatly accelerating delivery of the drug and offering the potential for at-home administration by the patient. From Connecticut - A new report published in PLoS ONE finds that vaginal birth, but not cesarean section, improves a child's brain development and function. Researchers examined both delivery methods on a mouse model, finding that natural birth triggered expression of a protein critical for the development of brain circuits while c-section impaired expression of this protein
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Plant compound slows breast cancer; Prozac may have anti-viral properties; Elderly eye conditions linked to hip fractures
(August 5, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Pittsburgh - A new ...
(August 5, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Pittsburgh - A new report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute identifies a plant-based compound that may be able to slow the growth of breast cancer. Researchers studied mice genetically engineered to develop breast cancer, putting the rodents on a diet supplemented with the compound phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) or a control diet for 29 weeks. Results showed that mice on the PEITC diet had a 56% reduction in the growth of their mammary tumours From California - New research finds that fluoxetine, also known as Prozac, used to treat depression and anxiety, may also have anti-viral properties. Published in the journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, fluoxetine was found to inhibit the replication of coxsackievirus. This virus can cause hand,foot, and mouth disease, and aseptic meningitis, and is part of a group of viruses, called enterovirus, that includes polio. From California - Eye conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts are associated with an increased risk of fractures in the elderly. A report in JAMA examined data on over 1 million men and women over 65, diagnosed with cataracts. During the study approximately 37% had cataract surgery, the analysis found a 16% decrease in the adjusted odds of hip fracture, 1 year after the operation.
