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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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Polypill can add years to lifespan of 50 year olds; Black gay men account for 1 in 4 new HIV cases; Gold nanoparticles, tea leaves compound shrink prostate tumors in mice
(July 22, 2012 - Insidermedicine - Week in Review) From ...
(July 22, 2012 - Insidermedicine - Week in Review) From London - A single pill has been shown to greatly reduce risk of stroke and heart attack, according to a trial published in PLoS One. Researchers randomized individuals over the age of 50 to take a Polypill--comprised of three blood pressure lowering medicines and one statin--and placebo for 3 months. Results showed that the Polypill reduced blood pressure by 12% and reduced bad cholesterol by 39%--to levels ordinarily seen in 20 year olds. From Los Angeles - Black gay men are the most likely to get HIV and to die from AIDS than any other population in the developed world, according to a report released by the Black AIDS Institute. Researchers found that black gay men account for 1 in 4 new HIV cases in the developed world and were also much more likely to die 3 years after being diagnosed with AIDS than whites or latinos. From Missouri - Scientists may have discovered an alternative to chemotherapy, according to a report published in PNAS. Studying mice with prostate cancer, researchers found that combining a tea leaf compound with gold nanoparticles reduced the rodent's tumour size by 80%. The gold nanoparticles are thousands of times smaller than chemotherapy and their radioactivity is over in just 3 weeks
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No insurance linked to late stage cervical cancer diagnosis; Marijuana doubles risk of preterm birth; Mammography screening may have no effect on breast cancer death rates
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(July 21, 2012 - Insidermedicine - Week in Review) From Atlanta - Women without insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed with late stage cervical cancer, according to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health. Studying data on nearly 70,000 women diagnosed with cervical cancer, researchers found that lack of insurance was the second strongest predictor of being diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease--a disparity likely due to under-screening. From Australia - Marijuana use greatly raises risk of premature birth, according to a report published in PLoS ONE. Studying over 3,000 pregnant women, researchers found that a family history of low birth weight babies raised risk of preterm birth nearly 6x, having a mother with type 1 or 2 diabetes raised risk by more than 2x, and that use of marijuana prior to pregnancy also raised risk twofold. From France - Mammography screening may not reduce breast cancer death rates, according to a report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers studied how mammography screening in Sweden affected the country's breast cancer mortality rates. They found that, despite increases in screening since 1974, the imaging had little to no impact ob death rates.
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Sleep apnea treatment improves daytime sleepiness
(July 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago - CPAP treatment ...
(July 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago - CPAP treatment improves symptoms even in cases of mild sleep apnea, according to a report published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Researchers randomized over 200 patients with mild sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness to either CPAP treatment or a sham treatment. Results showed significant improvements in participants' sleepiness and daily life activities.
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Pregnant women more likely to drink if 35-44 years old, college educated
(July 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - A new ...
(July 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - A new report form the CDC finds that women who are older and more educated are most likely to drink while pregnant. Surveying over 345,000 women, researchers found that women were much more likely to drink during pregnancy if they were between 35-44 years old and had a college degree
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Training EMS personnel to read ECGs can speed heart attack treatment; Older, educated women more likely to drink while pregnant; CPAP works for mild sleep apnea
(July 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Winnipeg - Having paramedics ...
(July 20, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Winnipeg - Having paramedics read ECGs can accelerate treatment of severe heart attacks, according to a report published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Training EMS personnel to correctly administer and interpret ECGs in patients with suspected severe heart attack, researchers were able to significantly speed up time from initial contact to treatment. From Atlanta - A new report form the CDC finds that women who are older and more educated are most likely to drink while pregnant. Surveying over 345,000 women, researchers found that women were much more likely to drink during pregnancy if they were between 35-44 years old and had a college degree. From Chicago - CPAP treatment improves symptoms even in cases of mild sleep apnea, according to a report published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Researchers randomized over 200 patients with mild sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness to either CPAP treatment or a sham treatment. Results showed significant improvements in participants' sleepiness and daily life activities
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Stanford researches decode genome of individual human sperm
(July 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - For the ...
(July 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - For the first time, scientists have decoded the genome of individual human sperm, according to a report published in Cell. Researchers from Stanford University sequenced the entire genome of 91 human sperm from a 40 year old man, results that have significant implications into cancer and infertility research.
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Women without health insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer
(July 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Women without ...
(July 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Women without insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed with late stage cervical cancer, according to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health. Studying data on nearly 70,000 women diagnosed with cervical cancer, researchers found that lack of insurance was the second strongest predictor of being diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease--a disparity likely due to under-screening.
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Lack of health insurance raises likelihood of late stage cervical cancer; Black gay men are more likely to get HIV and die from AIDS; Scientists sequence sperm genome
(July 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Women without ...
(July 19, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Atlanta - Women without insurance are much more likely to be diagnosed with late stage cervical cancer, according to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health. Studying data on nearly 70,000 women diagnosed with cervical cancer, researchers found that lack of insurance was the second strongest predictor of being diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease--a disparity likely due to under-screening. From Los Angeles - Black gay men are the most likely to get HIV and to die from AIDS than any other population in the developed world, according to a report released by the Black AIDS Institute. Researchers found that black gay men account for 1 in 4 new HIV cases in the developed world and were also much more likely to die 3 years after being diagnosed with AIDS than whites or latinos. From California - For the first time, scientists have decoded the genome of individual human sperm, according to a report published in Cell. Researchers from Stanford University sequenced the entire genome of 91 human sperm from a 40 year old man, results that have significant implications into cancer and infertility research
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Ceramides biomarker can help predict Alzheimer's disease
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Minnesota - Scientists have ...
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Minnesota - Scientists have identified a new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, according to a report published in Neurology. Researchers followed nearly 100 elderly women for 9 years, finding that those with the highest levels or the biomarker ceramides had a 10x increased risk of developing Alzheimer's, and those with medium levels had an 8x increased risk .
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Inactivity kills over 5 million people a year
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - A new ...
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - A new report published in the Lancet finds that inactivity is just as deadly as smoking. Results of a meta-analysis examining activity levels and death rates attributable to non-communicable diseases found that physical inactivity was connected to 5.3 million deaths a year--strongly associated with incidence of colon cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
