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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 significantly lowers blood pressure and cholesterol
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From London - A single ...
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) 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
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Single pill shows significant health benefits in 50 year olds; Sedentary lifestyle as deadly as cigarettes; New biomarker strongly linked to Alzheimer's disease
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From London - A single ...
(July 18, 2012 - Insidermedicine) 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 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. 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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Preventing risk factors for stroke and dementia can save lives, money
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Germany - Doctors can ...
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Germany - Doctors can save lives and money if they focus on preventing risk factors for stroke and dementia, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers compared 3,000 patients who were encouraged by their doctor to exercise more, quit smoking, eat healthier and reduce their blood pressure/cholesterol to 13,000 patients who received usual care. 5 years of follow up revealed that the need for long term care was reduced by 10% in the intervention group and that there were significantly fewer deaths.
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No reduction in breast cancer death rates from mammography screening
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From France - Mammography screening ...
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) 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 on death rates.
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Elevated vitamin E levels associated with reduced risk of liver cancer
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From China - A new ...
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From China - A new report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute examines the cancer fighting potential of vitamin E. Studying data on over 130,000 individuals, researchers found that those who reported elevated levels of vitamin E through diet and/or supplementation had a reduced risk of developing liver cancer.
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Marijuana more than doubles risk of premature birth
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Australia - Marijuana use ...
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) 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.
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Preterm birth risk with pre-pregnancy marijuana use; Vitamin E may lower risk of liver cancer; Mammography in Sweden has little to no effect on breast cancer death rates
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Australia - Marijuana use ...
(July 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) 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 China - A new report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute examines the cancer fighting potential of vitamin E. Studying data on over 130,000 individuals, researchers found that those who reported elevated levels of vitamin E through diet and/or supplementation had a reduced risk of developing liver cancer. 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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Alternative to chemotherapy? Gold nanoparticles and compound from tea leaves shrink prostate tumors
(July 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Missouri - Scientists may ...
(July 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) 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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Weight loss surgery might not reduce costs, after all
(July 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From North Carolina - Weight ...
(July 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From North Carolina - Weight loss surgery might not reduce health care costs after all, according to a report published in the Archives of Surgery. Comparing nearly 850 obese individuals who underwent bariatric surgery to 850 who did not, researchers found that health care expenditures were not reduced in the first 3 years following the operation.
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Mental decline associated with 2x increased risk of death
(July 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Mild ...
(July 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Mild cognitive impairment doubles risk of death, according to a report presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference. Researchers studied over 700 elderly individuals for an avg. of 5 years, and found that those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment had a 2x increased risk of death.
