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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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Scientists develop vaccine to combat cigarette addiction
(June 27, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Scientists ...
(June 27, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Scientists have developed a new vaccine to treat nicotine addiction, according to a report published in Science Translational Medicine . Studying mice, researchers found that a single dose of the experimental vaccine blocked nicotine from reaching the rodents brain and heart over their entire lifespan.
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Nicotine vaccine shows great promise; Rare sleep disorder linked to several risk factors; Phthalate exposure during pregnancy linked to childhood eczema
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(June 27, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Scientists have developed a new vaccine to treat nicotine addiction, according to a report published in Science Translational Medicine. Studying mice, researchers found that a single dose of the experimental vaccine blocked nicotine from reaching the rodents brain and heart over their entire lifespan. From Montreal - Research published in Neurology identifies a number of risk factors for a rare sleep disorder that causes people to kick or punch in their sleep. Researchers compared 347 people with REM sleep behaviour disorder to 347 controls, and found that smoking, head injury, pesticide exposure, farming and lower education all raised risk of having the condition. From New York - Prenatal exposure to phthalates raises risk of childhood eczema, according to a report published in Environmental Health Perspectives. Researchers studied over 400 women and their children, measuring phthalate exposure in the third trimester of pregnancy. Results showed that women with the highest levels of exposure were 52% more likely to have a child with eczema by age 2
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Low carb, high protein diets linked to significant risk of heart disease
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Greece - Atkins-style diets ...
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Greece - Atkins-style diets raise risk of heart disease, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal. Following 44,000 women for an avg. of 15 years, researchers found that those on a diet that was very low in carbohydrates and very high in protein diet had up to 60% increased risk of developing heart disease
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BPA exposure in pregnancy linked to genetic changes in female child
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Connecticut - BPA exposure ...
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Connecticut - BPA exposure during pregnancy can result in genetic changes in the child, according to a report presented at the the Endocrine Society's annual meeting. Researchers gave pregnant mice BPA or an inactive substance, and found that female offspring of the BPA-exposed rodents demonstrated significant genetic changes in their estrogen response after puberty
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Heart failure risk reduced with routine, moderate coffee consumption
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - Coffee may ...
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - Coffee may lower risk of heart failure, according to a report published in Circulation: Heart Failure. Results of a meta-analysis examining 5 studies and over 140,000 adult men and women found that those who drank a moderate amount of coffee during their regular routine had up to 11% reduced risk of heart failure
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Coffee may lower risk of heart failure; Prenatal BPA changes estrogen response in female offspring; Atkins-style diets greatly raise risk of heart disease
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - Coffee may ...
(June 26, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - Coffee may lower risk of heart failure, according to a report published in Circulation: Heart Failure. Results of a meta-analysis examining 5 studies and over 140,000 adult men and women found that those who drank a moderate amount of coffee during their regular routine had up to 11% reduced risk of heart failure. From Connecticut - BPA exposure during pregnancy can result in genetic changes in the child, according to a report presented at the the Endocrine Society's annual meeting. Researchers gave pregnant mice BPA or an inactive substance, and found that female offspring of the BPA-exposed rodents demonstrated significant genetic changes in their estrogen response after puberty. From Greece - Atkins-style diets raise risk of heart disease, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal. Following 44,000 women for an avg. of 15 years, researchers found that those on a diet that was very low in carbohydrates and very high in protein diet had up to 60% increased risk of developing heart disease.
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Report emphasizes the importance of educating parents, caregivers on avoiding allergenic foods
(June 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Over ...
(June 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From New York - Over two thirds of children with food allergies are still having allergic reactions, according to a report published in Pediatrics. Researchers followed over 500 children with diagnosed food allergies for 3 years, and found that nearly 72% of the children still suffered allergic reactions--emphasizing the importance of properly educating parents and caregivers about avoiding allergenic foods.
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Women with insufficient vitamin D levels more likely to gain weight
(June 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Oregon - A new ...
(June 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Oregon - A new report published in the Journal of Women's Health links low vitamin D to weight gain in older women. Studying over 4,600 women over the age of 65, researchers found that those with insufficient vitamin D levels gained more weight over 5 year than those with sufficient levels. Nearly 80% of the women studied had low levels of vitamin D.
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Breast cancer risk lowered with regular exercise; Low vitamin D connected to weight gain in older women; Allergic reaction to foods still common among kids with allergies
(June 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From North Carolina - Exercise ...
(June 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From North Carolina - Exercise may reduce risk of breast cancer, according to a report published in CANCER. Researchers studied 1,500 breast cancer patients and over 1,500 healthy controls aged 20-98, and found that women who exercised 10-19 hours a week had around a 30% reduced risk of breast cancer, and that even mild exercise was found to reduce risk. From Oregon - A new report published in the Journal of Women's Health links low vitamin D to weight gain in older women. Studying over 4,600 women over the age of 65, researchers found that those with insufficient vitamin D levels gained more weight over 5 year than those with sufficient levels. Nearly 80% of the women studied had low levels of vitamin D. From New York - Over two thirds of children with food allergies are still having allergic reactions, according to a report published in Pediatrics. Researchers followed over 500 children with diagnosed food allergies for 3 years, and found that nearly 72% of the children still suffered allergic reactions--emphasizing the importance of properly educating parents and caregivers about avoiding allergenic foods.
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Depression, anxiety raise risk of stroke death; Protein greatly increases risk of slow growing fetus, small baby; Smoking rates drop but heavy drinking rates rise in Canada
(June 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From London - Depression and ...
(June 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From London - Depression and anxiety raise risk of dying from stroke, according to a report published in CMAJ. Researchers analyzed data on nearly 70,000 adult men and women over an 8 year period, and found that psychological distress was strongly associated with risk of death from stroke. From Ottawa - Research published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism identifies a protein that may help predict which women will have dangerously small babies. Researchers studied 72 pregnant women, half who gave birth to dangerously small babies and half who had normal weight babies. They found that women with high levels of the protein IGFBP-4 in the first trimester were 22x more likely to give birth to a dangerously small baby. From Ottawa - Canada's smoking rates have decline, but heavy drinking has increased, according to a report released by Statistics Canada. From 2001 to 2011, researchers found that smoking rates among men declined by 5%, while rates among women declined by 6%. Rates of heavy drinking however, rose from 17% in 2001 to 19% in 2012.
