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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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Oxygen Deprived Newborns More Likely to Survive With Body-Cooling Treatment
(May 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Detroit - The benefits ...
(May 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Detroit - The benefits of hypothermia for oxygen-deficient newborns extend into early childhood, according to a report published in the NEJM. Researchers studied over 200 newborns suffering from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy who received either a body-cooling treatment or usual care. After 7 years of followup, results showed that infants given hypothermia treatment were more likely to be alive, and with no increased risk of disability.
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Office Bacteria Most Common on Chairs, Telephones
(May 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From San Diego - A ...
(May 30, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From San Diego - A new report published in PLoS ONE examines bacterial communities in the office. Researchers studied offices in three different US cities, finding over 500 bacterial genera in the offices, which were most abundant on chairs and phones. As well, offices with only men had significantly more bacteria than offices inhabited by women
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Solvents Raise Risk of Mental Decline in Less Educated Workers
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - A new ...
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - A new report published in Neurology examines the effect of solvent exposure in workers. Studying over 4,100 individuals who worked long term for a gas and electric company, researchers found that those with less than a high school education were at 14% increased risk of cognitive problems after having been exposed to chlorinated and petroleum solvents.
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New Screening Program Helps Treat Pregnant Mental Health Disorders
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From South Africa - A ...
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From South Africa - A new report published in PLoS Medicine describes a new approach to screening for maternal mental health disorders. Researchers developed a primary care intervention to better screen and treat mental health disorders in pregnant women. 88% of women who received counselling as part of the intervention reported they were more able to cope with their problems
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Postoperative Respiratory Complications Common in Smoking Surgery Patients
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Iowa - Surgical patients ...
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Iowa - Surgical patients who smoke greatly raise hospital costs, according to a report published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers studied nearly 15,000 general surgery patients and examined the hospital costs based on their operation, readmission, and length of hospital stay. Results showed that hospital costs were 6% higher for current smokers, mainly due to postoperative respiratory complications.
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NSAIDs May Reduce Risk of Malignant Skin Cancer
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Denmark - Aspirin may ...
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Denmark - Aspirin may help protect against skin cancer, according to a report published in CANCER. Researchers compared data on nearly 19,000 skin cancer patients to over 178,000 healthy controls, and found that those who filled more than 2 prescriptions for NSAIDs such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen had a 15% reduced risk of squamous cell carcinoma and a 13% reduced risk of malignant melanoma.
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Aspirin May Protect Against Skin Cancer; Smoking Surgery Patients Raise Hospital Costs; Intervention Screens for Maternal Mental Health Disorders
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Denmark - Aspirin may ...
(May 29, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Denmark - Aspirin may help protect against skin cancer, according to a report published in CANCER. Researchers compared data on nearly 19,000 skin cancer patients to over 178,000 healthy controls, and found that those who filled more than 2 prescriptions for NSAIDs such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen had a 15% reduced risk of squamous cell carcinoma and a 13% reduced risk of malignant melanoma .From Iowa - Surgical patients who smoke greatly raise hospital costs, according to a report published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers studied nearly 15,000 general surgery patients and examined the hospital costs based on their operation, readmission, and length of hospital stay. Results showed that hospital costs were 6% higher for current smokers, mainly due to postoperative respiratory complications. From South Africa - A new report published in PLoS Medicine describes a new approach to screening for maternal mental health disorders. Researchers developed a primary care intervention to better screen and treat mental health disorders in pregnant women. 88% of women who received counselling as part of the intervention reported they were more able to cope with their problems.
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Stem Cells Successfully Transformed Into Cardiomyocytes
(May 28, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Wisconsin - Scientists have ...
(May 28, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Wisconsin - Scientists have created vital heart cells using stem cells, according to a report published in PNAS. Researchers manipulated one fundamental pathway in a novel procedure and successfully transformed human stem cells into cardiomyocytes--the key heart muscle cell.
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Blood Pressure Goals May Result in Diabetics Getting Over-treated
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Michigan - Many diabetes ...
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Michigan - Many diabetes patients are being over-treated with blood pressure medications, according to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Recent efforts in blood pressure control have resulted in as many as 94% of diabetes patients receiving blood pressure treatment. However, these efforts have also resulted in over 8% of patients being over-treated.
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Great Benefit to Simply Eating More Fruits and Vegetables and Reducing Inactivity
(May 28, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago -Simple lifestyle changes ...
(May 28, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Chicago -Simple lifestyle changes can greatly improve healthy behaviour, according to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers randomized over 200 adults with unhealthy habits to either increase fruits and vegetables and physical activity, decrease fat and inactive leisure, decrease fat and increase physical activity or increase fruits and vegetables and decreases inactive leisure. They found that all participants improved their fruit and vegetable consumption and activity levels and successfully maintained these improvements through the course of the study
