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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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Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Improve Healthy Behavior; Diabetes Patients Being Over-treated; Scientists Make Key Heart Cells Out of Stem Cells
(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. 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. 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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Antipsychotic Med Kills Cancer Stem Cells; Calcium Supplementation Ups Heart Attack Risk; C-Section Doubles Obesity Risk in Kids
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(May 27, 2012 - Insidermedicine - Week in Review) From Hamilton - Scientists from McMaster University may have made a major discovery in the fight against cancer, according to a report published in CELL. Researchers engineered a robotic system capable of identifying cancer fighting compounds. They found that the drug thioridazine was able to kill cancer stem cells without adversely killing healthy ones. From Switzerland - Calcium supplements greatly increase risk of heart attack, according to a report published in Heart. Studying nearly 24,000 individuals for an avg. of 11 years, researchers found that those who regularly took calcium supplements were 86% more likely to have a heart attack when compared to those who took no supplements at all. From Boston - C-sections may double risk of childhood obesity, according to research published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Researchers studied nearly 1300 mother/baby pairs from 22 weeks gestation until the child was three years old. Results showed that 16% of those delivered via c-section were obese compared to only 7.5% of those born vaginally.
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Male Infertility Gene Discovered
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Scotland - Scientists have ...
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Scotland - Scientists have discovered a gene strongly associated with male infertility, according to a report published in PLoS Genetics. Studying mice, researchers found that the gene Katnal1 contains a protein that is vital to the production of healthy sperm. Scientists believe that the discovery could potentially lead to a contraceptive pill for men
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Birth Control Pill Not as Good as IUD for Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From St. Louis - A ...
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From St. Louis - A new report published in the NEJM finds that an intrauterine device (IUD) is much more effective at preventing pregnancy than the pill. Following nearly 7,500 women for 3 years, researchers found that women taking the pill were 20x more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy than those with an IUD or implant
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No Point to Post Stroke Treatment with Magnesium Sulphate
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the Netherlands - There ...
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the Netherlands - There is no benefit to administering magnesium following a stroke, according to a report published in the Lancet. Researchers randomized over 1200 stroke patients to either intravenous magnesium sulphate or placebo. After 3 months, there was no difference in poor outcomes between the two groups.
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Magnesium Following Stroke Has No Benefit; IUD 20x More Effective than Pill; Male Infertility Gene Discovered
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the Netherlands - There ...
(May 25, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From the Netherlands - There is no benefit to administering magnesium following a stroke, according to a report published in the Lancet. Researchers randomized over 1200 stroke patients to either intravenous magnesium sulphate or placebo. After 3 months, there was no difference in poor outcomes between the two groups. From St. Louis - A new report published in the NEJM finds that an intrauterine device (IUD) is much more effective at preventing pregnancy than the pill. Following nearly 7,500 women for 3 years, researchers found that women taking the pill were 20x more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy than those with an IUD or implant. From Scotland - Scientists have discovered a gene strongly associated with male infertility, according to a report published in PLoS Genetics. Studying mice, researchers found that the gene Katnal1 contains a protein that is vital to the production of healthy sperm. Scientists believe that the discovery could potentially lead to a contraceptive pill for men
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Reducing Seizures in Epilepsy Patients Through Diet
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - New research ...
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Boston - New research published in Neuron describes how a diet can reduce seizures in some epilepsy patients. Scientists identified a protein, known as BAD, that affects cellular metabolism in the brain, a discovery that explains how a diet high in fats and very low in carbohydrates can dramatically reduce seizures in epileptics who are non-responsive to drug therapy.
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Obese Children At Raised Risk of Condition Causing Blindness
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Childhood obesity ...
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Childhood obesity significantly raises risk of a disorder that can cause blindness, according to a report published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Studying nearly 1,000,000 children from 11-19 years old, researchers found that extremely obese children were 16x more likely than those of a normal weight to develop paediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension, while moderately obese children were at 6x times increased risk and overweight children were at 3.5x increased risk.
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McMaster Scientists Make Cancer Discovery
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) Dr. Mick Bhatia of McMaster ...
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) Dr. Mick Bhatia of McMaster University discusses his discovery of a drug, thioridazine, that kills cancer stem cells while still keeping healthy cells intact. From Hamilton - Scientists from McMaster University may have made a major discovery in the fight against cancer, according to a report published in CELL. Researchers engineered a robotic system capable of identifying cancer fighting compounds. They found that the drug thioridazine was able to kill cancer stem cells without adversely killing healthy ones
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Thioridazine Kills Cancer Stem Cells Without Affecting Healthy Ones; Childhood Obesity Linked to Neurological Disorder; Diet Can Reduce Seizures in Some Epilepsy Patients
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Hamilton - Scientists from ...
(May 24, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Hamilton - Scientists from McMaster University may have made a major discovery in the fight against cancer, according to a report published in CELL. Researchers engineered a robotic system capable of identifying cancer fighting compounds. They found that the drug thioridazine was able to kill cancer stem cells without adversely killing healthy ones. From California - Childhood obesity significantly raises risk of a disorder that can cause blindness, according to a report published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Studying nearly 1,000,000 children from 11-19 years old, researchers found that extremely obese children were 16x more likely than those of a normal weight to develop paediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension, while moderately obese children were at 6x times increased risk and overweight children were at 3.5x increased risk. From Boston - New research published in Neuron describes how a diet can reduce seizures in some epilepsy patients. Scientists identified a protein, known as BAD, that affects cellular metabolism in the brain, a discovery that explains how a diet high in fats and very low in carbohydrates can dramatically reduce seizures in epileptics who are non-responsive to drug therapy.
