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Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
Date: May-24-2013Certain statins - also known as cholesterol-lowering medications - could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. The risk was most significant in patients taking atorvastatin (Lipitor), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor), according to the study, published in BMJ. Statins are the most widely prescribed medications for the prevention of cardiovascular events. Generally, these medications are well received, however, a new link to diabetes has been suggested. Previous studies have indicated a 27% elevated risk of diabetes with rosuvastatin...
Scientists Develop Worm EEG To Test The Effects Of Drugs
Date: May-24-2013Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs. NeuroChip is a microfluidic electrophysiological device, which can trap the microscopic worm Caenorhadbitis elegans and record the activity of discrete neural circuits in its 'brain' - a worm equivalent of the EEG. C. elegans have been enormously important in providing insight into fundamental signalling processes in the nervous system and this device opens the way for a new analysis...
Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking On Its Head
Date: May-24-2013Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA)�have made an advance in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function. New research published today in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reveals that an enzyme called MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) could be acting as a locator to the immune system, which then becomes activated to attack tumours. It was originally thought that the production of MMPs by breast cancer cells worked to promote cancer growth...
Young Children Who Miss Well-Child Visits Are More Likely To Be Hospitalized
Date: May-24-2013Missing Visits Even More Detrimental For Children with Chronic Health Conditions Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care. The study included more than 20,000 children enrolled at Group Health Cooperative. Children with chronic conditions like asthma and heart disease were even more likely to be hospitalized when they missed visits, according to the study...
Alcohol Impairment Goes Beyond BAC Number
Date: May-24-2013Drivers may think they have the green light to drive when their blood alcohol levels fall below the legal limit or the buzz wears off, but that's not the case, says a Purdue University expert. "It's more than just a number, and my advice is to not drink and drive at all because there really is no safe level," says Julia Chester, an associate professor of psychological sciences who studies genetic differences and sensitivity to alcohol effects...
Calorie Information In Fast Food Restaurants Used By 40% Of 9-18 Year Olds When Making Food Choices, Study Finds
Date: May-24-2013Girls and obese youth 70-80% more likely to use information than boys and youth with a healthy BMI. A new study published online today in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the U.S. in 2010, girls and youth who were obese were more likely to use calorie information given in the restaurants to inform their food choices. It also found that young people eating at fast food or chain restaurants twice a week or more were half as likely to use calorie information as those eating there once a week or less...
Study Suggests Certain Noncancer Pain Conditions Associated With Increased Risk Of Suicide
Date: May-24-2013JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights A study by Mark A. Ilgen, Ph.D, of the Veterans Affairs Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan and colleagues examined the associations between clinical diagnosis of noncancer pain conditions and suicide. (Online First) Data for this retrospective analysis were extracted from the National Death Index and treatment records from the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System...
Study Evaluates Prevalence Of Multiple Health Concerns Among Patients With The Alopecia Areata
Date: May-24-2013JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights A study by Kathie P. Huang, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of comorbid (co-existing) conditions among patients with alopecia areata (AA), an autoimmune disease that presents with nonscarring hair loss from some or all hair-bearing areas of the body, typically the scalp. (Online First) The retrospective cross-sectional study identified 3,568 individuals with AA seen in the Partners Healthcare System in Boston between January 2000 and January 2011...
World Lung Foundation Warns U.S. Budget Cuts Will Slow The Fight Against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Date: May-24-2013World Lung Foundation (WLF) today warned that the sequestration of the United States Federal Budget will have the unintended consequence of slowing efforts to control and eradicate tuberculosis - particularly multi-drug resistant tuberculosis - both in the U.S. and around the world. Under the sequestration, the budget of the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC), one of the premier TB clinical research groups in the world, will immediately be reduced by 25-30 percent, with a similar cut in the next financial year...
New Advances In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Date: May-24-2013Novel treatments for psychiatric disorders explored at national conference Dozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies conference (CACBT 2013). Among the conferencepresentations will be a new research project that looks at using cognitive behavioural therapy for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is widely known and respected as a highly effective form of "talk therapy" which emerges from laboratory-based research...
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