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Infection Control Practices For Home Patients
Date: Jun-27-2012A healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium that was traced to his mother's nurse's bag left in the family's car after his mother's home healthcare visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the boy's infection and the patient's infection were never DNA tested, the coincidence was remarkable. This event illustrates how bacteria from someone sick can infect others, said Irena Kenneley, assistant professor of nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University...
The Smallest And Largest Fetuses At Increased Risk For Stillbirth
Date: Jun-27-2012The tiniest and the heaviest fetuses are at much higher risk of being stillborn than those of average weight, new research has found. Fetuses who are "severely small for gestational age," or weigh below the bottom one percentile of all fetuses, disproportionately account for about six per cent of all stillbirths, according to researchers at St. Michael's Hospital. Fetuses that are "severely large for gestational age," or weigh above the 99th percentile, account for nearly one per cent of stillbirths...
Ozone Pollution Bad News For Heart Patients
Date: Jun-27-2012A Study published in the journal Circulation shows Ozone pollution having a marked effect on those at high risk for heart attack. The World Health organization estimated that some 2 million people die annually due to a combination of heart problems increased by Ozone. Whilst Ozone at high altitude helps to shield the planet from radiation, at ground level it is considered a pollutant, a nuisance and a health risk, it is created when pollutants from vehicles, power plants, industry, and other sources react in the sunlight...
Potential Overtreatment Of Vitamin D Deficiency Following Inaccurate Vitamin D Tests
Date: Jun-27-2012Blood tests to measure vitamin D deficiency are among the most frequently ordered tests in medicine. But a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study of two new vitamin D tests found the kits are inaccurate in many cases. Earle W. Holmes, PhD, presented findings at ENDO 2012, the 94th Annual Meeting and Expo in Houston. Holmes and colleagues examined how well the two new tests, Abbott Architect and Siemans Centaur2, performed on 163 randomly selected blood samples...
In Some Postmenopausal Women, Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Weight Gain
Date: Jun-27-2012Older women with insufficient levels of Vitamin D gained more weight than those with sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health and published online in the Journal of Women's Health. The study of more than 4,600 women ages 65 and older found that over nearly five years, those with insufficient levels of Vitamin D in their blood gained about two pounds more than those with adequate levels of the vitamin...
The Skinny On What Makes Us Fat
Date: Jun-27-2012Obesity is a disorder in which fat cells grow larger and accumulate. Certain proteins, called WNT family proteins, function to prevent fat cell formation. However, the activity of WNT proteins can be inhibited by secreted frizzled-related proteins (SFRPs), thus leading to fat cell generation. One of these SFRPs, SFRP5, is highly expressed during fat cell generation and increases during obesity. Dr...
In Lyme Disease, Inflammatory Bacterial Deposits Remain After Antibiotic Treatment
Date: Jun-27-2012Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete B. burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans through tick bites. The disease typically begins with a skin rash and is followed by fever, joint pain, and other flu-like symptoms. If diagnosed early, Lyme disease can be successfully treated with antibiotics; however, up to 25% of patients experience arthritis-like symptoms after treatment. The cause of this condition, termed antibiotic refractory Lyme arthritis, is currently unknown. In the current issue of the JCI, researchers led by Dr...
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: June 26, 2012 Online Issue
Date: Jun-27-20121. Task Force Recommends Obesity Screening for All Adults Docs Should Screen for Obesity and Direct Obese Patients to Intensive, Multicomponent Behavioral Interventions In an update to its 2003 recommendation statement on screening for obesity in adults, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening all adult patients for obesity. Screening includes measurement of height and weight to ascertain BMI, although measuring waist circumference also is an accepted method...
Causes For High Rates Of Allergic Reactions In Children With Food Allergies Identified
Date: Jun-27-2012A team of researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and four other institutions have found that young children with documented or likely allergies to milk and/or eggs, whose families were instructed on how to avoid these and other foods, still experienced allergic reactions at a rate of almost once per year. Of severe cases, less than a third received epinephrine, a medication used to counter anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic condition...
Diabetics' Use Of Aspirin May Not Be Effective For Preventing Blood Clots That Cause Heart Attacks And Strokes
Date: Jun-27-2012Many patients with type 2 diabetes may be aspirin resistant. That means the standard aspirin dose may not protect them against blood clots that cause heart attacks and strokes among diabetics, a new clinical study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. "This result adds to our understanding of the prevalence of this problem, which varies considerably among studies," said lead author Subhashini Yaturu, M.D., section chief of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Department at Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, NY...
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