Published: Dec 15, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Maintaining weight loss is foiled by a combination of behavioral challenges and physiological adaptations that promote weight gain, according to a new report from a National Institutes of Health working group. Behavioral fatigue is a big problem, causing patients to grow weary of diet […]
HDL is commonly referred to as “good cholesterol,” as clearly higher levels of this carrier protein are associated with a reduced risk for accumulation of atherosclerosis within the walls of arteries, especially the arteries that supply blood to the heart. While so much attention is focused on total cholesterol, as well as LDL, which unfortunately has been […]
Painful Hands, Hurting Hearts? Symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) of the hands was associated with an elevated risk for coronary heart disease events, analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study showed. In a multivariate analysis that adjusted for multiple factors including age, sex, body mass index, lipids, medication use, and smoking, the hazard ratio for coronary […]
Published: Jun 12, 2013 | Updated: Jun 13, 2013 By Cole Petrochko , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Action Points Higher urine concentrations of the plastic component bisphenol-A (BPA) in older girls were associated with a twofold risk of weight in the 90th percentile, a study found. Note that the relationship between urine BPA […]
Effects of regular consumption of different forms of almonds and hazelnuts on acceptance and blood lipids European Journal of Nutrition, 12/12/2014 Clinical Article Tey SL, et al. – According to the results of the present study, acceptance was stable for all combinations but was highest for whole nuts. Six weeks of nut consumption improved blood […]
Meta-analysis of the effect and safety of berberine in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipemia and hypertension Journal of Ethnopharmacology , 12/12/2014 Lan J, et al. – This study indicates that berberine has comparable therapeutic effect on Type 2 DM, hyperlipidemia and hypertension with no serious side effect. Considering the relatively low cost […]
by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Dietary efforts to control high blood pressure have historically focused on limiting sodium, but the added sugar in processed foods may be a more important contributor to hypertension than added salt, according to two researchers who study the impact of the foods we eat on cardiovascular risk. In […]
— Supplement more effective than fiber at preventing weight gain. by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today December 11, 2014 A short-chain fatty acid propionate powder may boost satiety and help prevent weight gain, researchers found. In a proof-of-concept study, patients who added the ingredient to a normal diet gained less weight during a 24-week […]
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Dec 11, R Franki For those cancers in which risk is associated with high body mass index, North America has the highest percentage of cancer incidence attributable to obesity, according to a population-based study in the Lancet Oncology. The investigators considered “only cancers reported by the World Cancer Research Fund […]
Dietary fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease in men: The Kuopio ischemic heart disease risk factor study Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 12/04/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Virtanen JK, et al. – The epidemiological evidence of the role of dietary saturated fatty acids (SFA) in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) is inconsistent. […]
December 09, 2014 Global Burden of Cancer Attributable to High BMI in 2012 The Lancet Oncology TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Body-mass index >25 kg/m2 is associated with increased risk for cancer. Using BMI data from 2002 and assuming a 10-year lag period between high BMI and cancer occurrence, the authors assessed worldwide cancer incidence in 2012 to assess […]
Metabolic signatures of adiposity in young adults: Mendelian randomization analysis and effects of weight change Full Text PLoS Medicine, 12/22/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Wurtz P, et al. – Increased adiposity is linked with higher risk for cardiometabolic diseases. Authors aimed to determine to what extent elevated body mass index (BMI) within the normal weight range has causal […]
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Nov 17, A Karon Story Source Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 14 days more than doubled the risk of serious bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, and it increased the risk of thromboembolism by 36%, according to a report published online Nov. 17 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Risk of serious […]
Yoga has the same potential as exercise to reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular disease Effective for those ‘who cannot or prefer not to perform traditional aerobic exercise’ Topics: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention – Risk Assessment and Management Date: 16 Dec 2014 Following a systematic review of 37 randomised controlled trials, investigators from the Netherlands and USA have […]
Marlene Busko December 05, 2014 Story Source Very obese young men and women are likely to have diabetes and cardiovascular disease for close to 20 years and die 8 years sooner than their normal-weight peers, researchers have estimated. “We developed this computer model [to] provide a new but clinically meaningful way for healthcare professionals to […]
Published: Dec 5, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Cardiovascular Med Diet May Help Heart in Erectile Dysfunction Patients Published: Dec 5, 2014 | Updated: Dec 5, 2014 Register Today Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. SIGN UP By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today save […]
JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Dec;2(6):641-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.06.008. Epub 2014 Oct 1. The effect of coenzyme Q10 on morbidity and mortality in chronic heart failure: results from Q-SYMBIO: a randomized double-blind trial. Mortensen SA, Rosenfeldt F, Kumar A, Dolliner P, Filipiak KJ, Pella D, Alehagen U, Steurer G, Littarru GP; Q-SYMBIO Study Investigators. Abstract OBJECTIVES: This […]
Published: Dec 4, 2014 By Pauline Anderson , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) seemed to have a greater burden of cardiovascular risk factors and a higher prevalence of severe coronary artery atherosclerosis compared with healthy controls, a multicenter study found. Among IIM patients, 33% were obese (body mass […]