Joanna Broder November 04, 2013 Full Article (may require free registration): http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/813754 Girls in the United States are entering puberty at younger ages than they have in the past, but investigators have not been able to pinpoint the cause. Now, a longitudinal study, published online November 4 in Pediatrics, suggests a higher body mass index […]
Shilpa N Bhupathiraju Abstract Background: Dietary guidelines recommend increasing fruit and vegetable intake and, most recently, have also suggested increasing variety. Objective: We prospectively examined the independent roles of quantity and variety in fruit and vegetable intake in relation to incident coronary heart disease (CHD). Design: We prospectively followed 71,141 women from the Nurses’ Health […]
Colette Heimowitz’s Blog Full Story: http://blogs.atkins.com/Blogs/colette_heimowitz/Archive/2013/10/28/213745.aspx Sweden has given us the Volvo and Ikea, now it may be on the forefront in the fight against obesity. A report called Dietary Treatment for Obesity, from the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), has shown that the typically recommended low-fat diet is failing to stop or […]
The program was unsuccessful in promoting any real change in lifestyle-related cardiovascular risk factors.
Consumption of tuna or other broiled or baked fish, but not fried fish, is associated with fewer subclinical brain abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
by Dr Lynch on February 24, 2012 in C677T MTHFR Mutations Full Story: http://mthfr.net/mthfr-c677t-mutation-basic-protocol/2012/02/24/ Don’t know what to do? After working with 100′s of individuals with this defect, I’ve developed a protocol which may help a significant number of people. I want to make it absolutely clear that while the MTHFR C677T mutation may be common across a number of […]
Published: Oct 22, 2013 | Updated: Oct 22, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Atherosclerosis/42415 Action Points In this study of patients who were not on baseline medications for dyslipidemia, coronary artery calcium appeared to classify atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk better than counting lipid abnormalities. Across the spectrum of dyslipidemia, event rates […]
CMP is associated with an increased risk of CVD and the association is stronger in older adults.
Published: Oct 21, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/PancreaticDiseases/42405 Obese patients with pancreatic cancer were more than twice as likely to die over an 18-to-20-year period than healthy-weight patients, researchers found. Across two cohorts analyzing risk of death among pancreatic cancer patients, having a body mass index (BMI) of 35 […]
Michael O’Riordan October 17, 2013 MILWAUKEE, WI — The American Heart Association (AHA), along with other professional organizations, is recommending that physicians regularly assess physical-activity levels in their patients[1]. Just like other major modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol levels, obesity, and smoking status, physical activity “should be considered a vital health measure […]
Published: Oct 17, 2013 Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/42338 Full Text Article: http://www.medpagetoday.com/upload/2013/10/17/clinical-practice-guidelines.pdf Patients may need help managing metabolic and endocrine disorders with healthy eating and lifestyle choices, and now there’s a comprehensive set of clinical guidelines, issued jointly by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American College of Endocrinology, and the Obesity Society, to assist […]
Published: Oct 16, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/42309? Action Points This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was associated with increased risks for stroke, […]
Saturated fat is not the major issue BMJ 2013; 347 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6340 (Published 22 October 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f6340 Aseem Malhotra, interventional cardiology specialist registrar, Croydon University Hospital, London Scientists universally accept that trans fats—found in many fast foods, bakery products, and margarines—increase the risk of cardiovascular disease through inflammatory processes.1 But “saturated […]
JAMA 2013 Oct 01;310(13)1353-1368, JE Manson, RT Chlebowski, ML Stefanick, AK Aragaki, JE Rossouw, RL Prentice, G Anderson, BV Howard, CA Thomson, AZ Lacroix, J Wactawski-Wende, RD Jackson, M Limacher, KL Margolis, S Wassertheil-Smoller, SA Beresford, JA Cauley, CB Eaton, M Gass, J Hsia, KC Johnson, C Kooperberg, LH Kuller, CE Lewis, S Liu, LW […]
Procaccini C,et al. Front Immunol. 2013 Oct 18;4:332. Abstract The field that links immunity and metabolism is rapidly expanding. Apparently non-immunological disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes have been linked to immune dysregulation, suggesting that metabolic alterations can be induced by or be consequence of an altered self-immune tolerance. In this context, adipose […]
Published: Oct 13, 2013 | Updated: Oct 13, 2013 By Kristina Fiore Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/42242 When the American Beverage Association poured $10 million into an obesity program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, charges of conflict-of-interest abounded. How could the trade association that represents companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi — makers of sugary drinks that had […]
David J. Lunardini, MD Abstract Background Context Vertebral artery injuries (VAI) are rare but serious complications of cervical spine surgery, with the potential to cause catastrophic bleeding, permanent neurologic impairment and even death. The current literature regarding incidence of this complication is largely comprised of single surgeon or small multi-center case series. Purpose We sought […]