A Comparison between Smoking and Nonsmoking Identical Twins Okada, Haruko C. M.D. Abstract Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the specific components of facial aging secondary to smoking, by comparing standardized photographs of identical twins with different smoking histories. Methods: During the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, from 2007 to 2010, […]
AY Nemet, J Hanhart, I Kaiserman, S Vinker Clin Ophthalmol 2013 Oct 18;2013(7)2079-2084 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Study results showed an increased prevalence of osteoporosis in a large cohort of patients ≥ 50 years who underwent cataract surgery compared with age- and gender-matched controls. SUMMARY PracticeUpdate Editorial Team Background: Calcium is considered an important factor in the […]
This post-hoc analysis of two randomized trials suggested an association between time spent sedentary and the recurrence of colorectal polyps in men.
This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials found that fall prevention exercise programs reduced falls in older adults and had other beneficial effects.
The program was unsuccessful in promoting any real change in lifestyle-related cardiovascular risk factors.
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 […]
The purpose of this commentary is to discuss modern lifestyle factors that promote weight gain and to suggest methods for clinicians to more effectively educate patients about weight management.
5-Year Follow-Up of a Descriptive Pilot Study Lancet Oncol. 2013 Oct 01;14(11)1112-1120, D Ornish, J Lin, JM Chan, E Epel, C Kemp, G Weidner, R Marlin, SJ Frenda, MJ Magbanua, J Daubenmier, I Estay, NK Hills, N Chainani-Wu, PR Carroll, EH Blackburn TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Can lifestyle changes affect telomere length? Increased telomere length is associated […]
Published: Oct 14, 2013 | Updated: Oct 15, 2013< By Salynn Boyles Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/42251 Action Points Diabetes status did not substantially influence the associations between lifestyle and mortality risk. Mortality risk among individuals with diabetes compared with those without was increased significantly. There should be little difference between the lifestyle advice given to diabetics and […]
By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/41131 A pooled analysis of stroke risk among smokers showed no significant difference in risks between sexes(relative risk ratio 1.06, 95% CI 0.99-1.13), according to research from Rachel Huxley, DPhil, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues. Their analysis concluded that: “Compared with nonsmokers, the […]
Williams PT. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract PURPOSE: Test prospectively whether exercise is associated with lower brain cancer mortality in 111,266 runners and 42,136 walkers from the National Runners’ and Walkers’ Health Studies. METHODS: Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) from Cox proportional hazards analyses of […]
“So often people think ‘Oh, I have bad genes, there’s nothing I can do about it,'” Ornish said. “But these findings indicate that telomeres may lengthen to the degree that people change how they live. Research indicates that longer telomeres are associated with fewer illnesses and longer life.”
IMNG Medical Media, 2013 Sep 18 If you haven’t already been asked about them, you will be. So, you need to have an answer. Maybe this will help. Electronic cigarettes (or “e-cigarettes”) were reportedly invented by a Chinese pharmacist who wanted to find a safer way for smokers to inhale nicotine, after his father, a […]
Published: Sep 24, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/WCN/41829 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. This longitudinal study of patients with white matter changes revealed that […]
Published: Sep 24, 2013 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Orthopedics/Orthopedics/41832 Action Points Note that this randomized trial demonstrated that subjective knee osteoarthritis measures improved more among subjects in the diet and exercise arm than in the diet alone or exercise alone arm. Be aware that objective measures of loading and […]
Neil Osterweil Sep 16, 2013 A comprehensive lifestyle intervention might help prostate cancer patients live to be longer in the tooth and in the telomere, suggest results of a very small pilot study reported online in The Lancet Oncology. Among 35 men with biopsy-proven, low-risk prostate cancer who opted for active surveillance, a comprehensive lifestyle intervention including diet, […]
Lifestyle medicine: the future of chronic disease management. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23974765/ Kushner RF, et al. Show all Journal Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2013 Oct;20(5):389-95. doi: 10.1097/01.med.0000433056.76699.5d. Affiliation aNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine bCenter for Lifestyle Medicine, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Lifestyle medicine is a new discipline that has […]
A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial David J. Becker, MD, Benjamin French, PhD, Patti B. Morris, RD, Erin Silvent, BA, Ram Y. Gordon, MD Disclosures Am Heart J. 2013;166(1):187-196. Abstract Background Many patients who refuse or cannot tolerate statin drugs choose alternative therapies for lipid lowering. Objectives This study aimed to determine the lipid-lowering effects of […]