Published: Jun 17, 2014 | Updated: Jun 18, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that 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. Both lifestyle and metformin reduce the development […]
Calorie Gate Posted on June 17, 2014 Marion Nestle says that the best way to measure calories is to step on a scale. So, lessee. I stepped on the scale and I weigh 160 pounds. If I’m 55% water (hooray, no calories there!), and 4% minerals (wait, does calcium have calories?), and then 13% protein […]
Published: Jun 16, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Action Points Note that one of the studies was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. Those data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Improving overall diet quality over a 4-year […]
Practice Update Research · June 13, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In 12,195 patients with first myocardial infarction (MI) and 15,583 age- and sex-matched controls from 52 countries, the current use of alcohol was associated with a significantly reduced risk for MI compared with the risk for non-users (P = .001), although the strength of the association […]
Published: Jun 13, 2014 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Story Source Eating too much processed red meat — including sausages and deli meats — might increase the risk of heart failure and of dying from the disease, a study of Swedish men showed. Compared with men who ate less than 25 grams […]
Kaluza J1, Akesson A2, Wolk A2. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jul;7(4):552-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000921. Epub 2014 Jun 12. Abstract BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of red meat consumption in relation to risk of heart failure (HF) are scarce. We examined the associations of unprocessed and processed red meat consumption with HF incidence and mortality in men. METHODS AND […]
Soy food consumption, cardiometabolic alterations and carotid intima-media thickness in Chinese adults Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 06/12/2014 Clinical Article PubMed Reference Journal Reference Liu J, et al. – The researchers examined the associations of habitual soy food consumption with cardiometabolic disturbances and carotid intima–media thickness (CIMT). They concluded that greater soy consumption was associated […]
MEDICAL NEWS | PHYSICIAN’S FIRST WATCH June 12, 2014 By Kelly Young Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM Higher protein intake is associated with reduced stroke risk, according to a meta-analysis in Neurology. Researchers assessed the results of seven prospective cohort studies in roughly 250,000 participants. During a median follow-up of 14 […]
Published: Jun 11, 2014 | Updated: Jun 12, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points To lower the cardiovascular risks from obstructive sleep apnea, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) was better than giving oxygen at night. Note that in a second trial of obese patients with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, […]
Dietary intake of fiber, fruit, and vegetables decrease the risk of incident kidney stones in women: A Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) report The Journal of Urology, 06/09/2014 Clinical Article Group WW, et al. – In this study, authors want to evaluated the relationship between dietary fiber, fruit, and vegetable intake, and the risk of kidney […]
Calamia V, et al. Journal Sci Rep. 2014 Jun 10;4:5069. doi: 10.1038/srep05069. Affiliation Abstract Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common age-related rheumatic disease. Chondrocytes play a primary role in mediating cartilage destruction and extracellular matrix (ECM) breakdown, which are main features of the OA joint. Quantitative proteomics technologies are demonstrating a very interesting power for studying […]
Associations Between Glucosamine and Chondroitin Supplement Use and Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation To cite this article: KantorElizabeth D., LampeJohanna W., NavarroSandi L., SongXiaoling, MilneGinger L., and WhiteEmily. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. June 2014, 20(6): 479-485. doi:10.1089/acm.2013.0323. Published in Volume: 20 Issue 6: June 10, 2014 Journal Reference ABSTRACT Objectives: Glucosamine and chondroitin […]
By Dr. Davis | June 10, 2014 According to the USDA MyPyramid, or the new MyPlate, grains–whole and white–should comprise the largest part of the diet. Advocates of this conventional approach argue that grains should ideally provide 60% of all calories. In the Wheat Belly lifestyle, we reject the idea that grains should form […]
Published: Jun 10, 2014 | Updated: Jun 10, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Pregnant women should eat at least 8 ounces of fish each week, which puts a floor — not just a ceiling — on the amount of seafood these women should consume, the FDA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced […]
Published: Jun 10, 2014 | Updated: Jun 11, 2014 By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this review specifies suggested dietary guidance in which evidence of a dietary influence on cancer risk is substantial, but not necessarily conclusive. The review provides guidance based upon compelling evidence for cancer risk associated with […]
Role of Selenium and Coenzyme Q10 Status in Idiopathic Male Infertility Summary: In a case-control study involving 59 subjects, out of which 44 were diagnosed with idiopathic male infertility and had abnormal sperm parameters and 15 had normal sperm parameters with proven fertility, serum levels of selenium (Se) were found to be positively associated with […]
The Telegraph By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent7:51PM BST 05 Jun 2014 Story Source A person’s entire immune system can be rejuvenated by fasting for as little as three days as it triggers the body to start producing new white blood cells, a study suggests Fasting for as little as three days can regenerate the entire […]
Published: Jun 9, 2014 By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story Non-Western patients who had prediabetes and were living abroad in the Netherlands had no help from vitamin D supplements in terms of improving metabolic markers, researchers found. In a randomized controlled trial that showed vitamin D levels indeed rose in supplemented patients, […]
Dermatol Ther. 2014 Jun 9. doi: 10.1111/dth.12136. [Epub ahead of print] Evaluation of TNF-α serum level in patients with recalcitrant multiple common warts, treated by lipid garlic extract. Kenawy S1, Mohammed GF, Younes S, Elakhras AI. Abstract No universal consensus about optimal modality for treating the recalcitrant multiple common warts (RMCW). The objective of the […]
Authors: Maekawa S, Kawahara T, Nomura R, Murase T, Ann Y, Oeholm M, Harada M Published Date June 2014 Volume 2014:7 Pages 195 – 201 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S62681 DovePress Journal Background: In recent years, the number of people with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) has increased steadily worldwide. It is clear that the prevention of diabetes is […]