May Is National Arthritis Awareness Month [NCCAM News and Events]
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Author: SupremeCmdr
Sleep is Good
BBC News – Lack of sleep ‘linked to early death’
Getting less than six hours sleep a night can lead to an early grave, UK and Italian researchers have warned.
They said people regularly having such little sleep were 12% more likely to die over a 25-year period than those who got an “ideal” six to eight hours.
Stress Increases IHD Risk in Women
On-the-job pressure significantly increases the likelihood that women will develop ischemic heart disease, a large Danish study found.
Compared with women who felt their workplace pressure was suitable, those who reported that the pressure was much too high had a nearly 50% increased risk of developing ischemic heart disease (HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.88), according to Karen Allesøe, PhD, and colleagues from Glostrup University Hospital.
OA in One Large Joint Means OA in the Other
The diagnosis of radiographic osteoarthritis in one knee or hip likely signals the involvement of the contralateral joint, a cross-sectional analysis determined.
In a patient with moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis in one knee, the odds ratio for having a similar degree of involvement of the other knee was 62.7 (95% CI 42.3 to 93.1), according to Eric C. Sayre, PhD, of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and colleagues.
Ouch.
Lp-PLA2 Predicts Non-Vascular Death
High levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) were an independent risk factor for non-vascular mortality as well as for cardiovascular death, stroke, and coronary heart disease in a large meta-analysis.
For each standard deviation above the mean for Lp-PLA2 among nearly 80,000 participants in 32 prospective studies, the risk of non-vascular death increased by 10% after adjusting for conventional risk factors, reported Alexander Thompson, of the University of Cambridge in England, and 14 other members of the Lp-PLA2 Studies Collaboration in the May 1 Lancet.
Unhealthy Behaviors
Good News Chart of the Day – 5/1/2010
Calculated Risk: Restaurant Index shows Expansion in March
This is the first time in 29 months that the index is showing expansion.
A Stands for…?
One Volcano, 4 Friends, and Many Career Ideas | paulacaligiuri.com
Opportunities, even those that change your plans in unexpected ways, may be exactly the ones that will help move your career – and your life – in a wonderful direction.
Attitude. And I’ll keep posting about this so that it sinks in and sticks.
Koilonychia
Koilonychia are spoon shaped nails.
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