In a large cohort study, patients with only CKD had a significantly higher rate of myocardial infarction (MI) than those who only had diabetes (5.4 versus 6.9 per 1,000 person-years, P
Those who’d already had an MI had the highest overall rate of MI (18.5 per 1,000 person-years), they reported online in The Lancet.
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Drawing Test Predicts Stroke Mortality Risk
Poorer performance on Trail Making Test-A (TMT-A) almost doubled the risk of death during a median poststroke follow-up of 2.5 years (HR 1.88 per SD, 95% CI 1.31 to 2.71, P=0.001). Patients who performed the worst on the TMT-A had almost a three times greater mortality risk compared with patients who had the best scores on the test prior to stroke (HR 2.90 per SD, 95% CI 1.24 to 6.77, P=0.014).
Any life insurance companies out there using this test?
The Answer is 9.9%
From 1988 to 2008, the prevalence of NAFLD rose from 3.6% to 9.9% among children ages 12 to 18…
via Medical News: Fatty Liver Disease on Rise in Teens – in Meeting Coverage, DDW from MedPage Today.
Question: What is the prevalence of NAFLD in children ages 12-18?
Medical News: Diabetes May Speed Cognitive Decline – in Neurology, General Neurology from MedPage Today
Over 9 years, those who had diabetes had significantly worse cognitive decline on two separate tests compared with those who didn’t have the disease (P=0.008 and P=0.001), Kristine Yaffe, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, and colleagues reported online in the Archives of Neurology.
PodMed – Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins 06.22.2012
Liver Risk Found with Arthritis Supplement
Causality was called very likely due to flavocoxid in three patients and possibly due to the agent in one patient, as that case was complicated by exposure to several other agents that may have caused the injury, including pregabalin (Lyrica), duloxetine (Cymbalta), and tizanidine (Zanaflex).
Hepatitis B on Rise in U.S. Immigrants
More than 1.3 million foreign-born residents of the U.S. are living with hepatitis B (HBV), according to a new estimate.
Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins – 06.01.2012
This week’s topics include the dangers of mail order poultry, an updated hormone therapy review in women, kidney disease and tight blood sugar control in those with diabetes, and thyroid dysfunction and heart disease.
East ‘Meats’ West: Diabetes on Rise in China
The Chinese people are eating more food per serving, have more money to buy and eat food — particularly junk food — when they’re not hungry, and engage in less physical activity, Xiaohui said.
He said that many people still eat a traditional Chinese meal, but along with rice and veggies will be more meat, and portions will be bigger as well. In addition, fast-food restaurants such as Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald’s are enjoying success at the price of a growing obesity epidemic among children and teens, he said.
Traditional ethnic diets are preferable for your particular ethnicity. You want fries with that?
Heart Deaths in Diabetes Plummet
Data from the National Health Interview Survey found that both cardiovascular and all-cause mortality rates for diabetics fell substantially when 2003-2004 information was compared to 1997-1998.
via Medical News: Heart Deaths in Diabetes Plummet – in Cardiovascular, Diabetes from MedPage Today.
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