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Right or Wrong? Part Deux
Right or Wrong?
BBC News – Insulin giant pulls medicine from Greece over price cut
Before you formulate an opinion, make sure to read the last sentence in this article.
By way of compensation, he said the company would make available an insulin product called glucagen, free of charge.
New ASA Advice
A more conservative approach to aspirin for primary prevention in adults with diabetes is called for in a joint statement issued today by diabetes and cardiovascular associations.
Low-dose aspirin can be considered reasonable for diabetes patients with a cardiovascular disease risk above 10% over 10 years and no excess bleeding risk, according to the statement released by the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, and American College of Cardiology.
Is The Banger Dangerous?
BBC News – Is the British banger dangerous?
This is a fun short article that will help you understand the differences between relative and absolute risk.
(I’ll have sausage and pep on my pizza please)
Watch Listen and Learn – Exercise Echo
NT-proBNP Not Predictive in Healthy Normal People
Conclusions: The investigators concluded that these findings do not support the use of NT-proBNP as a cardiovascular biomarker in healthy normal subjects, and have important implications for NT-proBNP–based strategies for early detection and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Falling and Excess Mortality
Meta-analysis: Excess Mortality After Hip Fracture Among Older Women and Men — Ann Intern Med
Conclusion: Older adults have a 5- to 8-fold increased risk for all-cause mortality during the first 3 months after hip fracture. Excess annual mortality persists over time for both women and men, but at any given age, excess annual mortality after hip fracture is higher in men than in women.
Alcohol Comsumption Behavior in Large Groups
The Spread of Alcohol Consumption Behavior in a Large Social Network — Ann Intern Med
Conclusion: Network phenomena seem to influence alcohol consumption behavior. This has implications for clinical and public health interventions and further supports group-level interventions to reduce problematic drinking.
So…it’s your friends…
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.
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