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Mexican Response to H1N1 Slow

May 21, 2009May 21, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Medical News: ATS: Mexican Response to H1N1 ‘Could Have Been Faster’ – in Meeting Coverage, ATS from MedPage Today

More than 75% of the cases were in patients between the ages of 20 and 50, and as of May 18, there have been 70 deaths.

I’m still wondering what the cause was of all of the other reported deaths???

Lose Weight Get Dementia

May 19, 2009May 19, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

BBC NEWS | Health | Weight loss link to dementia risk

Small study with interesting findings.

Formaldehyde and Cancer

May 19, 2009May 19, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Study Reinforces Links Between Formaldehyde and Cancer – ProPublica

The study shows that workers exposed to higher amounts of formaldehyde had a 37 percent greater risk of death [1] from blood and lymphatic cancers, and a 78 percent greater risk of leukemia than those with lower exposures. NCI researchers still have not discovered the biological mechanism by which formaldehyde exposure can cause leukemia.

Unexplained Syncope= Risk Factor for SCD in HCM

May 17, 2009May 17, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Syncope and Risk of Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Unexplained syncope is a risk factor for SCD in patients with HCM.

BMS and DES in MI

May 16, 2009May 16, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

BMS & DES in MI

BMS and DES Findings in SCAAR

May 16, 2009May 16, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

BMS & DES in SCAAR

Long-Term Outcomes in Sweden.

BMS = bare metal stent

DES = drug eluting stent

SCAAR = Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry.

TURP TUNA TUMT TUIP – Mayo Clinic Articles

May 13, 2009May 13, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) – MayoClinic.com

Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) – MayoClinic.com

Transurethral microwave therapy (TUMT) – MayoClinic.com

Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP) – MayoClinic.com

Metabolic Syndrome and DM1 = Bad Combo

May 13, 2009May 13, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Metabolic Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, and Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes — Thorn et al. 32 (5): 950 — Diabetes Care

Update on Stents

May 12, 2009May 12, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Effectiveness of Coronary Stents

Note the size of the study population combined with the follow up period.  A 25% reduction in mortality was found in patients with drug eluding stents vs. plain metal stents.

Pay Attention to RA Size

May 12, 2009May 12, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Right Atrium in Chronic Systolic HF

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The Hidden Cost of Cheap Food

HT – Marion Nestle – https://www.foodpolitics.com/2026/03/weekend-reading-the-hidden-cost-of-cheap-food/ Download the full report – https://yuka.io/en/report-food-price-composition-us/ Yikes.

Lessons Learned From a Lifetime of Cooking #13

Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]

Becoming an Artist

When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]

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Protein Bars Anyone?

Participants with the highest intake averaged 9.3 servings of ultra-processed foods per day, while those with the lowest intake averaged 1.1 servings. Compared with the lowest group, those in the highest group had a 67% greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease or stroke, or experiencing non-fatal heart attacks, strokes or resuscitated cardiac arrest. […]

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