Between 1999 and 2010, OPR overdose deaths increased more than fivefold among women (a total of 47,935 OPR overdose deaths during that period).
This story was covered by all of the mainstream media outlets. Read the source article from MMWR to grasp the significance of this health issue. Scary stuff.
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in CKD Associate with Both ESRD and Mortality.
Link above is to the JASN abstract. Link below is the AHA Life’s Simple 7 initiative.
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Researchers have discovered a new tick-borne illness, caused by Borrelia miyamotoi, whose symptoms are similar to that of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, but that does not respond to conventional doxycycline in the same way.
Patients with the new illness, due to Borrelia miyamotoi, presented much like the others, with patients complaining of acute febrile illness, with myalgia, headache, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated hepatic aminotransferase levels.
Alzheimer’s disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States overall and the 5th leading cause of death for those aged 65 and older. It is the only cause of death among the top 10 in America without a way to prevent it, cure it or even slow its progression. Deaths from Alzheimer’s increased 68 percent between 2000 and 2010, while deaths from other major diseases, including the number one cause of death (heart disease), decreased.
via Latest Facts & Figures Report | Alzheimer’s Association.
Through a median of 13 years of follow-up, twins who had PTSD at baseline had a significantly higher rate of incident coronary heart disease compared with those without PTSD (22.6% versus 8.9%), according to Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, of Emory University in Atlanta, and colleagues.
The difference was not due to established risk factors, since the association remained significant after adjustment for sociodemographic factors, service in Southeast Asia, lifestyle factors, coronary heart disease risk factors, major depression, and other psychiatric diagnoses (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.1-3.9), the researchers reported online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Individuals who added more than half a serving a day of red meat to their diet saw a 48% increase in their risk of type 2 diabetes onset over the next 4 years compared with those who stayed at that level, An Pan, PhD, of the Harvard School of Public Health and National University of Singapore, and colleagues found.
Cutting intake by the same amount during the first 4 years of follow-up lowered that risk by 14% during the following 12 to 16 years, the researchers reported online in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Levels of free thyroxine at the higher end of the normal range are associated with all-cause mortality in older men who do not have thyroid disease, researchers found.
Annals of Internal Medicine | Gun-Related Deaths: How Australia Stepped Off “The American Path”.
Article link presented as a public service. There is a link in the article for a free PDF copy of the author’s book on how Australia implemented gun control.
Conclusions – Compared with pravastatin, treatment with higher potency statins, especially atorvastatin and simvastatin, might be associated with an increased risk of new onset diabetes.
via Risk of incident diabetes among patients treated with statins: population based study | BMJ.
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