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Question of the Day – Do You Pay Attention to Non-Adherence?

August 1, 2009August 1, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Effect of Statin Adherence on Cerebrovascular Disease in Primary Prevention

Non-adherence to statins was prevalent with just 55% of patients exposed to ≥80% of the medications during follow-up.

Saxagliptin (Onglyza) – Think DM2

July 31, 2009July 31, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Medical News: FDA Approves New DPP-4 Drug for Type 2 Diabetes – in Product Alert, Prescriptions from MedPage Today

Onglyza?  Somebody got paid to name this drug.  Think about that for a while.

Human Fatalities Caused by Cows

July 31, 2009July 31, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Fatalities Caused by Cattle — Four States, 2003–2008

Cattle/Dairy Farmers – Standard, no Preferred?

Yes, Anemia Matters

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Medical News: Anemia Ups Death Risk in Old Age – in Geriatrics, General Geriatrics from MedPage Today

Mortality risk rose at least 41% with presence of anemia at age 85 and more than doubled with new-onset anemia thereafter

HTN Increases Lacunar Infarct Risk 60%

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Medical News: ‘Silent Stroke’ Risk Rises With Hypertension – in Cardiovascular, Hypertension from MedPage Today

Both lacunar infarcts and white matter hyperintensities are considered structural markers of small vascular disease

Carcinogenic to Humans

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Medical News: Tanning Beds Cited as High Cancer Risk – in Dermatology, Skin Cancer from MedPage Today

Tanning beds have moved to the highest-risk cancer category of radiation sources in an update from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).


NT-proBNP – Find It, Post It

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Medical News: Heart Failure Biomarkers Predict Mortality Risk – in Cardiovascular, CHF from MedPage Today

Here is a pretty good article on NT-proBNP.

Read it after you watch the video on giant killer squids.

Attack of the Giant Killer Squids – The Video

July 30, 2009July 30, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

This is a blog about underwriting.  But sometimes you have to give the people what they want.   And they want more giant squids.


Biomarkers in NSTE-ACS

July 29, 2009July 29, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Prognostic Value of Biomarkers During and After Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Even during follow-up, NT-proBNP demonstrated the strongest association to the composite endpoint of death/myocardial infarction.

If I find a good article/tutorial on NT-proBNP I’ll post it.

Higher HgA1c = Lower HDL

July 29, 2009July 29, 2009 / SupremeCmdr / Leave a comment

Poor Glycemic Control Is an Independent Risk Factor for Low HDL Cholesterol in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes — Diabetes Care

CONCLUSIONS Poor glycemic control appears to be an independent risk factor for low HDL cholesterol in type 2 diabetes.

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Spring Roll Dipping Sauces – (another) Electronic Sticky Note

Spring Roll Dipping Sauce https://thewoksoflife.com/spring-roll-dipping-sauce/ For new readers an electronic sticky note is a reminder and pointer to recipes from other websites that one day I might try. So when the bots come back (see The Recipes in This Blog Are Being Stolen by AI) they’ll be stealing someone else’s copyrighted material.

The Recipes in This Blog Are Being Stolen by AI

I know it’s AI because my recipes can’t be this good!

FOOD FIGHT!

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat. In that book, I review research on the “funding effect,” the strong correlations between who pays for food and nutrition research and its outcome.  Industry-funded research tends to produce results favorable to the funder’s interests (otherwise it wouldn’t be funded).  But recipients of […]

Scary Charts 01.11.26

Source: Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy – https://wolfstreet.com/2025/10/24/food-inflation-the-price-spikes-of-beef-coffee-eggs-and-dairy/ I decided I would try to collect data online from the largest supermarkets in the country, and I pretty soon realized that the numbers I was getting were two or three times higher than the official numbers for inflation. Alberto Cavallo, […]

Common Food Preservatives Linked to Higher DM2 Risk

Over the study period, 1,131 cases of type 2 diabetes were identified among the 108,723 participants. Compared with people who consumed the lowest levels of preservatives, those with higher intake showed a markedly increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Overall preservative consumption was linked to a 47% higher risk. Non-antioxidant preservatives were associated with […]

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