Source: Drinking Alcohol Linked to 7 Types of Cancer
For a copy of the study go to:
Source: Alcohol consumption as a cause of cancer – Connor – 2016 – Addiction – Wiley Online Library
I am so screwed.
Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis Raises Mortality Risk in T1D – Medpage Today
Recurrent episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) were associated with a substantially increased risk of death in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to a retrospective single-center Scottish study.
Limitations of the study included its single-center design, which “does leave the generalizability of these results open to question,” Gibb and colleagues said.
Source: Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis Raises Mortality Risk in T1D | Medpage Today
Drunkorexia
Source: Drunkorexia: New Trend Sweeping College Campuses
Read the comments to the article.
Priceless.
Free Evidence-based App – Botanicals, Supplements, Complimentary Therapies
About Herbs includes information on herbs, supplements, and alternative medicine techniques like acupuncture and acupressure.
Source: About Herbs app: free evidence-based app worth downloading
Free. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Did I mention free?
Survival Improving for RA – Medpage Today
Biologics, treatment-to-target, CVD prevention are likely factors
Source: Survival Improving at Rapid Clip for RA Patients | Medpage Today
iMedicalApps: Aspirin Guide – Medpage Today
Makes sense of USPSTF recommendations
Source: iMedicalApps: Aspirin Guide | Medpage Today
Loyal readers know I’ve been looking at this daily aspirin thing for quite some time. Read this, or this, and this. So when I learned about a new iPhone app I had to download it and enter my personal data.
The app says I should take low dose aspirin daily. I stopped taking aspirin a few years ago after a minor bleeding episode. I had bumped my shin, broke the skin and began bleeding. The bleeding took forever to stop so I stopped the aspirin. I’ve cut myself since and not had any difficulties coagulating.
Annual wellness visit is in a few months. I’ll show the app to my doctor and see what he recommends.
Great little app by the way.
Jobs With the Highest Suicide Rates
From 2000 to 2012, the overall rates of suicide for people aged 16 and older rose 21 percent, the study found. That works out to an approximate increase from 13 to 16 suicides per every 100,000 people in the United States. But among farmers, fishers and foresters, the suicide rate was dramatically higher — at 85 suicides per 100,000 people. For males in those jobs, the rate was even greater. Their suicide rate was 90.5 suicides per 100,000, according to the report.
Overview of Alcoholic Liver Disease and Addiction with Dr. McClain — Louisville Lectures
In this lecture, Dr. Craig McClain discusses the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease, treatment, and patient cases. Dr. McClain uses his expertise in nutrition to discuss risk factors and advanced pathophysiology that predispose patients to excess harm from alcohol. He closes with a focus on where the research on treatment is and what the most recent evidence tells us about how we might improve clinical management.
Source: Overview of Alcoholic Liver Disease and Addiction with Dr. McClain — Louisville Lectures
HbA1c Racial Differences Complicate Diagnosis
Blacks generally have higher HbA1c levels than whites. Rates among Hispanics and Asians also tend to be higher than in whites, although the discrepancy has not been as well-studied in these groups, says University of Cincinnati professor of medicine Robert M. Cohen, MD.
Long-Acting Opioids Carry Higher Risk of Death – Medpage Today
Claims data show higher mortality risk than other drug types for pain
Source: Long-Acting Opioids Carry Higher Risk of Death | Medpage Today
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