Cocaine Drove Sudden Deaths in Study Showing No Level Is ‘Safe’ – Bloomberg.com
There is a link in the Bloomberg article to download the research study.
Does anyone else besides me remember Len Bias?
No “Safe” Level in Cocaine Use
all-cause mortality
Mortality Impact of Obesity May be Underestimated
So when are all of those liberal build tables out there getting updated?
Obesity may have an even greater impact on mortality than anticipated, according to a new method of adjusting for confounding.
Watch Your Diabetic Medications
Conclusions Our findings suggest a relatively unfavourable risk profile of sulphonylureas compared with metformin for all outcomes examined. Pioglitazone was associated with reduced all cause mortality compared with metformin. Pioglitazone also had a favourable risk profile compared with rosiglitazone; although this requires replication in other studies, it may have implications for prescribing within this class of drugs.
Walk Faster Live Longer
I think I’ll go for a walk.
The slowest walkers among those over 65 were 44% more likely to die of any cause over a five-year period than faster walkers, Alexis Elbaz, MD, PhD, of the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, and colleagues reported online in BMJ.
LAVI
…it makes intuitive sense that LA enlargement, as a nonspecific marker of high LV diastolic pressure due to any cause, is a marker of adverse prognosis.
Acute Kidney Injury and All-Cause Mortality
Sleep Apnea – Yes, This Matters Too
But for competitive reasons… Extra Super Best Premier Preferred!
Medical News: Sleep Apnea Carries Risk of Death – in Pulmonary, Sleep Disorders from MedPage Today
Participants with severe sleep apnea were 46% more likely to die (95% CI 1.14 to 1.86), according to the report published online in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.
Vitamin D News – Kids Need More D
Medical News: U.S. Children Lack Vitamin D – in Pediatrics, General Pediatrics from MedPage Today
Come on people! A cup of fortified cow’s milk or soy milk provides 25-30% of your daily D needs. How hard is that? Get out and take a walk when the sun is shining. How hard is that? Eat some salmon. How hard is that?
Give your children a daily multi-vitamin.
How hard is that?
Cheese Fries, No Chili Please. I’m Cutting Back
Coming soon to your teleunderwriting operation – the CCDDQ.
(Calories Consumed Drill Down Questionnaire)
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