BBC News – Is the British banger dangerous?
This is a fun short article that will help you understand the differences between relative and absolute risk.
(I’ll have sausage and pep on my pizza please)
Diet
Koilonychia
Koilonychia are spoon shaped nails.
Another Reason Why I Drink Coffee
Drinking just one cup of coffee a day — either regular or decaffeinated — was associated with a 30% reduced risk of stroke, a large, prospective study showed.
Listen and Learn – Med Diet May Lower Stroke Risk
Soft Drinks and Pancreatic Cancer – a Weak Link
Pereira and colleagues followed 60,524 men and women who enrolled in the Singapore Chinese Health Study between April 1993 and December 1998 and were followed for 14 years.
At enrollment, the participants completed a 146-question food frequency questionnaire, which contained three items related to soft drinks and juice. The questions asked the participants how much, if any, they drank of soft drinks such as Coca-Cola and 7-Up, orange juice, and other fruit and vegetable juices.
The dietary data was later cross-referenced with records from the Singapore Cancer Registry and the Singapore Registry of Births and Deaths, to determine which of the participants had died of pancreatic cancer and whether it might be related to their soft drink or juice consumption.
Overall, researchers found that 140 participants had contracted pancreatic cancer.
The results were largely consistent with three of four previous U.S. studies on the links between pancreatic cancer and soft drinks. Three of the U.S. studies found an association between soft drinks and cancer.
Soy Foods Associated with Decreased Risk of Death in Women with Breast Cancer
Design, Setting, and Participants The Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study, a large, population-based cohort study of 5042 female breast cancer survivors in China. Women aged 20 to 75 years with diagnoses between March 2002 and April 2006 were recruited and followed up through June 2009. Information on cancer diagnosis and treatment, lifestyle exposures after cancer diagnosis, and disease progression was collected at approximately 6 months after cancer diagnosis and was reassessed at 3 follow-up interviews conducted at 18, 36, and 60 months after diagnosis. Annual record linkage with the Shanghai Vital Statistics Registry database was carried out to obtain survival information for participants who were lost to follow-up. Medical charts were reviewed to verify disease and treatment information.
Conclusion Among women with breast cancer, soy food consumption was significantly associated with decreased risk of death and recurrence.
Tofu anyone?
Greetings From NYC
While it is true I don’t get out much, I do get out now and then. The MUD meeting was awesome. If you get the opportunity to attend this underwriting meeting, don’t pass it up.
But do take a pass on room service.
I stayed in a midtown hotel of reasonably good quality. The room service breakfast menu had a Build Your Own Omelete for $24.95. Thankfully, coffee was included. Juice? Add another $7.00. Once you add an 18% service charge, tax, and delivery fee it starts looking real expensive.
I’ve never had a omelete, coffee, and juice that cost over $40.00.
I’m going back to Oklahoma.
Prevalence of Abnormal Lipids in 12-19 Year Olds
This is not good.
Prevalence of Abnormal Lipid Levels Among Youths — United States, 1999–2006
In 1999–2006, 20.3% of youths aged 12–19 years had abnormal lipids. A total of 32% were overweight or obese, making them eligible for lipid screening under American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines based solely on their BMI.
Coffee and Prostate Cancer
Coffee May Reduce Risk of Deadly Prostate Cancer (Update1) – Bloomberg.com
So my pot a day habit is GOOD!
Reduce Salt Intake – Lower Stroke, CVD
A decrease of 5 grams of salt a day (about one teaspoon) was associated with a 23% lower stroke rate and up to 17% less total cardiovascular disease, reported Pasquale Strazzullo, MD, of the “Federico II” University of Naples, Italy, and colleagues online in BMJ.
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