Baby boomers, now between 48 and 67 years old, have already shown a greater propensity to suicide than previous generations, according to a data analysis from researchers at Rutgers University and Emory University. Male boomers had abnormally high suicide rates in their teen and early 20s, peaking for many boomers at 26 suicides per 100,000 lives at an age when the rate among next older generations were below 20 suicides per 100,000 lives, data showed. Patterns were similar for women, though their rates are lower, Emory epidemiologist Ellen Idler said.
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Clif Bar Recalling Blueberry Crisp Bars – Food Poisoning Bulletin
Some Blueberry Crisp Bars were placed in Chocolate Chip CLIF® Bar wrappers, then placed inside correctly labeled Blueberry Crisp CLIF® Bar 12-pack boxes. The 12-pack boxes of Blueberry Crisp CLIF® Bars have a “Best By” date of 17MAR13G3 and UPC number 7-22252-30260-1. The individual Blueberry Crisp CLIF® Bars mislabeled in Chocolate Chip CLIF® Bar individual wrappers have the same “Best By” date of 17MAR13G3, but UPC number 7-22252-10090-0.
If you have purchased this product and are allergic to almonds, do not eat them.
via Clif Bar Recalling Blueberry Crisp Bars for Undeclared Almonds | Food Poisoning Bulletin.
Multiple Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Review for the PA
Multiple sclerosis: A comprehensive review for the physician assistant – JAAPA.
A good review source for underwriters too.
PodMed – Johns Hopkins 08.03.2012
The War to Our South – Mexico Dissolves Their FBI And Moves To Legalize Drugs
President-elect Enrique Pena and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who won control of Mexico’s government on July 1st, moved to dissolve the Agencia Federal de Investigación (AFI). Modeled after the United States FBI, the AFI was founded in 2001 to crack down on Mexico’s pervasive government corruption and drug trafficking. With rival drug cartels murdering between 47,500 to 67,000 Mexicans over the last six years, the move by the PRI represents the total surrender of Mexico’s sovereignty back to the money and violence of Mexico’s two main drug cartels, the Sinaloa Federation and Los Zetas. Coupled with the Obama Administration’s “Dreamer” Executive Order curtailing deportations of illegal aliens, a hands-off policy on both sides of the border foreshadows a huge increase in “narco-trafficking” violence and corruption flooding into the United States.
via Testosterone Pit – Home – Mexico Dissolves Their FBI And Moves To Legalize Drugs.
Gila Monster News – From Lizard to Laboratory… and Beyond
While studying the effects of exendin-4 on the pancreas, Dr. Egan and her colleagues found that it also seemed to have beneficial effects on the brain. Specifically, GLP-1 stimulates the growth of neurites (developing neurons) in cell culture, and both GLP-1 and exendin-4 protect mature neurons against cell death. In fact, research increasingly suggests that there may be a link between some neurodegenerative disorders and metabolic dysfunction. The hope is that drugs, such as exendin-4, that enhance metabolic function may also be useful in the treatment of neurologic disease.
Building on these findings, Dr. Egan and others in the NIA Intramural Research Program have tested exendin-4 in cellular and mouse models of several neurodegenerative diseases. The results are promising. For example, using a mouse model of Huntington’s disease, they found that exendin-4 reduces the accumulation of the mutant huntingtin protein, which is implicated in the disease’s onset and progression. The treatment also improved motor function and extended the survival time of the Huntington’s disease mice.
In other studies, investigators found that exendin-4 significantly reduced levels of amyloid beta protein (a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease) and its precursor molecule in mice models of the disorder. It also proved beneficial in cellular and animal models of another neurodegenerative disorder, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
via National Institute on Aging | The Leader in Aging Research.
Ampyra (dalfampridine) – Seizure Risk for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
BACKGROUND: Ampyra was approved to improve walking in patients with MS. Seizures are a known side effect of Ampyra, and seizure risk increases with higher blood levels of the drug. Ampyra is eliminated from the body through the kidneys, and patients with kidney impairment may develop higher blood levels of the drug, thereby increasing their seizure risk.
Melanoma on Rise with Indoor Tanning
Overall, there was a 20% increased risk for melanoma with any indoor tanning (RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.34), according to Mathieu Boniol, PhD, of the International Prevention Research Institute in Lyon, France, and colleagues.
But the risk nearly doubled when sunbed use began before age 35 (RR 1.87, 95% CI 1.41 to 2.48), they reported online in BMJ.
Bad Sleep Tied to Cognitive Decline
Medical News: Bad Sleep Tied to Cognitive Decline – in Meeting Coverage, AAIC from MedPage Today.
Sleeping too little or too much, abnormal breathing during sleep, and excessive daytime sleepiness all were significantly associated with cognitive impairment — years later in some cases.
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