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Progression of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke multimorbidity in middle-aged women: A 20-year cohort study
ConclusionsStroke was associated with increased risk of progression to diabetes or heart disease. Social inequality, obesity, hypertension, physical inactivity, smoking, or having other chronic conditions were also significantly associated with increased odds of accumulating multimorbidity. Our findings highlight the importance of awareness of the role of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke multimorbidity among middle-aged women for clinicians and health-promotion agencies.
Source: PLoS Medicine - March 13, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Xiaolin Xu Source Type: research

WHO updates its essential medicines list, adds cancer and stroke drugs
The World Health Organization published an updated list of "essential medicines" on Tuesday, adding drugs for cancer, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease among the treatments that should be seen as the standard.
Source: Reuters: Health - July 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

An Embolic Stroke in a Patient With PROC p.Lys193del
We report a 58-year-old woman who suddenly developed brain infarction with weakness of the left lower extremity and left perioral dysesthesia during postoperative tamoxifen therapy for breast cancer and prednisolone therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Diffusion-weighted images detected multiple areas of hyperintensity in the posterior circulation system of the brain. Despite extensive examinations, we could not identify any embolic sources except hypoplasia of the right vertebral artery. We found decreased activity of protein C against its antigen level (activity: 59% versus antigen: 122%) with enhanced activity of coagulati...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 10, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Kana Ueki, Kuniyuki Nakamura, Yoshinobu Wakisaka, Shinichi Wada, Yoji Yoshikawa, Shinya Matsumoto, Taeko Hotta, Dongchong Kang, Takanari Kitazono, Tetsuro Ago Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Newly Developed Chronic Conditions and Changes in Health‐Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women
ConclusionThe more conditions a woman developed, the greater reduction in HRQoL she experienced. Declines in HRQoL in women with stroke, cancer, and some combinations exceeded MCID. Findings from this study might lead to more‐effective patient‐centered approaches to health care for women with multiple chronic conditions.
Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - October 27, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Juhua Luo, Michael Hendryx, Monika M. Safford, Robert Wallace, Rebecca Rossom, Charles Eaton, Shari Bassuk, Karen L. Margolis Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research

Diabetes-Multimorbidity Combinations and Disability Among Middle-aged and Older Adults
ConclusionsDepressive symptoms or stroke added onto other multimorbidity combinations may pose a substantial functional burden for middle-aged and older adults with diabetes.
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - February 27, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research

Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters. [time-...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news

The burden of co‐morbidity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United Kingdom 1999‐2012
Conclusions: People with SLE in the UK have a greater burden of co‐morbidity and are more likely to develop CVD, stroke, ESRF, cancer, osteoporosis and infection than people of the same age and gender. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Arthritis Care and Research - October 16, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Frances Rees, Michael Doherty, Matthew Grainge, Peter Lanyon, Graham Davenport, Weiya Zhang Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Burden of Comorbidity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the UK, 1999–2012
ConclusionPeople with SLE in the UK have a greater burden of comorbidity and are more likely to develop CVD, stroke, ESRF, cancer, osteoporosis, and infection than people of the same age and sex.
Source: Arthritis Care and Research - May 25, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Frances Rees, Michael Doherty, Matthew Grainge, Peter Lanyon, Graham Davenport, Weiya Zhang Tags: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Source Type: research

Lupus patients 'at higher risk of developing other health conditions'
People with lupus are at a greater risk of developing other health conditions than members of the general population.This is according to a new study conducted by the University of Nottingham and the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre at Keele University, which examined the frequency of comorbidities associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in the UK between 1999 and 2012.A broad UK study Published in the medical journal Arthritis Care & Research, the study drew upon data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, identifying cases of lupus and matching each one by age, gender and practice to four heal...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - May 26, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

Relationships between Chronic Diseases and Depression among Middle-aged and Elderly People in China: A Prospective Study from CHARLS
SummaryGiven the rapid increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases in aging populations, this prospective study including 17 707 adults aged ≥45 years from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study was used to estimate the associations between chronic disease, multimorbidity, and depression among middle-aged and elderly adults in China, and explore the mediating factors. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the 10-item Centre f or Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10) questionnaire. Twelve chronic physical conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, cancer, chronic lung disease, l...
Source: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology -- Medical Sciences -- - October 1, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: research

How To Avoid China ’ s Medicine Monopoly
I want to share a shocking statistic with you… Around 80% of all the pharmaceuticals sold in America — both prescription and over-the-counter — are manufactured in China. I’m talking about drugs for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, blood pressure and blood thinners, diuretics, aspirin, antibiotics, and a big chunk of the world’s insulin and diabetes drugs — just to name a few.1 We don’t even make penicillin anymore. The last penicillin plant in the U.S. closed its doors in 2004. Americans who rely on medicine are now almost entirely at the mercy of a country whose relations with the U.S. have become more ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 19, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Source Type: news

Pre-treatment clinical assessment in head and neck cancer: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines.
Authors: Robson A, Sturman J, Williamson P, Conboy P, Penney S, Wood H Abstract This is the official guideline endorsed by the specialty associations involved in the care of head and neck cancer patients in the UK. This paper provides recommendations on the pre-treatment clinical assessment of patients presenting with head and neck cancer. Recommendations • Comorbidity data should be collected as it is important in the analysis of survival, quality of life and functional outcomes after treatment as well as for comparing results of different treatment regimens and different centres. (R) • Patients with hypertens...
Source: Journal of Laryngology and Otology - November 15, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: J Laryngol Otol Source Type: research

Anti-inflammatory drug may help prevent heart attacks
Conclusion This well-conducted study shows promising signs that canakinumab may reduce the risk of future heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in people who've had them in the past. But before any changes are made to the current licensing of this drug, further research is needed to confirm the beneficial effects and the optimal dose. Most importantly, researchers will need to focus on the observation that the drug lowered white blood cell counts and increased the risk of fatal infection. They estimated around 1 in every 300 people taking canakinumab would die of a fatal infection. This number, while low, is sti...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news

Real-world impact of disease on functioning and activity: what is missed when using general instruments to estimate quality-adjusted life year
CONCLUSION: Differences in rankings of disease severity by metric indicate that the results of cost-utility analyses might be biased against treatments for certain diseases. As patient preferences for clinical outcomes vary, the full burden of disease should be considered in evaluations. Restricting access to treatments based on an incomplete estimate of burden could lead to misallocation of resources and a withholding of therapies that patients find valuable.PMID:34775901 | DOI:10.1080/03007995.2021.2006535
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - November 15, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Tingjian Yan Jesse D Ortendahl Eunice Chang Zac Wessler Amanda L Harmon Michael S Broder Source Type: research