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Assessment of public awareness on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Slovenia
ConclusionsPublic awareness and knowledge about COPD is low and COPD is not considered as relevant public health problem. Strategies to inform and educate Slovenian public about COPD are urgently needed.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 23, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Farkas, J., Lainscak, M. Tags: 1.6 General Practice and Primary Care Source Type: research

Does moderate boozing reduce heart failure risk?
Conclusion This study suggests drinking up to about 12 UK units a week is associated with a lower risk of heart failure in men compared with never drinking alcohol. There was a similar result for women, but the results were not as robust and did not rule out the possibility of there being no difference. The study benefits from its large size (more than 14,000 people) and the fact it collected its data prospectively over a long period of time. However, studying the impact of alcohol on outcomes is fraught with difficulty. These difficulties include people not being entirely sure what a "drink" or a "unit&q...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Food/diet Source Type: news

Does moderate drinking reduce heart failure risk?
Conclusion This study suggests drinking up to about 12 UK units a week is associated with a lower risk of heart failure in men compared with never drinking alcohol. There was a similar result for women, but the results were not as robust and did not rule out the possibility of there being no difference. The study benefits from its large size (more than 14,000 people) and the fact it collected its data prospectively over a long period of time. However, studying the impact of alcohol on outcomes is fraught with difficulty. These difficulties include people not being entirely sure what a "drink" or a "unit&q...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Food/diet Source Type: news

Associations Between Oral Health and Risk of Dementia in a 37‐Year Follow‐Up Study: The Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg
ConclusionIn most of the analyses, lower tooth count was not associated with dementia, although a significant association was found for one of the three examinations. Further research may benefit from more‐direct measures of dental and periodontal disease.
Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - January 17, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robert Stewart, Ulrika Stenman, Magnus Hakeberg, Catharina Hägglin, Deb Gustafson, Ingmar Skoog Tags: Brief Reports Source Type: research

NACCHO Provides Resources to Help Local Health Departments Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
NACCHO is providing local health departments with resources, publications, and webinars to educate the public on the importance of preventing heart attack and stroke in the United States.
Source: PHPartners.org - February 13, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Self-rated health and standard risk factors for myocardial infarction: a cohort study
Conclusions This study supports the use of self-rated health as a standard risk factor among others for myocardial infarction. It remains to demonstrate whether self-rated health adds predictive value for myocardial infarction in combined algorithms with standard risk factors.
Source: BMJ Open - February 13, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Waller, G., Janlert, U., Norberg, M., Lundqvist, R., Forssen, A. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine, Public health Research Source Type: research

Transfusion strategies in hematologic and nonhematologic disease.
Authors: Carson JL, Strair R Abstract Substantial progress has been made in our understanding of the risks and benefits of RBC transfusion through the performance of large clinical trials. More than 7000 patients have been enrolled in trials randomly allocating patients to higher transfusion thresholds (∼9-10 g/dL), referred to as liberal transfusion, or lower transfusion thresholds (∼7-8 g/dL), referred to as restrictive transfusion. The results of most of the trials suggest that a restrictive transfusion strategy is safe and, in some cases, superior to a liberal transfusion strategy. However, in patients with...
Source: Hematology ASH Education Program - February 20, 2015 Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program Source Type: research

Pharmacogenomics of antiplatelet drugs.
Authors: Sabatine MS, Mega JL Abstract Clopidogrel, a platelet P2Y12 inhibitor, is one of the most widely prescribed drugs in cardiovascular medicine because it reduces ischemic and thrombotic complications. It is a prodrug requiring biotransformation into the active metabolite by the hepatic cytochrome 450 system, especially the CYP2C19 enzyme. Candidate gene studies and genome-wide association studies have identified loss-of-function CYP2C19 variants to be associated with a diminished pharmacologic response. Specifically, compared with noncarriers, carriers of at least one copy of a loss-of-function CYP2C19 allel...
Source: Hematology ASH Education Program - February 20, 2015 Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program Source Type: research

Future prospects for contact factors as therapeutic targets.
Authors: Gailani D Abstract Anticoagulants currently used in clinical practice to treat or prevent thromboembolic disease are effective, but place patients at increased risk for serious bleeding because they interfere with plasma enzymes (thrombin and factor Xa) that are essential for hemostasis. In the past 10 years, work with genetically altered mice and studies in baboons and rabbits have demonstrated that the plasma contact proteases factor XI, factor XII, and prekallikrein contribute to the formation of occlusive thrombi despite having limited roles in hemostasis. In the case of factor XI, epidemiologic data f...
Source: Hematology ASH Education Program - February 20, 2015 Category: Hematology Tags: Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program Source Type: research

I Go Red for Mis Abuelas
By Chef Hamlet Garcia Five years ago I became a national volunteer spokesperson for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign. To this day, many people ask me why I support this cause and not others. The answer is that I carry this cause in my heart. I was raised under the guidance and care of two great women. They both had simple, strong personalities with a tempered focus in their actions. They were heads of families, paternal and maternal, and for me they became much more than that: They were teachers, friends and even confidantes. My "Nona" (grandmother) Alcira, the mother of my mother, certainly wa...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Association between C reactive protein level and depressive symptoms in an elderly Korean population: Korean Social Life, Health and Aging Project
Conclusions Our findings suggest that elevated CRP levels are independently associated with the presence of depressive symptoms in elderly Korean men.
Source: BMJ Open - February 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Song, B. M., Lee, J.-M., Choi, W., Youm, Y., Chu, S. H., Park, Y.-R., Kim, H. C. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Geriatric medicine, Public health Research Source Type: research

Ella’s story: Two rare diseases and the NICU roller coaster ride
“Everyone tells you that the NICU is a roller coaster ride. What they don’t tell you is that it’s a customized roller coaster ride just for you. You never know what’s coming at you next,” says Carrie Shea, whose daughter Ella spent her first three months of life in Boston Children’s Hospital NICU. Today, Ella is a “remarkably normal little girl,” says Carrie. It’s quite a feat for the three-year-old who was born with GACI (generalized arterial calcification of infancy), an extremely rare condition with an 85 percent mortality rate, and diagnosed with PKU (phenylketonuria), a second rare genetic disorder, ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - March 5, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Our patients’ stories Source Type: news

This Diet Could Cut Your Risk Of Alzheimer's By Up To 50 Percent
What if there was a preventative measure that could slash your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to half? Some nutritionists may have found it, in the form of a Mediterranean-based diet that's high in nutrients and low in sugar and unhealthy fats. The brain-healthy (and fittingly named) MIND diet -- which stands for "Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay" -- is effective even if it is not followed rigorously, according to a new study from Rush University. Researchers found that people who followed the diet closely had a 53 percent lower chance of developing Alzheimer's, and those who onl...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Risk of cardiovascular events and mortality among a population-based cohort of immigrants and long-term residents with diabetes: Are all immigrants healthier and if so, for how long?
Conclusion Immigrants with diabetes are at lower risk of cardiovascular events and mortality compared to long-term residents, an effect that persists more than 10 years after arrival. Not all immigrants demonstrate this health advantage.
Source: American Heart Journal - April 22, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research