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Herpes zoster as a risk factor for stroke and TIA: A retrospective cohort study in the UK
Conclusion: HZ is an independent risk factor for vascular disease in the UK population, particularly for stroke, TIA, and MI in subjects affected before the age of 40 years. In older subjects, better ascertainment of vascular risk factors and earlier intervention may explain the reduction in risk of stroke after the occurrence of HZ.
Source: Neurology - January 20, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Breuer, J., Pacou, M., Gauthier, A., Brown, M. M. Tags: Stroke in young adults, Viral infections, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Cohort studies, Risk factors in epidemiology ARTICLE Source Type: research

High salt levels in soluble drugs may raise heart risk
Conclusion This large case control study suggested that people who had experienced disease of the heart and blood vessels were more likely to have taken sodium-containing medicines than people without cardiovascular disease. Put in other words this can be interpreted that people who took sodium-containing medicines were at a higher risk of experiencing cardiovascular disease than people who took the same medications in formulations free of sodium. The increased risk appeared to be driven mostly by an increased risk of hypertension and to a lesser extent, non-fatal stroke. The study has some strengths including its large s...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medication Medical practice Source Type: news

ACE inhibitor use may be linked to kidney failure
Conclusion ACE inhibitors and ARAs are recognised as a potential risk factor for AKI in some patients. This particular study has tried to estimate the possible size of the problem, but its findings should be viewed with some caution. As the authors point out: some of the conditions these drugs are prescribed for are themselves a risk factor for AKI changes in hospital coding and better recognition of AKI could explain the rise in admissions an ageing population leads to both increased prescribing of these drugs and an increased risk for AKI increased use of these drugs may be a marker for increased use of other...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Heart/lungs Source Type: news

Ethnicity and stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation
Conclusions Despite a reduced prevalence of AF among South Asian patients, their risk of stroke is higher than for white patients or black African/Caribbean patients in association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. Under-prescription of anticoagulation persists in all ethnic groups, a deficit most pronounced in the elderly. Use of the CHA2DS2VASc score would enhance optimal management in primary care.
Source: Heart - July 5, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mathur, R., Pollara, E., Hull, S., Schofield, P., Ashworth, M., Robson, J. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Hypertension, Epidemiology Heart rhythm disorders Source Type: research

Older people who report loneliness have increased risk of mortality and functional decline
Commentary on: Perissinotto CM, Stijacic Cenzer I, Covinsky KE. Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death. Arch Intern Med 2012;172:1078–84. Implications for practice and research National screening recommendations are needed for loneliness. Assessments for loneliness should be a component of primary care for older adults. Interventions focused on the poorly adapted cognitive processes associated with loneliness warrant further study. Context Prevalence rates of loneliness have been reported to be as high as 17% in samples of older adults in the USA.1 Historically, scientists viewed lon...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - June 6, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Theeke, L. A. Tags: General practice / family medicine, Care of the older person, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Stroke, Hypertension, Screening (public health) Source Type: research

Republished: Mainstreaming HIV services for men who have sex with men: the role of general practitioners
Mainstreaming HIV services for men who have sex with men: The role of general practitioners General practitioners (GPs) and other primary care doctors around the world have a strong potential for providing quality HIV prevention, testing and treatment for men who have sex with men, as advocated by the recent WHO guideline.1 As the HIV epidemic becomes more focused on chronic disease care in many parts of the world, a number of primary care issues come to the forefront of clinical HIV service delivery. GPs have advantages in providing HIV services because of their position as trusted, community-based, long-term advocates fo...
Source: Postgraduate Medical Journal - March 12, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Wong, W. C. W., Kidd, M. R., Tucker, J. D. Tags: Liver disease, Sexual transmitted infections (viral), General practice / family medicine, Immunology (including allergy), Drugs: infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, Stroke, Hypertension, Communication, Ethics, Legal and forensic medicine Republished editoria Source Type: research

Characteristics and Future Cardiovascular Risk of Patients With Not‐At‐Goal Hypertension in General Practice in France: The AVANT'AGE Study
Although many studies focus on patients with resistant hypertension, general practitioners (GPs) are more likely to face patients in clinical practice with not‐at‐goal hypertension, whose antihypertensive treatment needs to be modified. However, information regarding such patients is limited. In the present study, 710 GPs in France each included their first 10 not‐at‐goal hypertensive patients, ie, the patients for whom they decided to modify antihypertensive treatment. The study population was composed of 7032 patients (58% men, mean age 62.4±11.5 years). Anthropometric and biologic measurements and clinical dat...
Source: The Journal of Clinical Hypertension - March 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yi Zhang, Hélène Lelong, Sandrine Kretz, Davide Agnoletti, Jean‐Jacques Mourad, Michel E. Safar, Jacques Blacher Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research

Lower incidence of recorded cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin aspart vs. those on human regular insulin: observational evidence from general practices
ConclusionUse of the rapid‐acting insulin analogue aspart was associated with a reduced incidence of macrovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes in general practices. It is important to confirm this finding in a randomized controlled trial.
Source: Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism - November 28, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Authors: W. Rathmann, K. Kostev Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research