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Message from the Minister of Health - National Non-Smoking Week January 17-23, 2016
Canada has made great strides in tobacco control, demonstrated by our country's all-time low smoking rate of 15 per cent. However, millions of Canadians continue to smoke, increasing their risk for developing cancer, heart disease, lung disease, stroke, or other complications. During National Non-Smoking Week, and throughout the year, the Government of Canada supports smokers in their efforts to quit smoking and live healthier lives.
Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - January 19, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Health Canada Source Type: news
Tipping the scales: Why preventing obesity makes economic sense
The report found that rising rates of obesity and overweight could lead to 700,000 new cancer cases in the UK, as well as millions of new cases of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke. This would cost the NHS an additional £2.5 billion a year by 2035 over and above what is already spent on obesity related disease. The report calls on the Government to introduce a 20p per litre tax on sugary drinks as well as a 9pm watershed ban on TV advertising of junk food as part of a comprehensive children's obesity strategy.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Government panel backs preventive statin use by adults 40 and over
(Reuters Health) - Aligning with heart health groups and other experts, a U.S. government-backed panel now suggests that adults as young as 40 without a previous heart attack or stroke may need to start on a low or moderate dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Only the overworked die young
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Billy Joel was on to something. As the singer-songwriter suggested in “Movin’ Out,” working too hard really can give you a “heart attack-ack-ack…” And, as a recent study has also shown, stroke may be an even bigger problem than heart attack in people who are overworked.
For the study, researchers from University College London compiled data on the relationship between working hours and heart attack risk in over 600,000 workers, as well as similar data on stroke risk in over 500,000 workers. They adjusted their data to compensate for individual workers’ differences due to healt...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - December 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Behavioral Health Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke Prevention Stress overworked Source Type: news
In The Marshall Islands, Traditional Agriculture And Healthy Eating Are A Climate Change Strategy
LAURA VILLAGE, Marshall Islands -- Holding in his hand a bunch of what he called mountain apples, Steve Lepton grinned like a kid with a new toy.
“Oh, it’s good,” he said. “Yesterday I didn’t find any fruit on this one. Wow, this is great. They’re getting red.”
The delicate little fruit is crunchy like an apple and sweet. It’s a popular snack in the Marshall Islands, Lepton told The WorldPost, but kids pickle it with salt and Kool-Aid, which defeats the purpose of eating fruit in the first place.
As the Global Climate and Health Alliance made clear with an announcement ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 12, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Clinical course of untreated cerebral cavernous malformations: a meta-analysis of individual patient data
Publication date: Available online 2 December 2015 Source:The Lancet Neurology Author(s): Margaret A Horne, Kelly D Flemming, I-Chang Su, Christian Stapf, Jin Pyeong Jeon, Da Li, Susanne S Maxwell, Philip White, Teresa J Christianson, Ronit Agid, Won-Sang Cho, Chang Wan Oh, Zhen Wu, Jun-Ting Zhang, Jeong Eun Kim, Karel ter Brugge, Robert Willinsky, Robert D Brown, Gordon D Murray, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman Background Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) can cause symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), but the estimated risks are imprecise and predictors remain uncertain. We aimed to obtain precis...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - December 3, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Antiplatelet therapies for secondary stroke prevention: an update on clinical and cost-effectiveness.
Authors: Rothlisberger JM, Ovbiagele B
Abstract
Stroke exacts a huge toll physically, mentally and economically. Antiplatelet therapy is the cornerstone of secondary stroke prevention, and proven drugs available to successfully realize this therapeutic strategy for the long term include aspirin, dipyridamole plus aspirin and clopidogrel. However, government agencies, corporations, health plans and patients desire more information about the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of these established therapies in real-world settings. This paper provides an update on evidence-based secondary stroke prevention with antiplate...
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - December 2, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: J Comp Eff Res Source Type: research
Neurologic Complications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
This article reviews the neurologic complications caused by HIV infection, associated comorbidities, or antiretroviral drugs that are commonly encountered by neurologists.
DISCLAIMER: This article was written by Dr Avindra Nath in his personal capacity. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the United States government.
Source: CONTINUUM - December 1, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research
NIH hosts BRAIN Initiative scientists
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) The NIH will host a meeting of BRAIN Initiative scientists from around the country and government officials from the NIH, the National Science Foundation, DARPA, IARPA, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It will be a unique opportunity to meet BRAIN Initiative scientists, learn about their promising results and discuss the future of the BRAIN Initiative.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Between Extremes: Health Effects of Heat and Cold
Nate Seltenrich covers science and the environment from Petaluma, CA. His work has appeared in High Country News, Sierra, Yale Environment 360, Earth Island Journal, and other regional and national publications.
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Citation: Seltenrich N. 2015. Between extremes: health effects of heat and cold. Environ Health Perspect 123:A275–A279; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.123-A275
Published: 1 November 2015
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Although heat waves and cold snaps pose major health risks and grab headlines when they occur, recent studies have uncovered a more complex and...
Source: EHP Research - November 2, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Featured Focus News November 2015 Source Type: research
Stroke Prevention Worldwide - What Could Make It Work
The global burden of stroke is of continual major importance for global health. The present report addresses some of the core principles that could make stroke prevention work. The prevention of stroke shares many common features with other non-communicable diseases (NCDs); stroke prevention should therefore be part of the joint actions on NCD led by the WHO and member states. Stroke prevention is an integral part of both the 2011 UN declaration on actions on NCDs and the UN Post-2015 Sustainable Developmental Goals. Stroke prevention requires an intersectoral approach, with important responsibilities on the part of govern...
Source: Neuroepidemiology - October 30, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research
Warning about middle-aged drinking and dementia
"Middle-aged people should curb their drinking to reduce their risk of developing dementia, new guidance suggests," reports the Daily Mirror. The new guidance highlights that people aged 40 to 64 who regularly drink alcohol have an increased risk of dementia. Who produced the guidance?The guidance was produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE is a government body that provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. What issues does the guidance look at?The guidance is based on the well-established principle that positive lifestyle changes tha...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet QA articles Older people Neurology Source Type: news
The Man Who Grew Eyes
The train line from mainland Kobe is a marvel of urban transportation. Opened in 1981, Japan’s first driverless, fully automated train pulls out of Sannomiya station, guided smoothly along elevated tracks that stand precariously over the bustling city streets below, across the bay to the Port Island. The island, and much of the city, was razed to the ground in the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 – which killed more than 5,000 people and destroyed more than 100,000 of Kobe’s buildings – and built anew in subsequent years. As the train proceeds, the landscape fills with skyscrapers. The Rokkō mounta...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
