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Diagnostic dilemmas in a patient with multivascular embolic stroke.
We describe a patient admitted to the intensive care unit with aphasia, which was due to an embolic ischaemic cerebral stroke associated with a previously unknown patent foramen ovale. Eventually, this finding during echocardiography led us to the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The thrombotic complications of pancreatic cancer, in combination with a large, patent foramen ovale, support the mechanism of a paradoxical embolism through the patent foramen ovale as the cause of cerebral ischaemic stroke. PMID: 26031637 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Netherlands Heart Journal - June 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Delsing CP, van Duijnhoven M, Arnoldussen C, le Noble J Tags: Neth Heart J Source Type: research

Smoking Rates Are Down, But A Different Type Of Tobacco Use Is On The Rise
First, the good news: Smoking rates are down significantly in 26 states. The bad news? The use of smokeless tobacco (also known as dip, snuff or chew) is up in four states, while using both cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is up significantly in five states. “Although overall cigarette smoking prevalence has declined significantly in recent years in many states, the overall use of smokeless tobacco and concurrent cigarette and smokeless tobacco has remained unchanged in most states and increased in some states,” summed up researchers for the Centers for Disease Control, which published the data in their weekly Morbid...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 22, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

The 'surprise' question may improve the accuracy of GPs in identifying death in patients with advanced stage IV solid-cell cancer
Commentary on: Moroni M, Zocchi D, Bolognesi D, et al.; on behalf of the SUQ-P group. The ‘surprise’ question in advanced cancer patients: a prospective study among general practitioners. Palliat Med 2014;28:,959–64. Context The ‘surprise’ question has been developed in order to improve the ability of clinicians to identify patients who are at risk of dying in the near future. The question, ‘Would I be surprised if this patient died in the next year?’ shifts the focus away from precise identification of dying patients to identifying patients who might be dying.1 This may enable mor...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - March 17, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Rhee, J., Clayton, J. M. Tags: EBM Prognosis, Pancreas and biliary tract, Palliative care, Epidemiologic studies, General practice / family medicine, Stroke, Prostate Source Type: research

Pulmonary Embolism and Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of Advanced Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Source: International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer - March 5, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

New Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Increased Stroke Risk New Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Increased Stroke Risk
A diagnosis of cancer -- particularly lung, pancreatic, or colorectal cancer -- is associated with an increased short-term risk for stroke, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - January 9, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Association between Incident Cancer and Subsequent Stroke
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Source: Annals of Neurology - December 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Babak B. Navi, Anne S. Reiner, Hooman Kamel, Costantino Iadecola, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Katherine S. Panageas, Lisa M. DeAngelis Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

UK 'among worst' for cancer linked to obesity
Conclusion This international study has shown alarming increases in cases of cancer that can be attributed to high BMI. Overall, they estimated that 3.6% of cancers in adults (aged over 30 years) worldwide are caused by high BMI, with the proportion attributed to obesity slightly higher in women than in men. In the UK, 4.4% of all cases of cancer per year in men and 8.2% of all cases of cancer per year in women, were estimated to be attributable to obesity. The research focused on cancers that the WCRF has already established are linked to high BMI. When looking at these cancers, the UK was joint second highest in the worl...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Obesity Source Type: news

Abstract A12: Cancer communication in African American churches
Conclusion: Cancer was a frequent topic for disease-focused messages in African-American churches. In addition, three of the five most frequent disease topics matched the leading causes of death in the African-American community. The match was not as close in regards to leading causes of cancer death. Breast and prostate cancer information was frequently found; however, despite the high rates of mortality associated with lung cancer, colorectal cancer, and leukemia/lymphoma, information on these cancers was present much less frequently. No pancreatic cancer messages were found. Disease related information was seen that inc...
Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Harmon, B. E., Chastain, E., Chock, M., Wirth, M., Hebert, J. R. Tags: Cancer Communications: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research

Risk of recurrent thromboembolic phenomena after ischemic stroke in patients with malignancy
In the 1860s, Trousseau first described the association between cancer and a hypercoagulable state.1 Ironically, he later diagnosed himself with phlebitis and predicted his own death from pancreatic cancer. Secretion of procoagulants by tumor cells, vascular damage secondary to immune response, and iatrogenic injury from chemotherapeutic agents, radiotherapy, and in-dwelling catheters, among other mechanisms, may contribute to hypercoagulability in the setting of cancer.2 This places oncology patients at high risk of cerebrovascular phenomena, which frequently leads to patients' initial diagnosis.3 Despite this well-define...
Source: Neurology - June 30, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Starke, R. M. Tags: EDITORIALS Source Type: research

Diabetes drugs may be linked to pancreatic cancer
Conclusion This article presents important concerns that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists and dipeptidylpeptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors could potentially increase the risk of inflammation and cancerous changes in the pancreas. The agencies that regulate medicines in Europe and the USA are aware of these issues, and told the BMJ that their analyses show increased reporting of pancreatic cancer among people taking these types of drugs. However, the agencies note that it has not been established whether these drugs directly cause the adverse effects seen in the pancreas. Both agencies are reviewing emerging eviden...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Diabetes QA articles Source Type: news

Fish in the diet: A review
Summary Fish plays a useful role in a healthy and balanced diet, and its consumption has long been associated with several health benefits. Fish provides a variety of nutrients, including protein and long‐chain omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n‐3 PUFAs), as well as micronutrients including selenium, iodine, potassium, vitamin D and B‐vitamins. Intakes of some of these micronutrients, including iodine and vitamin D, are low in some population groups in the UK, which makes fish a valuable contributor to intakes of these. The long‐chain n‐3 PUFA eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), pres...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - May 15, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: E. Weichselbaum, S. Coe, J. Buttriss, S. Stanner Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research

Adiponectin: a relevant player in obesity-related colorectal cancer?
Obesity is a condition characterised by an abnormally elevated mass of body fat. The past decades have seen a dramatic rise in the worldwide incidence of obesity due to lifestyle changes that have led to an overall reduced physical activity and an increase in the intake of excessive and/or highly caloric or processed foods. As a consequence, obesity represents nowadays a major global health concern. In particular, several epidemiological studies have linked obesity to a shortened lifespan due primarily to a higher risk for the development of chronic pathologies that include cardiovascular complications such as high blood p...
Source: Gut - February 28, 2013 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Cava, A. L. Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Summary: International Kidney Cancer Symposium
Conclusions:  Ideal ischemia time is 20-25 minutes or less improves short and long term renal function.  >25 minutes carried 5 year risk of new onset stage 4 CKD No differences on GFR for cold vs. warm ischemia times Preoperative GFR and the percent of kidney preserved was a better predictor of post op GFR.  No ischemia preserves renal function better than warm. Longer cold ischemia times were equivalent to shorter warm ischemia times. Quality and quantity of the remaining kidney is associated with ultimate renal function. Robotics in RCC Surgery Gennady Bratslavsky, MD The...
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - December 15, 2011 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news