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308 Association of Diabetes and Frailty with Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Europeans
ConclusionFrailty and pre-frailty are independent risk factors for mortality in diabetics. The identification of frailty is important for the risk-stratification and management of middle aged and older patients with diabetes and should be included in the routine assessment of these high-risk individuals.
Source: Age and Ageing - September 16, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Interactions of Behavioral Changes in Smoking, High-risk Drinking, and Weight Gain in a Population of 7.2 Million in Korea.
Conclusions: These results obtained using a large-scale population-based database documented interactions among lifestyle factors over time. PMID: 31396377 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - August 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: J Prev Med Public Health Source Type: research

Long-Term Exposure to Transportation Noise in Relation to Development of Obesity —a Cohort Study
Conclusion: Our results link transportation noise exposure to development of obesity and suggest that combined exposure from different sources may be particularly harmful. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1910 Received: 17 March 2017 Revised: 5 October 2017 Accepted: 9 October 2017 Published: 20 November 2017 Address correspondence to A. Pyko, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Telephone: 46(0) 852487561. Email: Andrei.pyko@ki.se Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1910). The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing fina...
Source: EHP Research - November 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Lifestyle factors and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in UK Biobank: Implications for epidemiological research
Conclusions A variety of sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related characteristics are associated with PSA testing, suggesting that observed associations of some of these traits with risk for prostate cancer in epidemiological studies may be, at least partially, due to detection bias.
Source: Cancer Epidemiology - September 29, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Educational Levels and Risk of Suicide in Japan: The Japan Public Health Center Study (JPHC) Cohort I.
CONCLUSIONS: High educational levels were associated with a reduced risk of suicide for both Japanese men and women. PMID: 27064129 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Epidemiology - April 12, 2016 Category: Epidemiology Tags: J Epidemiol Source Type: research

Is there really a middle-class drinking 'epidemic' in over-50s?
Conclusion This study showed that higher-risk drinking was linked to a number of factors the researchers described as "middle-class", like higher educational attainment, being socially active and good ratings of health. Professor Jose Iparraguirre, author of the research, said in the Guardian: "Because this group is typically healthier than other parts of the older population, they might not realise that what they are doing is putting their health in danger". There are a few reasons to be cautious with these findings. The study produced a lot of results, so there is a risk some were chance findings. Thi...
Source: NHS News Feed - July 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Older people Food/diet Source Type: news

Comparison of Systemic Health Conditions between African American and Caucasian Complete Denture Patients
ConclusionsAmong selected completely edentulous denture patients at an urban dental school, two out of three patients had at least one SHC. This exploratory study suggests there may be health status differences between African American and Caucasian patients in this setting, calling for further study.
Source: Journal of Prosthodontics - January 13, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: Ewelina Szylkowska, Linda M. Kaste, Joseph Schreiner, Sara C. Gordon, Damian J. Lee Tags: Original Article Source Type: research