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Could your 3D printer make you ill?
Commercially available desktop 3D printers emit potentially harmful nano-sized particles into indoor air, according to researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The researchers, who have published their work in the journal Atmospheric Environment, say inhaling a high amount of these particles has been associated with adverse health conditions, such as asthma and cardiorespiratory illnesses, and studies have linked elevated ultrafine particle (UFP) concentrations with increased hospital admissions for stroke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 25, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news

Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news

Effect of Comorbidities and Psychosocial Conditions on HRQOL After Lumbar Spinal Fusion
To investigate the association between comorbidities and its impact on HRQOL scores following spinal fusion surgery. The SF-36, ODI and rating scales (0 to 10) for back and leg pain were administered prospectively to patients who had lumbar spine fusion. Data on 12 medical (diabetes, heart disease, DVT/PVD, hypertension, cancer, kidney disease, asthma, autoimmune diseases, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and stroke) and 5 psychosocial conditions (depression, anxiety, obesity, smoking status, and worker's compensation status) were collected. A Generalized Linear Model was created to test the impact of these comorbidities on ...
Source: Annals of Epidemiology - August 20, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: N. Das, S.D. Glassman, M. Djurasovic, K.R. Bratcher, J.B. Nienhuis, L.Y. Carreon Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research

Fecal incontinence epidemiology and help seeking among older people in Taiwan
ConclusionSelf‐reported FI is a prevalent condition with various etiologies among older people in Taiwan. Understanding the epidemiology and comorbidity of FI, and investigating the factors associated with help seeking, is beneficial in devising and implementing prevention and management strategies. Neurourol. Urodynam. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Source: Neurourology and Urodynamics - September 1, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Shiow‐Shiun Horng, Yiing‐Jenq Chou, Nicole Huang, Yi‐Ting Fang, Pesus Chou Tags: Original Clinical Article Source Type: research

Developmental trajectories of body mass index throughout adulthood: evidence from the national population health survey
This study will apply group-based trajectory modeling to map adult body mass trajectories with an age axis spanning 18 to 64 years, based on the longitudinal data from Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey 1994 (n=17276). Group-based trajectory modeling is a powerful semi-parametric statistical approach that captures information about inter-individual differences within a large population. Risk factors (time-instable covariates) including gender and age cohort, and time-varying covariates such as diet, daily activities, education level, income, lifestyle (sleep, smoking, and alcohol), stress, and mental hea...
Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - September 7, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Wang, M. Tags: Poster presentations Source Type: research

Effects of Habitual Coffee Consumption on Cardiometabolic Disease, Cardiovascular Health, and All-Cause Mortality
Coffee, after water, is the most widely consumed beverage in the United States, and is the principal source of caffeine intake among adults. The biological effects of coffee may be substantial and are not limited to the actions of caffeine. Coffee is a complex beverage containing hundreds of biologically active compounds, and the health effects of chronic coffee intake are wide ranging. From a cardiovascular (CV) standpoint, coffee consumption may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension, as well as other conditions associated with CV risk such as obesity and depression; but it may adversely affect lipi...
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - September 9, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Proximity to airports raises risk of heart disease
Heart and circulatory disease risk from living near airportsRelated items from OnMedicaRoads’ impact on asthma underestimatedAir pollution linked to uncontrolled asthma, research showsAircraft noise increases blood pressureTraffic noise linked to stroke riskSlow walkers at increased risk of cardiovascular death
Source: OnMedica Latest News - October 9, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing
Conclusions: Tobacco use among older adults in Ghana was associated with older men living in rural locations, chronic ill-health and reduced life satisfaction. A high proportion of older adults have stopped using tobacco, demonstrating the possibilities for effective public health interventions. Health risk reduction strategies through targeted anti-smoking health campaigns, improvement in access to health and social protection (such as health insurance) will reduce health risks among older persons who use tobacco.
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - October 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alfred YawsonAkosua BaddooNana Hagan-SeneadzaBenedict Calys-TagoeSandra HewlettPhyllis Dako-GyekeGeorge MensahNadia MinicuciNirmala NaidooSomnath ChatterjiPaul KowalRichard Biritwum Source Type: research

Insomnia as a risk factor for ill health: results from the large population‐based prospective HUNT Study in Norway
Summary Insomnia co‐occurs with many health problems, but less is known about the prospective associations. The aim of the current study was to investigate if insomnia predicts cumulative incidence of mental and physical conditions. Prospective population‐based data from the two last Nord‐Trøndelag Health Studies (HUNT2 in 1995–97 and HUNT3 in 2006–08), comprising 24 715 people in the working population, were used to study insomnia as a risk factor for incidence of physical and mental conditions. Insomnia was defined according to the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM...
Source: Journal of Sleep Research - October 1, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Børge Sivertsen, Tea Lallukka, Paula Salo, Ståle Pallesen, Mari Hysing, Steinar Krokstad, Simon Øverland Tags: Regular Research Paper Source Type: research

Spreading the warmth.
Authors: Abstract Winter is here, therefore, this issue of Nursing Older People explores the subject of older people's health in cold weather. Older people are more susceptible than younger people to cold-related health problems such as heart attack and stroke, and breathing problems such as asthma, as well as hypothermia and falls. PMID: 24283304 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nursing Older People - November 30, 2013 Category: Nursing Tags: Nurs Older People Source Type: research

Desert dust and human health disorders.
Abstract Dust storms may originate in many of the world's drylands and have an effect not only on human health in the drylands themselves but also in downwind environments, including some major urban centres, such as Phoenix, Kano, Athens, Madrid, Dubai, Jedda, Tehran, Jaipur, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. In some parts of the world dust storms occur frequently throughout the year. They can transport particulate material, pollutants, and potential allergens over thousands of km from source. The main sources include the Sahara, central and eastern Asia, the Middle East, an...
Source: Environment International - November 22, 2013 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Goudie AS Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: Ten year experience at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
Conclusion: Significant numbers of PPCMP patients, who had severe LV dysfunction at presentation recovered their LV functions at six month follow up.
Source: BMC Research Notes - December 1, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Abid LaghariAamir KhanKhawar Kazmi Source Type: research

The angiopoietin:Tie 2 interaction: A potential target for future therapies in human vascular disease
Abstract: Angiopoietin-1 and -2 are endogenous ligands for the vascular endothelial receptor tyrosine kinase Tie2. Signalling by angiopoietin-1 promotes vascular endothelial cell survival and the sprouting and reorganisation of blood vessels, as well as inhibiting activation of the vascular endothelial barrier to reduce leakage and leucocyte migration into tissues. Angiopoietin-2 generally has an opposing action, and is released naturally at times of vascular growth and inflammation. There is a significant body of emerging evidence that promoting the actions of angiopoietin-1 through Tie2 is of benefit in pathologies of va...
Source: Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews - July 8, 2013 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Andrew Moss Source Type: research