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Work Wellness Programs May Soon Include Genetic Testing
Your employer may one day help determine if your genes are why your jeans have become too snug.
Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to help workers lose weight and improve their health before serious conditions like diabetes or heart disease develop. It's a step beyond the typical corporate wellness programs that many companies are using to make workers more aware of their risk factors and improve their health. Genetic testing in corporate wellness programs also is relatively uncharted territory. Many employers and insurers cover these tests and counseling for med...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 29, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Abstract 206: Aiming to Improve Stroke Care Continuity with Primary Care Follow-up Appointments Scheduled Prior to Hospital Discharge Session Title: Poster Session II
Conclusions: Hospital performance with scheduling primary care follow-up appointments improved significantly; however, only 1 in 4 patients had an appointment scheduled prior to discharge. Case study analysis of missed opportunities may help identify barriers and facilitators associated with access, availability, and awareness that can be addressed in future improvement cycles.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - April 29, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prvu Bettger, J., Burns, B., Lender, S., Nutter, D., On Behalf of the Ohio Coverdell Stroke Program Leadership, Participating Hosps and Partners Tags: Session Title: Poster Session II Source Type: research
Amyloid Beta Related Angiitis in the Setting of Anticoagulation (P2.256)
Conclusion: ABRA is a rare, but treatable cause of rapid cognitive decline. Early recognition of such a rare complication of CAA can improve outcomes through offering proper immunosuppressive treatment in a timely manner. The role of amyloid PET scan as a supportive diagnostic tool for CAA and ABRA is still to be defined.Disclosure: Dr. Costa has nothing to disclose. Dr. Albadareen has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sundararajan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Burns has received research support from Janssen, Wyeth, Pfizer, Danone, Baxter, and Lilly/Avid Radiopharmaceuticals.
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Costa, C., Albadareen, R., Sundararajan, J., Burns, J. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Genetics and Stroke Source Type: research
From mice to mind: Strategies and progress in translating neuroregeneration.
Abstract
Decisions about what experimental therapies are advanced to clinical trials are based almost exclusively on findings in preclinical animal studies. Over the past 30 years, animal models have forecast the success of hundreds of neuroprotective pharmacological therapies for stroke, Alzheimer׳s disease, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Yet almost without exception, all have failed. Rapid advances in stem cell technologies have raised new hopes that these neurological diseases may one day be treatable. Still, how can neuroregenerative therapies be translated into ...
Source: European Journal of Pharmacology - March 23, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Burns TC, Verfaillie CM Tags: Eur J Pharmacol Source Type: research
7 Ways to Permanently Banish Belly Fat
Sixty-nine percent of Americans adults are overweight, and over 35 percent are obese. Obesity increases your risk for numerous conditions including heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer.
Sadly, about 3.4 million adults die each year from being overweight or obese. Globally obesity now kills about the same as tobacco and all wars, terrorism and violence. Nearly all people who are overweight already have "pre-diabetes" and have significant risks of disease and death. They just don't know it.
When you begin to put on weight, especially lethal belly fat, your biology shifts out of balance, v...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acute ischaemic stroke and acute myocardial infarction occurring together in domestic low-voltage (220-240V) electrical injury: a rare complication - Verma GC, Jain G, Wahid A, Saurabh C, Sharma NK, Pathan AR, Ajmera D.
BACKGROUND: Myocardial Infarction and Ischaemic stroke are potential outcome after an electric shock though it is seen relatively rarely. CASE REPORT: Here, we report a man with myocardial infarction as well as Ischaemic stroke occurring together who suffe...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 14, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) compromise left ventricular function during ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Abstract
Increases in airborne particulate matter (PM) are linked to increased mortality from myocardial ischemia. PM contains environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) that form as halogenated hydrocarbons chemisorb to transition metal oxide-coated particles, and are capable of sustained redox cycling. We hypothesized that exposure to the EPFR DCB230 would increase cardiac vulnerability to subsequent myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (MI/R) injury. Rats were exposed to DCB230 or vehicle via nose-only inhalation (230μg max/day) over 30 min/day for 7 days. MI/R or sham MI/R (sham) was initiated 24 hours after...
Source: American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology - February 13, 2015 Category: Physiology Authors: Burn BR, Varner KJ Tags: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Source Type: research
Ebola Epidemic Takes a Toll on Sierra Leone's Surgeons
This article originally appeared here on ScientificAmerican.com.
Thaim Kamara is 60 years old and would like to retire this year. But he is one of only eight remaining surgeons in Sierra Leone, a west African country of about 6 million people. Kamara lost two friends to Ebola in 2014 -- Martin Salia and Thomas Rogers, fellow surgeons at Connaught Hospital in the capital, Freetown. In light of the dire circumstances, Kamara has postponed his plan to retire.
Although the rate of new Ebola infections in Sierra Leone, along with neighboring countries Guinea and Liberia, is finally falling, more than 800 health care personnel...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
4 Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mental Wellness
I previously wrote about the symptoms of depression and provided a guide to treat depression. However, many of the same behavioral activation techniques that are used in the treatment of depression can improve your mental wellness even if you do not suffer from depression. Changing your habits and daily routine to include activities that are known to improve mood, energy and physical and mental health is easy and can be very enjoyable. You do not need to buy anything, you do not need to take medication, and you can start feeling better today!
These are four easy things you can do to make yourself more mentally and physica...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Estimates of benefits and harms of prophylactic use of aspirin in the general population
Conclusions
Prophylactic aspirin use for a minimum of 5 years at doses between 75 and 325 mg/day appears to have favourable benefit–harm profile; longer use is likely to have greater benefits. Further research is needed to determine the optimum dose and duration of use, to identify individuals at increased risk of bleeding, and to test effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori screening–eradication before starting aspirin prophylaxis.
Source: Annals of Oncology - December 17, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Cuzick, J., Thorat, M. A., Bosetti, C., Brown, P. H., Burn, J., Cook, N. R., Ford, L. G., Jacobs, E. J., Jankowski, J. A., La Vecchia, C., Law, M., Meyskens, F., Rothwell, P. M., Senn, H. J., Umar, A. Tags: reviews Source Type: research
Albuminuria Is Independently Associated With Cardiac Remodeling, Abnormal Right and Left Ventricular Function, and Worse Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Conclusions In HFpEF, increased UACR is a prognostic marker and is associated with increased RV and left ventricular remodeling and longitudinal systolic dysfunction. (Classification of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction; NCT01030991)
Source: JACC: Heart Failure - December 2, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Title: Ritual Risk: Incense Use and Cardiovascular Mortality
This study is of particular significance given that cardiovascular disease is one of the most common chronic diseases in the population worldwide,” says Karin Yeatts, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has studied indoor air quality in the Middle East. In contrast with outdoor air pollution, incense exposure may be easier for an individual to avoid, but Yeatts says education will be needed to help people understand the risks of these exposures, similar to educational campaigns about cigarette smoking.
Limitations to the study include lack of information on the type of incense burned...
Source: EHP Research - December 1, 2014 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Featured News Science Selection Cardiovascular Health Combustion Emissions December 2014 Household Air Pollution Indoor Air Quality International Environmental Health Particulate Matter (PM) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Source Type: research
Scientists say having longer periods without food could be good for us
Dieting for two days may also help burn off dangerous fat that clogs up the liver and fuels heart disease, stroke, diabetes and perhaps even dementia, research has revealed.
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Brain-Computer Interface after Nervous System Injury
This article presents a state-of-the-art review of BCI technology used after nervous system injuries, specifically: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, stroke, and disorders of consciousness. Also presented is transcending, innovative research involving new treatment of neurological disorders.
Source: The Neuroscientist - November 11, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Burns, A., Adeli, H., Buford, J. A. Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
GemStar Power Supply, 3VDC for GemStar Infusion Pumps by Hospira: Class I Recall - Power Supply May Not Deliver Enough Electricity
Use of recalled devices may cause serious health risks, including delay in therapy, delivery of too much fluid, too high or too low blood pressure, slow or fast heart rhythm/beat, shock, trauma, 1st or 2nd degree burns, smoke inhalation, problems breathing, stroke, and death.
Source: FDA MedWatch - November 5, 2014 Category: American Health Source Type: news
