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Obese Women on Birth Control Pills May Face Higher Risk of Rare Stroke
MONDAY, March 14, 2016 -- Obese women who take oral contraceptives may have a higher risk for a rare type of stroke, a new study suggests. Dutch researchers found that obese women on birth control pills were nearly 30 times more likely to develop...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news

Pediatric obesity: Causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment.
Authors: Xu S, Xue Y Abstract Pediatric or childhood obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among children and adolescents worldwide. Approximately 43 million individuals are obese, 21-24% children and adolescents are overweight, and 16-18% of individuals have abdominal obesity. The prevalence of obesity is highest among specific ethnic groups. Obesity increases the risk of heart diseases in children and adults. Childhood obesity predisposes the individual to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, liver and kidney diseases and causes reproductive dysfunction in adults. Obe...
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - February 4, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Exp Ther Med Source Type: research

Effects of obstructive sleep apnoea risk on postoperative respiratory complications: protocol for a hospital-based registry study
Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing, is associated with significant immediate and long-term morbidity, including fragmented sleep and impaired daytime functioning, as well as more severe consequences, such as hypertension, impaired cognitive function and reduced quality of life. Perioperatively, OSA occurs frequently as a consequence of pre-existing vulnerability, surgery and drug effects. The impact of OSA on postoperative respiratory complications (PRCs) needs to be better characterised. As OSA is associated with significant comorbidities, such as obesity, pulmo...
Source: BMJ Open - January 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Shin, C. H., Zaremba, S., Devine, S., Nikolov, M., Kurth, T., Eikermann, M. Tags: Open access, Anaesthesia, Epidemiology, Pharmacology and therapeutics, Respiratory medicine, Surgery Protocol Source Type: research

Body Mass Index, Left Ventricular Mass Index and Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Kidney Disease.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings showed that the combination of low BMI and high LVMI was associated with adverse cardiovascular events in patients with CKD stages 3-5. PMID: 26802763 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - January 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chen SC, Huang JC, Tsai YC, Chen LI, Su HM, Chang JM, Chen HC Tags: Am J Med Sci Source Type: research

Effect of obesity on functional outcomes at 6 months post-stroke among elderly Koreans: a prospective multicentre study
Conclusions This nationwide hospital-based cohort study showed that extreme obesity is a predictor of a good 6-month FIM, especially in patients with ischaemic stroke who are at least 65 years of age.
Source: BMJ Open - December 18, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Jang, S. Y., Shin, Y.-I., Kim, D. Y., Sohn, M. K., Lee, J., Lee, S.-G., Oh, G.-J., Lee, Y.-S., Joo, M. C., Han, E. Y., Chang, W. H., Kang, C., Kim, Y.-H. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology Research Source Type: research

World Report Profile: NIMHD—NIH's institute for minority health
For many Americans, health disparities are a fact of life—and death. Compared with white people, minorities are more likely to have and die from obesity, hypertension, heart attacks, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. On average, African-American people live 4 years less than do white people. The causes of these health disparities are a complex mixture of social and genetic factors, and they affect everything from the choices people make to how they interact with medical providers to how the system interacts with them.
Source: LANCET - November 6, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Carrie Arnold Tags: World Report Source Type: research

Contributions of maternal and paternal adiposity and smoking to adult offspring adiposity and cardiovascular risk: the Midspan Family Study
Conclusions There are modest genetic/epigenetic influences on the environmental factors behind adverse adiposity. Maternal smoking appears a specific hazard on obesity and metabolic syndrome. A possible epigenetic mechanism linking maternal smoking to obesity and metabolic syndrome in offspring is proposed. Individuals with family histories of obesity should be targeted from an early age to prevent obesity and complications.
Source: BMJ Open - November 2, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Han, T. S., Hart, C. L., Haig, C., Logue, J., Upton, M. N., Watt, G. C. M., Lean, M. E. J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Public health, Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Source Type: research

WITHDRAWN: Metformin monotherapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
CONCLUSIONS: Metformin may be the first therapeutic option in the diabetes mellitus type 2 with overweight or obesity, as it may prevent some vascular complications, and mortality. Metformin produces beneficial changes in glycaemia control, and moderated in weight, lipids, insulinaemia and diastolic blood pressure. Sulphonylureas, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, thiazolidinediones, meglitinides, insulin, and diet fail to show more benefit for glycaemia control, body weight, or lipids, than metformin. PMID: 26421423 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - September 30, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Saenz A, Fernandez-Esteban I, Mataix A, Ausejo Segura M, Roqué I Figuls M, Moher D Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

How to help patients make heart health changes: Q&A with Dr. Rakotz
Dietary and lifestyle changes are difficult to make. Once habits are formed, the effort that is required to change is often overwhelming for both patients and physicians. This week, Michael Rakotz, MD, director of chronic disease prevention with the AMA’s Improving Health Outcomes initiative, provides guidance from his own experience as a primary care physician on approaching heart healthy changes with patients. AMA Wire®: In our Twitter poll, the public thought 2:1 that exercise would benefit their heart health more than dietary changes. Why is that? Dr. Rakotz: It’s hard to know for sure why people voted this w...
Source: AMA Wire - September 29, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news

Leptin/adiponectin ratio predicts post‐stroke neurological outcome
ConclusionsHigher leptin/adiponectin ratio at day 1 predicted better neurological outcomes in patients with atherothrombotic AIS and might be potentially useful as a prognostic biomarker of the disease.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: European Journal of Clinical Investigation - September 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Federico Carbone, Fabienne Burger, Gloria Roversi, Carmine Tamborino, Ilaria Casetta, Silva Seraceni, Alessandro Trentini, Marina Padroni, Maria Bertolotto, Franco Dallegri, François Mach, Enrico Fainardi, Fabrizio Montecucco Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research

Body mass index in early and middle adult life: prospective associations with myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes over a 30-year period: the British Regional Heart Study
Conclusions Higher BMI at 21 years of age is associated with later diabetes incidence but not MI or stroke, while higher BMI in middle age is strongly associated with all outcomes. Early obesity prevention may reduce later type 2 diabetes risk, more than MI and stroke.
Source: BMJ Open - September 15, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Owen, C. G., Kapetanakis, V. V., Rudnicka, A. R., Wathern, A. K., Lennon, L., Papacosta, O., Cook, D. G., Wannamethee, S. G., Whincup, P. H. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine, Epidemiology, Public health, Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Source Type: research

Prevalence and determinants of excessive daytime sleepiness in hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study in Douala, Cameroon
Conclusions A significant proportion of hypertensive patients suffer from EDS and present a high risk of sleep apnoea. Preventive measures targeted on weight loss, type 2 diabetes and snoring should be considered among these patients.
Source: BMJ Open - July 29, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mbatchou Ngahane, B. H., Nganda, M. M., Dzudie, A., Luma, H., Kamdem, F., Ngote, H. R., Monkam, Y., Kuaban, C. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine, Respiratory medicine Research Source Type: research

The effect of blue-blocking intraocular lenses on circadian biological rhythm: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (CLOCK-IOL colour study)
Introduction Blue light information plays an important role in synchronising internal biological rhythm within the external environment. Circadian misalignment is associated with the increased risk of sleep disturbance, obesity, diabetes mellitus, depression, ischaemic heart disease, stroke and cancer. Meanwhile, blue light causes photochemical damage to the retina, and may be associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). At present, clear intraocular lenses (IOLs) and blue-blocking IOLs are both widely used for cataract surgery; there is currently a lack of randomised controlled trials to determine whether clear...
Source: BMJ Open - May 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Nishi, T., Saeki, K., Obayashi, K., Miyata, K., Tone, N., Tsujinaka, H., Yamashita, M., Masuda, N., Mizusawa, Y., Okamoto, M., Hasegawa, T., Maruoka, S., Ueda, T., Kojima, M., Matsuura, T., Kurumatani, N., Ogata, N. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Ophthalmology Protocol Source Type: research

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease in Women.
Abstract Coronary artery disease and stroke predominantly affect older women as opposed to younger women, but the risk factors that contribute to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk often start in young women. Young women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), with migraine, and who use oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) have short-term increases in thrombotic complications that can result in coronary events or stroke. Attention should be focused on risk reduction in women of all ages. Screening for and discussing diabetes, hypertension, obesity, smoking, migraine, PCOS, and pregnancy complication history and...
Source: The Medical Clinics of North America - April 7, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Gill SK Tags: Med Clin North Am Source Type: research

Overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: an estimation of costs
Conclusions The costs are substantial, and urgent public health action is required in Ireland to address the problem of increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity, which if left unchecked will lead to unsustainable cost escalation within the health service and unacceptable societal costs.
Source: BMJ Open - March 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dee, A., Callinan, A., Doherty, E., O'Neill, C., McVeigh, T., Sweeney, M. R., Staines, A., Kearns, K., Fitzgerald, S., Sharp, L., Kee, F., Hughes, J., Balanda, K., Perry, I. J. Tags: Open access, Epidemiology, Health economics Research Source Type: research