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MRI scan that can predict stroke risk has 'promise to save lives'
Scientists at Oxford University develop non-invasive technique to measure amount of cholesterol in carotid plaquesA new type of MRI scan can predict the risk of having astroke, researchers have said in a study.The non-invasive technique, developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, predicts whether plaques in the carotid arteries are rich in cholesterol and therefore more likely to cause a stroke.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 23, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique Tags: Stroke Society Health UK news Medical research Science Source Type: news
Breastfeeding for a year reduces chances of heart attack
Researchers from Oxford University found that the longer a mother breastfeeds, the greater the cardiovascular health benefit appears to be. Breastfeeding cuts the risk of stroke and heart attack.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Risk of aspirin-related bleeding is higher in the over-75s
Conclusion
This valuable cohort study helps to quantify the extent of bleeding risk in people taking aspirin for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Aspirin is well known to carry bleeding risk – particularly in older adults – but this study suggests the risk may be higher than previously thought. The researchers say that for adults under the age of 75, the annual bleeding risk at around 1% is similar to that suggested by previous trials, as is the ratio of bleeds to the number of cardiovascular events. However, this risk increases for older adults, especially for major bleeds of the stomach and upper diges...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Older people Source Type: news
Statins side effects 'have been overstated', says study
Conclusion
This is a complex study that provides a plausible explanation for the difference in reports of adverse effects of statins in RCTs and observational studies, some of which have suggested as many as 1 in 5 people get side effects from statins.
However, we need to be aware of some limitations and unanswered questions:
When people knew they were taking statins, they were more likely to report muscle pain than those not taking statins. But they were less likely to report muscle pain than in the first phase of the study, when they didn't know whether they were taking statins or placebo. We don't know why this is.
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Source: NHS News Feed - May 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Statins side effects 'have been overstated,' says study
Conclusion
This is a complex study that provides a plausible explanation for the difference in reports of adverse effects of statins in RCTs and observational studies, some of which have suggested as many as 1 in 5 people get side effects from statins.
However, we need to be aware of some limitations and unanswered questions:
When people knew they were taking statins, they were more likely to report muscle pain than those not taking statins. But they were less likely to report muscle pain than in the first phase of the study, when they didn't know whether they were taking statins or placebo. We don't know why this is.
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Source: NHS News Feed - May 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Heart/lungs Source Type: news
More Americans being hospitalized for a hypertensive emergency, but fewer are dying
(Oxford University Press USA) A new article published in the American Journal of Hypertension finds a rising trend in hospitalization for hypertensive emergency with reduction in hospital mortality during the last decade. The presence of acute cardiorespiratory failure, chest pain, stroke, acute chest pain, and aortic dissection were most predictive of higher hospital mortality among other complications.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 20, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Organovo CEO Murphy steps away, Crouch steps up | Personnel Moves – April 14, 2017
Organovo (PINK:ONVO) said earlier this week that Taylor Crouch has been appointed as CEO, replacing Keith Murphy who is stepping away from the company. The changes are slated to go into effect on April 21.
Prior to being tapped for the corner office, Crouch operated as CEO of investigative clinical research company eStudySite, the San Diego, Calif.-based company said.
“I am extremely proud of the progress we have made in the last ten years achieving our vision for Organovo. Our 3D bioprinted human tissues are a disruptive and game-changing technology. Founding Organovo and guiding us to our leadership position...
Source: Mass Device - April 14, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice staff Tags: Business/Financial News Active Implants AdvaMed Alphatec Holdings Inc. Anika Therapeutics Inc. Apollo Endosurgery Aurora Spine Baxter Biocorp Biogen Idec Biolase Technology Inc Bioventus LLC Bonesupport Clal Biotech Delcath Sys Source Type: news
Daily diet of fresh fruit linked to lower diabetes risk
Conclusion
The study findings – that eating fresh fruit every day does not raise the risk of diabetes, and may reduce it – are reassuring and in line with dietary advice in the UK. It's also helpful to see evidence that people who already have diabetes are likely to benefit from fresh fruit as well, because there has not been much research into fruit-eating for people with diabetes.
However, it's a step too far to say that fresh fruit prevents diabetes or diabetes complications. Fresh fruit is just one part of a healthy diet, and diet is just one of the things that may affect someone's risk of getting diabetes. This ty...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Food/diet Source Type: news
Women ’s Health Policies Should Focus on NCDs
Professor Robyn Norton, co-founder and Principal Director of the George Institute for Global Health. Credit: Neena Bhandari/IPSBy Neena BhandariSYDNEY, Apr 11 2017 (IPS)Science and medicine were not subjects of dinnertime conversations in the Norton household in Christchurch, New Zealand, but Professor Robyn Norton grew up observing her parents’ commitment to equity and social justice in improving people’s lives. It left an indelible impression on her young mind.Her high school years coincided with the women’s movement reaching its peak. She got drawn into thinking about addressing women’s health issues and moved t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 11, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Neena Bhandari Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Women's Health Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Source Type: news
Book Reviews Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics ( 2nd edn ) Edited by Stephan Strobel , Lewis Spitz , Stephen D Marks CRC Press 2016 Price £63.99 . Pp 736 ISBN 9781482222791 Stroke Medicine ( 2nd edn ) Hugh Markus , Anthony Pereira , Geoffrey Cloud Oxford University Press 2017 Price £39.99 . Pp 596 ISBN 978 0 19873 788 9 Drug Dosing in Obesity. Volume I: Antimicrobials Edited by Syed Tabish R Zaidi , Jason A Roberts Springer 2016 Pri ce £82.00 . Pp 133 ISBN 978 3 319 44032 3.
Book Reviews Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics ( 2nd edn ) Edited by Stephan Strobel , Lewis Spitz , Stephen D Marks CRC Press 2016 Price £63.99 . Pp 736 ISBN 9781482222791 Stroke Medicine ( 2nd edn ) Hugh Markus , Anthony Pereira , Geoffrey Cloud Oxford University Press 2017 Price £39.99 . Pp 596 ISBN 978 0 19873 788 9 Drug Dosing in Obesity. Volume I: Antimicrobials Edited by Syed Tabish R Zaidi , Jason A Roberts Springer 2016 Price £82.00 . Pp 133 ISBN 978 3 319 44032 3.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 Apr 02;78(4):237
Authors: Goodyear H, Ngeh J, Panesar P
PMID: 28398897 [PubMed - in process]
Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - April 2, 2017 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Goodyear H, Ngeh J, Panesar P Tags: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Source Type: research
'Want to live longer? Try racquet sports', recommends study
Conclusion
The overall conclusion we can take from this study is that taking part in sport or fitness activities is linked to a lower chance of death in a given period.
It's encouraging to see that a wide range of popular activities, including swimming, aerobics and cycling, are likely to be beneficial.
But we should be wary about comparing the types of different sports against each other. They weren't directly compared in the study and there may be reasons why results for some activities, such as football and running, were found to be statistically non-significant (potentially down to chance).
Statistician Professor David...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Older people Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Statins are 'safe, effective and should be used more widely'
Conclusion
This study reviews evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies to better evaluate the effects and safety of statin therapy.
It provides valuable data on the size of the benefits compared with the risks, informing a topic that has had much media coverage in recent times.
The researchers highlight that the benefits of statin therapy for people at risk of cardiovascular disease events far outweigh any possible side effects.
But it is still for a doctor and their patient to come to a conclusion about what the best treatment for them may be.
If you have been prescribed a statin, it...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Medication Heart/lungs Source Type: news
Risk-benefit profile of statin therapy 'may be more positive than expected'
This study showed that providing an effective low-cost statin therapy to 10,000 patients for five years would prevent major cardiovascular events such as heart attacks, strokes and coronary artery bypasses in 1,000 people with preexisting vascular disease, as well as 500 people who are at increased risk but have not yet had a vascular event. By contrast, only 50 to 100 cases of symptomatic adverse events would be expected over the same period, as well as 50 to 100 new cases of diabetes, five cases of myopathy and between five and ten haemorrhagic strokes. Should statins be more widely used? Currently, about six million peo...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - September 8, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Irregular heartbeat may be tied to more than just stroke risk
(Reuters) – Atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat that’s already linked to an increased risk of stroke, may also be tied to higher risk of heart attack, heart failure, kidney disease and sudden death, according to a new research review.
“It was particularly noteworthy that the relative and absolute risk increase for heart failure was the highest among all outcomes examined, even higher than the risk of stroke, said lead author Ayodele Odutayo, a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford in the U.K.
In atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of the heart flutter or beat irregularly. Sometimes...
Source: Mass Device - September 8, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Cardiovascular American Heart Assn. Source Type: news
Book Reviews Managing the Older Adult Patient with HIV Edited by Giovanni Guaraldi , Julian Falutz , Chiara Mussi , Ana Rita Silva Springer 2016 Price £35.99 . Pp 227 ISBN 978 3 319 20130 6 Drugs in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ( 5th edn ) Edward Scarth and Susan Smith Oxford University Press 2016 Price £34.99 . Pp 448 ISBN 978 0 19876 881 4 Stroke Medicine: Case Studies from Queen Square Edited by SK Gill , MM Brown , F Robertson , N Losseff Springer 2015 Price £53.99 . Pp 270 ISBN 978 1 4471 6704 4.
PMID: 27640665 [PubMed - in process]
Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - September 1, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Post F, Gilbert-Kawai N, Dahdaleh S Tags: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Source Type: research
