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POET-COPD study looks at controlling 'lung attacks' which can lead to increased ER visits

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause for hospital stays and emergency room visits across Canada and researchers say minimizing exacerbations or flare-ups of the disease can go a long way to reducing hospitalizations.

25 Mar 2011

$Falls history improves accuracy of fracture prediction models$

Falls history improves accuracy of fracture prediction models

Researchers from the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit in Southampton, UK, have presented a new study that shows how the inclusion of falls history, in addition to clinical risk factors (CRFs) and bone mineral density (BMD) values, would greatly improve the accuracy of fracture prediction models. The research findings were presented today at the European Congress on Osteoporosis & Osteoarthritis in Valencia, Spain.

25 Mar 2011

U.S. statewide bank crises study finds no major impact of depression on mortality

A study published today provides a new perspective on the Great Depression of the 1930s. A widely held view is that there were remarkable improvements in life expectancy of over five years.

25 Mar 2011

Researchers find high rates of multi-drug resistant pathogen among LA population

Researchers with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health have found high rates of the multi-drug resistant pathogen, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among the patient population in long-term acute care hospitals compared to general acute care hospitals across the county.

25 Mar 2011

Study finds risk of heart attack among patients with TIA

Patients who have suffered a "mini stroke" are at twice the risk of heart attack than the general population, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 Mar 2011

Study finds significant increase in MRSA infections during summer, autumn months

A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found a significant increase in the occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the summer and autumn months.

25 Mar 2011

Young adults with religious involvement more likely to become obese in middle-age

Could it be the potato salad? Young adults who frequently attend religious activities are 50 percent more likely to become obese by middle age as young adults with no religious involvement, according to new Northwestern Medicine research.

25 Mar 2011

Mercury in fish may not increase heart disease risk: Study

According to a new study Americans' level of exposure to mercury from sources such as fish is not associated with a higher risk of heart disease, stroke or other cardiovascular disease. This is in spite of the repeated proofs of neurological deficits in children and unborn babies due to mercury exposure.

24 Mar 2011

WHO report urges countries to step up fight against drug-resistant TB

A WHO report released Wednesday says countries with the highest drug-resistant tuberculosis burdens are making progress in addressing the disease, "but despite the recent scale up in efforts, the world needs to do much more to get care to all [multi-drug resistant] patients who need it," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said, Times LIVE reports.

24 Mar 2011

Restricting sodium consumption important in lowering blood pressure among sedentary people

The more physically active you are, the less your blood pressure rises in response to a high-salt diet, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism/Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011 Scientific Sessions.

24 Mar 2011

American Heart Association: 81.8% of obese women underestimate their weight

Overweight and obese mothers and their children think they weigh less than their actual weight, according to research reported at the American Heart Association's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism/Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011 Scientific Sessions.

24 Mar 2011

Individuals who smoke mentholated cigarettes do not develop lung cancer

Individuals who smoke mentholated cigarettes are no more likely to develop lung cancer or to die from the disease than smokers of non-mentholated cigarettes, according to a new study led by William Blot, Ph.D., professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues at VICC, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, and the International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, Md.

24 Mar 2011

New research can lead to better OA treatment

Arthritis researchers from North America and Europe will convene in Chicago this week to present new osteoarthritis research that could lead to better ways to detect, treat, prevent and cure osteoarthritis, which affects 27 million Americans.

24 Mar 2011

Sex and heart attack risk: Study

According to a study published March 23/30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, sexual intercourse can trigger dangerous cardiac events and sudden heart attacks. In the two hours after sex, the chances of having a heart attack are dramatically higher than normal, warned the study from two researchers associated with the Tufts University Medical Center in Boston.

23 Mar 2011

Obese teens have inflammation, insulin resistance, and high homocysteine levels despite feeling healthy

Obese teens may feel healthy, but blood tests show they have inflammation, insulin resistance, and high homocysteine levels, researchers report at the American Heart Association's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism/Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2011 Scientific Sessions.

23 Mar 2011

High-fiber diets during early adult years may reduce lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease

A new study from Northwestern Medicine shows a high-fiber diet could be a critical heart-healthy lifestyle change young and middle-aged adults can make.

23 Mar 2011

Researchers launch free online Atlas of TB vaccination policies around the world

Tuberculosis continues to pose a major global health threat. Someone in the world is newly infected with TB bacteria every second. Every year, more than 9 million people develop active TB and it claims about 2 million lives.

22 Mar 2011

New research: Trauma patients treated on weekends have greater chance of survival

Patients who've been hurt in car or bike crashes, been shot or stabbed, or suffered other injuries are more likely to live if they arrive at the hospital on the weekend than during the week, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published in the March 21 issue of Archives of Surgery.

22 Mar 2011

Research shows being obese for longer period may increase risk of mortality

Monash University researchers have found the number of years individuals live with obesity is directly associated with the risk of mortality.

22 Mar 2011

Girls with medical conditions causing short stature go undiagnosed

Primary care doctors are less likely to refer short girls than short boys for diagnostic testing that can reveal underlying medical reasons for their short stature, according to a new study of an urban pediatric population in Philadelphia. Girls with medical conditions causing their short stature may go undiagnosed, or may be diagnosed later than boys, limiting timely treatment.

21 Mar 2011

Epidemiology News and Research

POET-COPD study looks at controlling 'lung attacks' which can lead to increased ER visits

Falls history improves accuracy of fracture prediction models

U.S. statewide bank crises study finds no major impact of depression on mortality

Researchers find high rates of multi-drug resistant pathogen among LA population

Study finds risk of heart attack among patients with TIA

Study finds significant increase in MRSA infections during summer, autumn months

Young adults with religious involvement more likely to become obese in middle-age

Mercury in fish may not increase heart disease risk: Study

WHO report urges countries to step up fight against drug-resistant TB

Restricting sodium consumption important in lowering blood pressure among sedentary people

American Heart Association: 81.8% of obese women underestimate their weight

Individuals who smoke mentholated cigarettes do not develop lung cancer

New research can lead to better OA treatment

Sex and heart attack risk: Study

Obese teens have inflammation, insulin resistance, and high homocysteine levels despite feeling healthy

High-fiber diets during early adult years may reduce lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease

Researchers launch free online Atlas of TB vaccination policies around the world

New research: Trauma patients treated on weekends have greater chance of survival

Research shows being obese for longer period may increase risk of mortality

Girls with medical conditions causing short stature go undiagnosed

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