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NEW YORK (RTRS): Combination treatment for type 2 diabetes using two classes of drugs - metformin and sulfonylureas - may increase the risk of hospitalization for cardiovascular disease and Mortality, according to a report in the current issue of ...

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HUNDREDS of loyalists of former Vice-President, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, from Esan Central Local Government Council of Edo State, yesterday, stormed the state House of Assembly and the High Court premises, protesting the judgment delivered by the ...

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Related Articles Mortality of geriatric and younger patients with schizophrenia in the community. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2008 Apr;38(2):143-51 Authors: Ran MS, Chan CL, Chen EY, Tang CP, Lin FR, Li L, Li SG, Mao WJ, Hu SH, Schwab G, Conwell Y Little is known about the differences in Mortality among non-institutionalized geriatric and younger patients with schizophrenia. In this study long-term Mortality and suicidal behavior of all the geriatric (age > or = 65 years), middle-age (age 41-64 years), and young (age 15-40 years) subjects with schizophrenia living in a Chinese rural community were compared. A 10 year follow-up investigation among a 1994 cohort (n = 510) of patients with schizophrenia was conducted in Xinjin County, Chengdu, China. Compared with young subjects, geriatric subjects with schizophrenia were more likely to be female, have more previous physical illness, never accepted treatment, and practice religious (p < or = 0.01). There were no significant differences of suicide attempts among the three groups. Young subjects had a higher rate of suicide (1,033.8 per 100,000 person-years), and geriatric subjects had a higher rate of deaths due to other causes (accident and natural causes) (4,314.2 per 100,000 person-years). Standardized Mortality ratios for both suicide and deaths due to other causes were highest in young subjects and the lowest in geriatric subjects. Patients with schizophrenia in all age groups had a ma ...

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Related Articles Small changes in snacking behaviour: the potential impact on CVD Mortality. Public Health Nutr. 2008 Aug 1;:1-6 Authors: Lloyd-Williams F, Mwatsama M, Ireland R, Capewell S OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential public health impact on CHD and stroke Mortality of replacing one 'unhealthy' snack with one 'healthy' snack per person, per day, across the UK population. METHODS: Nutritional information was obtained for different 'unhealthy' (such as crisps, chocolate bars, cakes and pastries) and 'healthy' snack products (such as fresh fruit, dried fruit, unsalted nuts or seeds). Expected changes in dietary intake were calculated. The mean change in total blood cholesterol levels was estimated using the Keys equation. The effect of changing cholesterol and salt levels on CHD deaths and on stroke deaths was calculated using the appropriate equations from the Law and He meta-analyses. The estimated reductions in cardiovascular deaths were then tested in a sensitivity analysis. RESULTS: Substituting one 'healthy' snack would reduce saturated fat intake by approximately 4.4 g per person per day, resulting in approximately 2400 fewer CHD deaths and 425 fewer stroke deaths per year. The associated 500 mg decrease in salt intake would result in approximately 1790 fewer CHD deaths and 1330 fewer stroke deaths. CONCLUSIONS: Simply replacing one unhealthy snack with one healthy snack per day might prevent approximately 6000 cardiovascul ...

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Related Articles Increased Mortality of ventilated patients with endotracheal Pseudomonas aeruginosa without clinical signs of infection. Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 1; Authors: Zhuo H, Yang K, Lynch SV, Dotson RH, Glidden DV, Singh G, Webb WR, Elicker BM, Garcia O, Brown R, Sawa Y, Misset B, Wiener-Kronish JP OBJECTIVE:: To investigate the frequency and outcomes of ventilated patients with newly acquired large burdens of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and to test the hypothesis that large quantities of bacteria are associated with adverse patient outcomes. DESIGN:: A prospective, single-center, observational, cohort study. SETTING:: Medical-Surgical intensive care units in a tertiary care university hospital. PATIENTS:: All adult patients requiring >/=48 hrs of mechanical ventilation and identified as having newly acquired P. aeruginosa in their lower respiratory tracts between October 2003 and April 2006. INTERVENTIONS:: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:: Daily surveillance cultures of endotracheal aspirates were performed on patients intubated >/=48 hrs; 69 patients with newly acquired P. aeruginosa were enrolled. Daily P. aeruginosa quantification of endotracheal aspirates was performed; clinical signs of infection were noted. Of 45 patients with high P. aeruginosa burdens (>/=1,000,000 colony-forming units/mL in endotracheal aspirates; >/=10,000 colony-forming units/mL in bronchoalveolar-lavage), 17 (37.8%) patients did not meet clinical cr ...

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Related Articles Quotations from anticipated coronary heart disease Mortality trends. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Aug 5;52(6):498 Authors: Stang A PMID: 18672175 [PubMed - in process] ...

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Related Articles Green tea catechins and broccoli reduce fat-induced Mortality in Drosophila melanogaster. J Nutr Biochem. 2008 Jun;19(6):376-83 Authors: Li YM, Chan HY, Yao XQ, Huang Y, Chen ZY Dietary fat accelerates the ageing process and causes a greater Mortality by accumulating lipid hydroperoxide (LPO) in Drosophila melanogaster. The present study found that the life span of D. melanogaster was shortened from 54 to 6 days in a dose-dependent manner when fat in diet increased from 0% to 25%. The results showed that supplementation of both green tea catechins (GTC) and broccoli extract (BE) reversed partially the fat-induced Mortality. The maximum life span was 44 days for the control group fed with a 5% fat, whereas it increased to 50 and 59 days in the GTC- and BE-supplemented groups, respectively. The 50% survival time for the control flies fed with a 5% fat diet was 30 days. In contrast, it increased to 32 and 48 days when GTC and BE were supplemented in the diet. This was consistent with a significant reduction in total body LPO level in D. melanogaster maintained on the GTC- and BE-supplemented diet. Accordingly, catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities increased significantly in the flies fed with a GTC or a BE diet compared with those fed with a control 5% fat diet. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis indicated that the increase in enzymatic activities of catalase and SOD was accompanied by up ...

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The slides in this series are based on data compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) from death certificates of US residents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for the years 1987-2005 (2005 being the latest year for which data are available). ...

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Researchers at the Woolcock Institute in Sydney have discovered that patients with severe sleep apnoea face a higher risk of death than those who don't. They say sleep apnoea can increase the Mortality risk by five times. ...

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CASCO BAY, Maine -- These are the summer days when the island is overrun with gifts. The raspberries are still ripe and the first of the blackberries have arrived bearing their sweet intimations of fall. ...

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An independent link between sleep apnea and Mortality has been discovered by a group of Australian researchers, suggesting the prevention and treatment of this condition should be a higher priority for government bodies working to improve community health. ...

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In order to help Indonesia improve its high human Mortality due to bird flu (H5N1 influenza), more effective diagnostic methods must be used and improved case management must be implemented to achieve faster treatment with antivirals, according to the authors of an article released on August 14, 2008 in The Lancet. Most of us are familiar with the flu, which seasonally affects many populations. ...

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These are the summer days when the island is overrun with gifts. The raspberries are still ripe, and the first of the blackberries have arrived bearing their sweet intimations of fall. ...

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A new study suggests that monitoring levels of a hormone called fibroblast growth factor 23 may provide information crucial to the treatment of patients with kidney failure. ...

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Sokoto town, the capital city of the historic Caliphate, pulled a quality group of 280 participants from 21 countries. The majority were religious and traditional leaders from all corners of Africa. The event was the conference organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the network of the Dakar-based Africa Islamic Organisation on Population and Development (AIOPD) and Abuja-based Nigeria Islamic Organisation on Population and Development (NIOPD). ...

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Babies in Fort Worth have been becoming healthier over the years, but Austin has more robust babies than Fort Worth or Dallas, according to a database of infant Mortality rates. ...

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By Monetta Harr | House-to-House is a new effort aimed at reducing Jackson County's infant Mortality rate, which is higher than both the state and national averages. ...

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“D stands for 'death-defying' in the vitamin stakes” is the headline in the Daily Mail . A study has found that “people with low vitamin D levels are at greater risk of dying from all causes”. Those with the lowest levels were found to be at a “26 per cent extra risk of death after nine years” compared with those with the highest levels, the newspaper says. It reports that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) does only recommends a specific daily dose of vitamin D in people who are elderly, pregnant, Asian, get little sun exposure and eat no meat or oily fish; these people are advised to take 10 micrograms daily. These results come from a large observational study in the US. Although the study was well conducted, because of the way it was designed, it is not certain that increase in deaths seen was due to vitamin D levels. In the absence of definitive research indicating that taking extra vitamin D can reduce risk of death, it is advisable to try and maintain vitamin D levels naturally through diet and sensible sun exposure, and if you do take supplements, to follow the advice of the FSA. Where did the story come from? Dr Michal Melamed and colleagues from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and Johns Hopkins University carried out this research. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. It was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal: Archives of Internal Medicine . What kind of scientific study ...