Ovary removal elevates risk for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
...s have found that surgical removal of both ovaries doubles a woman's risk of developing Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism many years later in life. They also discovered that the younger a woman is at the time of the surgery, the higher her risk. "The risk is higher for women with both ovaries removed; ho...Some Alzheimer's patients can benefit from drug memantine
...ave Alzheimer's, and the prevalence of the disease doubles every five years after age 65, according to the National Institute on Aging. Vascular dementia is the second most common cause of dementia in western societies. In both types of dementia, there are no therapies proven to reverse the brain damage. Bec...Steiner symposium brings together leading diabetes experts
...in the pancreas as proinsulin, a single chain that doubles back on itself. After proinsulin is secreted, enzymes trim away the segment connecting the two chains to produce insulin. "Proinsulin was the first 'pro-hormone' to be discovered," said diabetes specialist Louis Philipson, M.D., Ph.D., professor of...Recent use of antibiotics doubles your chances of being resistant
...f antibiotics taken within the previous two months doubles the chances of patients carrying antibiotic resistant bacteria. The same effect was not seen in patients who had had antibiotics prescribed within the previous 12 months. While information from large data sets suggest that high levels of antibiotic u...Patients have increased hospitalization rate after gastric bypass surgery
...udy demonstrates that the rates of hospitalization doubles in the years after operation and that many of these admissions are directly attributable to this procedure," the researchers conclude....Study finds low birth weight rates vary widely across US
...Smoking or drinking during pregnancy approximately doubles the likelihood of low birth weight, as does a weight gain of less than 20 lbs. during pregnancy. Even after controlling for these established risk factors, the research team found that babies born in some regions of the U.S. were still more than 3 t...Sexually satisfied but feeling frumpy: It's body image, not 'the change'
...as they age. The percentage of body fat generally doubles by the time women reach age 50. Weight also tends to be redistributed so that breasts become larger, waists thicken and fat increases on their upper back. While it is natural for midlife women to change shape in these ways, the U.S. standard of att...Cannabis almost doubles risk of fatal crashes
Driving under the influence of cannabis almost doubles the risk of a fatal road crash, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. However its share in fatal crashes is significantly lower than those involving alcohol. The study took place in France and involved 10,748 drivers who were involved in f...Passive smoking almost doubles risk of degenerative eye disease
Passive smoking almost doubles the risk of the progressively degenerative eye disease, age related macular degeneration, shows research in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The macula lies at the centre of retina at the back of the eye. It's crucial for fine central vision, wh...Investigational boosted protease inhibitor, TMC114, works better with FUZEON
...osted protease inhibitor (PI), TMC114/r, more than doubles the proportion of patients reaching undetectable levels of the virus. This latest study provides further evidence that FUZEON now makes undetectable viral loads more achievable for patients failing on their current therapies, when used in combination...New UCSF study finds that obesity is a risk factor for kidney failure
...howed that being even moderately overweight nearly doubles the risk of developing the condition, which is a complete failure of the kidneys to process waste so that dialysis or transplantation become necessary. "If you are mildly overweight, not even frankly obese, you are roughly 90 percent more likely to ...Mysterious condition still more prevalent among Persian Gulf vets
...ther findings from the study include: Having CMI doubles the risk of developing metabolic syndrome, which is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes and cirrhosis of the liver. Veterans with CMI report much poorer quality of life, and poorer mental and physical functioning than...Brain scans may predict cognitive decline in normal people
...tes, and the proportion of people with the disease doubles every five years after the age of 65. "In the last two to five years, there has been a real explosion of knowledge about the molecular basis of Alzheimer's that may lead to effective drugs to cure or prevent the disease, and those drugs would likely ...A bulging midriff roughly doubles women's chances of gallstone surgery
A bulging midriff almost doubles a woman's chances of developing gallstones and the need for surgery to remove them, finds an extensive study published ahead of print in Gut. In the developed world, gallstone disease is the most common abdominal illness requiring admission to hospit...Dramatic changes in US aging highlighted in new census, NIH report
...eity, which will further expand as this population doubles in size over the next 25 years." The report was prepared by Dr. Velkoff and co-authors Wan He, Ph.D., Manisha Sengupta, Ph.D., and Kimberly A. DeBarros of the Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. The 243-page compendium examines in detail five k...Doctors in training improve skills via virtual patient
An electronic stethoscope that doubles as a virtual patient dramatically improved the accuracy of medical residents in identifying heart sounds, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology. Research has revealed an alarmingly low 21 percent accuracy rate am...Advice for overweight moms: Lose weight before getting pregnant a second time, SLU study finds
...ormal as possible. Weight gain between pregnancies doubles the risk of having a 'large for gestational age' baby." Dr. Blaskiewicz presented the research, which was conducted in conjunction with the Saint Louis University School of Public Health, at the May meeting of the American College of Obstetricians an...Clearing the air links between smoking and osteoporosis strengthened
...ers--typically, a 10% loss of bone mineral density doubles the risk of fracture. Their results explain why previous findings have been equivocal. In this case the researchers used a sophisticated computer assisted X-ray machine (CAT scanner) to get three-dimensional images of bone. These 3D images showed tha...Job loss late in career doubles chances of heart attack and stroke
Losing your job late in your career doubles your chances of a heart attack or stroke, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The researchers base their findings on participants in a nationally representative health and retirement survey in the U...Low literacy increases risk of death and misunderstanding of medical consent forms
Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. "From a public health standpoint, this has important im...