Risk for Allergy Development Increased After Gastric Acid Inhibitor Use
Rates ratios increased with increasing age and were more prominent in women
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Month: July 2019
Estimated U.K. Incidence Rate of Lyme Disease 12.1 per 100,000
If increase continues, more than 8,000 cases expected in United Kingdom by end of 2019
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Moving House in First Trimester Linked to Worse Infant Outcomes
Residence change linked to low birth weight and preterm birth in all socioeconomic strata
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With Standard Care, BP Control Still Worse in Low-Income Areas
Outcomes worse for some adverse cardiovascular events for participants in lowest-income sites
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Preeclampsia History Increases Risk for End-Stage Kidney Disease
ESKD risk highest for women with preterm preeclampsia and/or preeclampsia in two pregnancies
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10.6 Percent of Seniors Estimated as Current Binge Drinkers
Prevalence of binge drinking higher for non-Hispanic African-Americans, tobacco users, cannabis users
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U-Shaped Association Found for Hemoglobin Level, Dementia Risk
Similar correlations seen with structural connectivity and white matter hyperintensity volume on brain MRI
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Biologic Tx for Psoriasis May Reduce Coronary Inflammation
Findings indicated by perivascular fat attenuation index, as measured by coronary CT angiography
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Hot Pavement Can Burn Feet in Seconds
More education needed to warn of burn risk from hot pavement, particularly as temps exceed 100
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Expensive Gilead, Novartis cancer therapies losing patients to experimental treatments
By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unusually high numbers of U.S. lymphoma patients...
Read MoreTestosterone improves sexual function in older women
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women who experience sexual dysfunction after menopause may feel more desire and pleasure when they use testosterone treatments, a recent study suggests. Researchers reviewed data from...
Read MoreUse of HIV prevention pill rising among men who have sex with men
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A growing proportion of American men who have sex with men know they can take a daily pill to avoid infection with HIV and more of them are using it, a U.S. study suggests. So-called HIV...
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Congress seeks briefing on potential threat to U.S. heparin supply
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce...
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Second Ebola case detected in eastern Congo’s main city
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – A second case of Ebola was detected on...
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Exclusive: Two powerful Canadian provinces argued against federal drug price crackdown
By Allison Martell and Allison Lampert TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canada’s two most...
Read MoreFourth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Tuesday they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the northeast, the fourth industrial farm hit by the...
Read More‘Presenteeism’ takes toll on menstruating women
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) – Women who push themselves to work or study despite menstrual symptoms like painful cramps may be less productive on those days and might benefit from being able to work from home or...
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Build thy Village
The month of July 2019 just breezed through. For those who started their internship/fellowship/new...
Read MoreSouth Africa resumes beef exports to China after foot and mouth outbreak
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa has resumed beef exports to China after an outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease (FMD) in January halted trade, officials said on Tuesday. The ban on exports of products...
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Changes in Radial Pulse During Menopause May Reflect CV Risk
Age and body mass index, but not menopause, have significant, independent effects on systolic BP
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