Comparing 8,758 Taiwanese hip fracture patients with 35,032 matched controls, researchers found hip fracture associated with a 29 percent higher risk of acute myocardial infarction over an average 3.2 years. The author suggests shared risk factors rather than one causing the other.
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Diabetes mellitus may boost pancreatic cancer risk
A retrospective cohort study in Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, using the UK General Practice Research Database, tied type 2 diabetes to an 80 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer. Incidence was 78.76 per 100,000 person-years in those patients against 11.46.
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UNITED STATES: AIDS Risk Higher for Gay, Bisexual Black Men: Called Segment of Population Most in Need of Prevention, Treatment Help
The Black AIDS Institute's report Back of the Line says black men who have sex with men account for one in four new HIV infections while making up one in 500 Americans, and that untreated, they are less likely than white MSM to be alive three years after diagnosis.
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Effective Strategies to Identify and Correct the Inflammation Caused by Mold Exposure
Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker traces his work on biotoxin illness to a 1996 Pfiesteria outbreak centered on Pocomoke, Maryland, where he treated sickened residents with no data or precedent to follow. He argues mold, dinoflagellate and spirochete illnesses share one thread: chronic inflammation.
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Pertussis Epidemic — Washington, 2012
Washington state declared a pertussis epidemic after cases reached 2,520 by June 16, 2012, or 37.5 per 100,000 residents, a 1,300% rise over the same period in 2011 and the most since 1942. Incidence also rose among vaccinated 13- and 14-year-olds, suggesting immunity wanes early.
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Pain is in Your Brain and How to Fix It
Mercola argues that pain outlasting a healed injury stems from sensitivities in the nervous system, so retraining the brain helps. He cites meditation quieting the somatosensory cortex, laughter releasing endorphins, and research finding an emotion-linked cortical region never shuts off.
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How you walk predicts your risk for Alzheimer's
Four studies at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference tied walking to cognition. Among 1,153 older Swiss participants, walking slowed as cognitive problems progressed and was slowest in those with Alzheimer's; researchers say gait changes may one day help spot decline earlier.
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Protect Your Baby from Group B Strep!
About 1 in 4 US women carry group B strep in the vagina or rectum with no symptoms and can pass it to a baby during labor. The piece urges a swab test at 35 to 37 weeks of every pregnancy, and notes that antibiotics, usually penicillin, are given by IV during labor to stop the spread.
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So Inherently Dangerous that Only Two Countries in the World Have Legalized This and the U.S. Is One of Them
Dr. Mercola argues direct-to-consumer drug advertising, legal in only two countries including the US, turns consumers into sales reps for drugmakers. He cites data that every $1,000 spent on drug ads produces 24 new patients and that advertised drugs are prescribed far more often.
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Understand your risk for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease
A review in Neurologia finds strong evidence tying Parkinson's risk to pesticide exposure, and Alzheimer's risk to pesticides, hypertension, midlife high cholesterol, smoking, head injury and depression. Weaker evidence implicates high iron intake, diabetes, obesity and heavy drinking.
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Food elimination diet identifies causes of difficulty swallowing and swelling of the throat (PR)
A Gastroenterology study found a six-food elimination diet significantly improved symptoms in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, and reintroducing the foods identified specific triggers. The authors call it an effective alternative to corticosteroids.
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Even If Your Doctor Diagnosed You - Odds are, You Never Really Had This Illness
Mercola notes a Cambodian girl's death from H5N1, one of 606 known human cases since 2003, and argues the recurring comparisons to the 1918 pandemic oversell a slim risk while selling vaccines and antiviral drugs.
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Nocturia may be sign for future coronary heart disease
Following 2,447 men for about 17 years, Mayo Clinic researchers found those under 60 who woke to urinate more than twice a night were 68 percent more likely to develop coronary heart disease, though adjustment cut that to a non-significant 36 percent.
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Big bras mean big risk for breast cancer
A 23andMe study in BMC Medical Genetics found three of seven genetic variants tied to breast size also correlate with breast cancer risk, which the writer takes as confirming that bra size hints at risk. He lists exercise, vitamin D, green vegetables and avoiding fried food as preventive steps.
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Cat parasite boosts your suicide risk - new study
A study of 45,000 Danish women in the Archives of General Psychiatry found those with the highest blood levels of Toxoplasma gondii were 90 percent more likely to attempt suicide, and infected women 53 percent more likely, over more than 10 years of follow-up.
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How Your Gut Flora Influences Your Health
A Nutrition in Clinical Practice study describes gut microbes as an intricate living fabric affecting body weight, energy and nutrition. Babies born vaginally and by caesarean start out with different bacterial communities, which researchers suspect may shape later susceptibility to pathogens.
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New Discovery May Safeguard Your Brain from Dementia
Dr. Mercola summarizes research suggesting that fasting, put at 500 to 800 calories a day, triggers hormonal and metabolic changes that may help prevent age-related brain shrinkage and lower growth factor, LDL and inflammation, with effects resembling those of exercise.
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What Biotech Company Blamed for Bee Collapse Just Bought Leading Bee Research Firm?
Monsanto has bought Beeologics, a firm whose main goal is controlling colony collapse disorder. Mercola argues the purchase taints any future findings on whether GM crops and their pesticides harm bees, and urges readers to back organic farmers and local markets.
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