Health Medicine Posted August 31, 2013: GPs

Posted August 31, 2013:

• GPs Undertreat Women With Atrial Fibrillation


• Short-Term Smoking Cessation Reverses Endothelial Damage


• Smokers Who Survive to 70 Still Lose Four Years of Life


• STEMI Incidence Falls in Southern Switzerland After Smoking Ban Implemented


• Diabetic Stroke Risk After AMI Drops in 10 Year Period


• Impact of AF on Stroke Risk Eliminated With Multiple Risk Factors


• Mass Screening Identifies Untreated AF in 5% of 75-76 Year Olds


• CHADS2 Risk Score Assigns Over One-Third of Stroke Patients to Low or Intermediate Stroke Risk


• Statins Prevent Cataracts, Study Suggests


• High Dose Statins Prevents Dementia, Study Suggests


• Reimbursement Systems Influence Achievement of Cholesterol Targets


• Statins Reduce Cardiovascular Events in Coronary Artery Disease Patients With Very Low LDL Cholesterol Levels


• Microelectronics: Automating Cancer Detection


• Nanoparticles: Polymer Knots With Silicon Hearts

Posted August 30, 2013:

• Mosquitoes Smell You Better at Night


• Study Reveals the Face of Sleep Deprivation


• Brain Imaging Study Reveals the Wandering Mind Behind Insomnia


• Drug Design Success Propels Efforts to Fight HIV With a Combination of 2 FDA-Approved Drugs


• Exercising One Day a Week May Be Enough for Older Women


• Individualized Criteria for Diagnosing Obesity Urged


• Overweight and Obese Women Are Equally Capable of the Impulse Control That Lean Women Exhibit


• Increased Use Menthol Cigarette Found Among Young People


• Rheumatoid Arthritis: Biologics in Second-Line Therapy Show Benefit, Study Suggests


• Balancing Act: Cell Senescence, Aging Related to Epigenetic Changes


• Dueling Infections: Parasitic Worms Limit the Effects of Giardia, and Vice Versa


• Liver Cancer Due to Chronic Inflammation: Tumor Growth Follows Programmed Cell Death (Apoptosis)


• Botany and Health: Very Small Chemical Changes to Dietary Flavonoids Cause Very Large Effects on Human Immune System


• New Understanding of Formation of Cilia: Cilia Provide Mobility to Cells, and Defects Are Implicated in Many Disease


• A Novel Locus Identified for Glaucoma in Dandie Dinmont Terrier Dog Breed


• Promising New Angle for Drugs to Prevent Stroke and Heart Attack