By: PA, The Independent
Friday, 3 October 2008
Diabetes sufferers should not routinely take aspirin to prevent heart attacks, research today suggested.
It had been argued that routine use of the drug could help prevent the risk of suffering a heart attack.
But new research conducted by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that [...]
Archive for the ‘bmj’ Category
Diabetics’ use of aspirin questioned
Posted in Diabetes, Editor, HEART, RISKS, Science, Vascular disease, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, news on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Long term predictive values of cytology and human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening
Posted in INFECTIONS, RISKS, STD's, Science, Women's health, bmj, cancer, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Research; BMJ 13 October 2008.
By: Joakim Dillner, professor, Lund University, Medical Microbiology, University Hospital MAS, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden et al.
This joint analysis of studies across western Europe concludes that, for women with negative cytology and negative HPV testing, such combined screening every six years would be safe.
Sick leave linked to early death
Posted in Editor, HEART, HEART ATTACKS, Men's health, RISKS, Science, Women's health, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, mental health, news on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Laura May, PA, The Independent
Friday, 3 October 2008
Employees who take regular periods of long-term sick leave die earlier than their colleagues, a study by the British Medical Journal said today.
Researchers found that workers with more than one absence requiring a doctor’s note on their records were 66 per cent [...]
Cost of treating cancer: Because I’m worth it
Posted in Editor, Politics, RISKS, Science, bmj, cancer, chronic disease, health, life on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Source: BMJ, 17 September 2008.
Before Robert Mayer, a GP and family therapist, died earlier this year of pancreatic cancer, he wrote about the cost of treating cancer on the NHS and why patients should be allowed to co-pay for expensive drugs. Read his personal view, as well as extracts from a diary he kept [...]
Clinical Review: Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection
Posted in Clinical review, Editor, Gastric problems, INFECTIONS, RISKS, Science, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life, news on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clinical Review, by: L Fuccio, research fellow et al, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna.
BMJ, 15 September 2008
The prevalence of H pylori varies widely and is about 50% in international population studies. Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common human infections, and about half of the world’s population carries this organism. [...]
Management of postnatal depression, a clinical review
Posted in CHILDREN, Clinical review, RISKS, Women's health, bmj, diagnosis, health, mental health on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Charles Musters, specialist registrar in perinatal psychiatry, Elizabeth McDonald, consultant in perinatal psychiatry and Ian Jones, senior lecturer in perinatal psychiatry.
BMJ, 8 August 2008
Postnatal depression occurs after 13% of births.
The nature of the puerperal trigger is still unknown, but several psychological, social, and biological factors probably play a part. Genetic factors have been implicated
A [...]
Hypothyroidism in adults
Posted in Clinical review, Men's health, Women's health, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thyroxine structure
By: Bijay Vaidya, consultant endocrinologist and honorary senior clinical lecturer and Simon H S Pearce, professor of endocrinology and honorary consultant physician, Newcastle upon Tyne.
BMJ 28 July 2008
Hypothyroidism is one of the commonest chronic disorders in Western populations. In the United Kingdom, the annual incidence of primary hypothyroidism in women is 3.5 per [...]
Obesity does not limit benefits of knee replacement
Posted in Editor, Orthopaedics, Politics, RISKS, Science, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Roger Dobson
BMJ, Published 31 July 2008
Clinically obese people can benefit almost as much as anyone else from knee replacement surgery, research has shown (Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2008; doi 10.1136/ard.2008.093229).
The findings show that there is little justification for policies that deny this type of surgery to obese patients on the grounds of [...]
Guillain-Barré syndrome: a clinical review
Posted in Clinical review, INFECTIONS, RISKS, Science, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, 17 July 2008
By: John B Winer, consultant neurologist, University Hospital Birmingham, UK.
What are the clinical features?
All types of Guillain-Barré syndrome present with acute neuropathy, defined as: progressive onset of limb weakness that reaches its worst within four weeks.
Typically there are sensory symptoms but few sensory signs.
Reflexes are usually lost early in the illness.
The [...]
Cardiovascular evaluation, including resting and exercise ECG, before participation in competitive sports
Posted in HEART, Men's health, RISKS, Sport, Vascular disease, Women's health, bmj, diagnosis, health, life, news on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By: Francesco Sofi, clinical researcher, Andrea Capalbo, specialist in sports medicine et al, University of Florence, Italy.
BMJ, 3 July 2008
Participants: 30 065 (23 570 men) people seeking to obtain clinical eligibility for competitive sports.
Exercise ECG showed cardiac anomalies in 1227 athletes with normal findings on resting ECG. At the end of screening, 196 (0.6%) participants [...]
