A new study from the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands identified eight trigger factors for the rupture of intracranial aneurysms. The case-crossover study, entitled Trigger Factors and Their Attributable Risk for Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms, was conducted by Read the rest of this entry »

Soy antigens have previously been associated with asthma in community outbreaks but little has been done to study the soy-processing workplace. A recent case control study in a Tennessee facility found that allergic sensitization to soy in factory workers was a common occurrence. Brett J. Green and fellow researchers reported their findings in the July 2011 issue of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, the journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Soy processing factory workers were five times more likely to display an Read the rest of this entry »

New findings have been released on the incidence of medication errors in the United States. According to a 2011 report using data from Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), there has been a significant increase in prescription drug-related adverse events.

The report, “Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008″ was published in April 2011 by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Authors Jennifer Lucado, Kathryn Paez, and Anne Elixhauser, reviewed existing data on hospitalizations and medication errors in 2008 and compared the statistics to Read the rest of this entry »

New medical materials about the interaction of nonsteriodal antiflammatories (NSAIDs) on antidepressant medications have been published in March of 2011 by Jennifer L. Warner-Schmidt, Kimberly E. Vanover, Emily Y. Chen, John J. Marshall, and Paul Greengard from the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York and Intra-Cellular Therapies, New York. The publication is entitled, “Antidepressant Effects of Read the rest of this entry »

Summary: In early 2006, about 26,000 gallons of regular unleaded gasoline leaked from a pressurized fuel line in a Baltimore County Exxon station. The leak went undetected for 37 days and contaminated area groundwater, potable water and private water supply wells. Hundreds of household wells were contaminated with MTBE and other Read the rest of this entry »

A new study was recently published in the Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine about the health risks associated with frequent business travel. Catherine A. Richards and Andrew G. Rundle from the Department of Epidemiology in the Mailman School of Public Health at New York’s Columbia University conducted the case-control study of 13,057 patients. This study is one of the first to look beyond infectious diseases and study the risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity, pulmonary embolism, and clinically measured levels of overall health. Read the rest of this entry »

This was based upon a study conducted by researchers primarily affiliated with Columbia University and New York University. University of Chicago affiliates also contributed to this study. The conclusion reached by this study, published in the British Medical Journal, stated “Exposure to arsenic in drinking water is adversely associated with mortality from heart disease, especially among smokers”. The main outcome assessed by this investigation was death resulting from cardiovascular disease. Read the rest of this entry »

Study finds increased risk of multiple sclerosis in individuals with low exposure to sunlight and infectious mononucleosis

A recent study conducted in England finds a link between the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) across England and exposures to ultraviolent B radiation (UVB) in sunlight and the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) that causes Infectious Mononucleosis (IM).

The report entitled “Relationship of UV exposure to prevalence of multiple sclerosis in England”, by Drs. Ramagopalan SV, Handel AE, Giovannoni G, Rutherford Siegel S, Ebers GC and Chaplin G., investigates a potential relationship between UVB radiation exposure and EVB infection in explaining what is termed the period prevalence of recurring exacerbations in Recurring/Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS). The study was conducted in Read the rest of this entry »

Researchers in Israel have found that eating carbohydrates at night rather than throughout the day may lead to higher rates of weight loss among dieters on low-calorie, high-carbohydrate diets.

The study, which was published in the April 2011 edition of the journal Obesity, evaluated 78 overweight Israeli police officers with body mass indexes (BMIs) of over 30. The study utilized a six month randomized clinical trial methodology. Each participant was assigned to either the experimental or the control group. The experimental group was given a low-calorie, high carbohydrate weight loss diet to follow in which carbohydrates were eaten mostly at Read the rest of this entry »

Fewer lower-income adults with diabetes are getting routine tests to prevent complications from diabetes, according to a news release in the March 30, 2011 edition of News and Numbers, published by the the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Complications from diabetes can include blindness, kidney failure, and amputation, and thus routine tests are critical for the health and well-being of patients with diabetes.
The study found that the percentage of lower-income adults with diabetes who were age 40 or over who had their blood sugar, eyes, and feet examined at least once a year dropped from 39 percent to Read the rest of this entry »