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A study presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 – which evaluated the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), early predictors of atherosclerosis and the 10-year Framingham risk score (FRS) – showed that NAFLD increases the risk of early atherosclerotic lesions independent of established cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-nafld-early-atherosclerotic-lesions.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:57:50 EST news286175389 Weight loss may prevent and significantly alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a progressive disease of the joints known as "wear and tear" arthritis, according to a literature review appearing in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-weight-loss-osteoarthritis-obese-patients.html Surgery Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:45:26 EST news281976321 Spending a lot of time watching television after breast cancer diagnosis is not linked to death in these breast cancer survivors. It appears that after accounting for self-reported physical activity levels after diagnosis, sedentary behavior was not an independent risk factor for death. These findings by Stephanie George, from the National Cancer Institute, and her colleagues, are published online in Springer's Journal of Cancer Survivorship. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-spent-television-death-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:01:52 EST news278859590 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer are two of the most important smoking-related diseases worldwide, with a huge combined mortality bur¬den. Many consider the presence of COPD itself to be an independent risk factor for lung cancer. Others argue that smoking contributes to both COPD and lung cancer. A recent study published in the January 2013 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology, concludes that COPD is not an independent risk factor for lung cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-copd-independent-factor-lung-cancer.html Cancer Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:25:39 EST news274807533 A survey of women undergoing routine screening mammography found that many of them would be interested in pursuing additional screening tests if notified they had dense breast tissue, despite the possibility of false positives, invasive procedures, and out-of-pocket costs, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-women-dense-breasts-additional-screening.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:08 EST news273174661 (HealthDay)—Greater use of antibiotics is the main reason for an increase in the number and severity of Clostridium difficile infections among hospitalized children and elderly people, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-antibiotic-tied-diarrheal-infections-hospitals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:40:02 EST news270144907 Curbs on children's daily screen time and delaying the age at which they start "the world's favorite pastime" are urgently needed to stave off the risk of serious health and developmental problems, argues a leading psychologist and child health expert in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-curb-kids-screen-stave-major.html Health Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:06:56 EST news268999609 Postoperative complications are the most significant independent risk factor leading to 30-day hospital readmissions among general surgery patients, according to a new exploratory study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-surgeons-postoperative-complications-posing-strongest.html Surgery Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:00:01 EST news265309052 (HealthDay) -- High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy, but not retinopathy, in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research published online Aug. 13 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hdl-cholesterol-ups-diabetic-nephropathy.html Diabetes Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:20:01 EST news264871069 Two recent studies in the July issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) looked at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia, the technical term for high blood glucose, or high blood sugar. According to the first study "Relationship of Hyperglycemia and Surgical-Site Infection in Orthopaedic Surgery," high blood sugar is a concern during the post-traumatic and post-operative period and it may help to preoperatively identify a population of patients with musculoskeletal injuries who are at significant risk for infectious complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-high-blood-sugar-obesity-surgical.html Surgery Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:56:21 EST news262454173 For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition present in about one in four recipients is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft's later failure, suggesting that clinicians should weigh whether transplant is advisable when the condition is present, according to UC Davis research presented today at the 24th International Congress of the Transplantation Society in Berlin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-blood-condition-highly-graft-failure.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:53:18 EST news261892003 Delivering a high-birth-weight infant more than doubles a woman's breast cancer risk, according to research from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The researchers suggest that having a large infant is associated with a hormonal environment during pregnancy that favors future breast cancer development and progression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-mothers-birth-large-infants-breast.html Cancer Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:00:10 EST news261757473 Your parents must have told you a thousand times - don't eat so fast, slow down! Now it appears that scientific research is backing them up. At the recent joint International Congress of Endocrinology and European Congress of Endocrinology in Florence, Italy, a research team from Lithuania presented their research showing that people who eat their food quickly are 2.5 times more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes than those who take their time during meals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-slowly-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:00:01 EST news259821087 Researchers in New Jersey are encouraging primary care physicians to screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with Type 2 diabetes. They found that in a small sample of clinic patients, the risk for sleep apnea was high among diabetics compared with non-diabetics, and that sleep apnea appeared to be associated with carbohydrate craving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-apnea-linked-carbohydrate-craving-diabetics.html Sleep apnea Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:18:48 EST news258779922 (HealthDay) -- A "spare tire" around the midsection raises the odds of sudden cardiac death in obese people, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-pot-belly-boosts-sudden-cardiac.html Health Thu, 10 May 2012 04:53:44 EST news255844407 In a study published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, led by Mr. Sven Sandin, of the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and King's College London, researchers analyzed past studies to investigate possible associations between maternal age and autism. While much research has been done to identify potential genetic causes of autism, this analysis suggests that non-heritable and environmental factors may also play a role in children's risk for autism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-higher-maternal-age-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:13:19 EST news254653988 A number of studies have shown that excess insulin circulating in the bloodstream is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, a new study from Joslin Diabetes Center finds that this condition, called hyperinsulinemia, is itself not a cause of atherosclerosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-excess-insulin-atherosclerosis.html Cardiology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:04:06 EST news252072234 (HealthDay) -- Smoking is an independent risk factor for psoriasis, with particularly strong associations for heavy smokers and those who have smoked for many years, according to research published in the March 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-independent-factor-psoriasis.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:40:01 EST news250350360 The majority of institutionalized elderly female patients are vitamin D deficient and there is an inverse association of vitamin D deficiency and mortality, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-higher.html Health Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:12:15 EST news250243929 Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function were common and long-lasting during the first two years following acute lung injury (ALI), according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Depressive symptoms were an independent risk factor for impaired physical function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-depressive-symptoms-impaired-physical-function.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:50:51 EST news242621389 Young female athletes who have stopped menstruating have a weakening in the quality of their bone structure that may predispose them to breaking a bone, despite getting plenty of weight-bearing exercise, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-athletic-girls-impaired-bone-menstrual.html Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:43:48 EST news226572217 Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Studying the genetic make-up of different varieties of lipids (fatty molecules) in the blood plasma of an individual can lead to a better and earlier prediction of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart disease, two researchers will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday 30 May). In the first study, Dr. Joanne Curran from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, USA, will tell the conference that lipidomic profiling will become a more reliable early indicator of individuals likely to develop diabetes than the more commonly used predictors such as blood glucose and insulin levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-advances-lipid-genetics-major-diseases.html Genetics Mon, 30 May 2011 03:34:05 EST news225945235 Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and an Indiana University Center for Aging Research affiliated scientist, has received a $110,000 grant from the American Heart Association to explore whether treatment of depression before one experiences a heart attack can reduce the likelihood of future heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-iupui-early-treatment-depression-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 24 May 2011 11:57:21 EST news225457027