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Women with pregnancy-related diabetes may be at risk for chronic kidney disease

21.05.2018 Health Problems

Gestational diabetes may predispose women to early-stage kidney damage, a precursor to chronic kidney disease, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study appears in Diabetes Care. Gestational diabetes occurs only in pregnancy and results when the level of blood sugar is too high. The condition increases the risk for preterm […]

Polygenic scores to classify cancer risk

18.05.2018 Health Problems

Polygenic risk scores could be useful to stratify the risk of several cancers among patients in medical centers, allowing for the potential discovery of new associations between genes, disease and secondary effects, according to a University of Michigan study. Researchers at U-M’s School of Public Health conducted a phenome-wide association study in 28,260 unrelated, genotyped patients of recent European ancestry […]

Automated system better identifies patients at risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia

18.05.2018 Health Problems

An automated system for identifying patients at risk for complications associated with the use of mechanical ventilators provided significantly more accurate results than did traditional surveillance methods, which rely on manual recording and interpretation of individual patient data. In their paper published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team report that their system—using an […]

Rheumatoid Arthritis drugs taken during pregnancy may not be linked to large infection risk in child

17.05.2018 Health Problems

New research indicates that when pregnant women take certain rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drugs that may cause immunosuppression, their children do not have a marked excess risk of developing serious infections. The Arthritis & Rheumatology findings are potentially encouraging for women with RA who are or wish to become pregnant. In North America, infections are the leading cause of mortality in […]

Nodal metastasis risk up when cancer is directly on the lip

11.05.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—The risk of nodal metastasis is five-fold greater for skin cancer on the vermilion lip versus the cutaneous lip, according to a study published online May 2 in JAMA Dermatology. David M. Wang, from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and colleagues compared differences in risks of recurrence, metastasis, and death from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) on the vermilion […]

Gene study spots clues to heart risk for statin patients

08.05.2018 Health Problems

A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving a statin drug like Lipitor or Crestor to lower their blood cholesterol. The finding, published by the journal Circulation, helps explain why some patients experience a heart attack or the need for coronary revascularization to open blocked heart arteries while […]

Daily aspirin linked to higher risk in men

03.05.2018 Health Problems

Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who are not exposed to daily aspirin, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Women, however, do not have an increased risk in this large patient population. “Given the widespread use of aspirin and the potential clinical impact of the link to melanoma, patients and health […]

The DES saga: Death risk high for young women exposed in utero

03.05.2018 Health Problems

A letter from three University of Chicago researchers in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine updates a 47-year-old series of reports on the risks of exposure during pregnancy to a supplement, diethylstilbestrol (DES), that was once widely used but since 1971 has been linked to a rare cancer: clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix. In the May 3, […]

Get fit to cut your diabetes risk during pregnancy

28.04.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—If she’s fit, a woman is less likely to develop diabetes during pregnancy, a new study contends. Researchers who followed 1,300 U.S. women found that high levels of fitness before pregnancy were tied to a 21 percent lower risk of gestational diabetes. These findings show that women should think about getting into shape before conceiving, according to the University of […]

Asthma and hay fever linked to increased risk of psychiatric disorders

23.04.2018 Health Problems

Patients with asthma and hay fever have an increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders, finds a new study published in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. Almost 11% of patients with common allergic diseases developed a psychiatric disorder within a 15-year period, compared to only 6.7% of those without – a 1.66-fold increased risk. While previous studies have linked allergies with […]

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