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High blood pressure linked to reduced Alzheimer's risk, meds may be reason

Written by | 14 Jul 2015

A new study suggests that people with a genetic predisposition to high blood pressure have a lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

BSH 2015: COSD and SACT Cancer Data: How do you perform/conform nationally? Robin Ireland, Kings College Hospital, London.

Written by | 3 Jun 2015

by Christine Clark: The National Cancer Information Network (NCIN) was established to drive change and improve cancer outcomes. Analyses show large variations in practices and outcomes some of… read more.

From soda bans to bike lanes: Which ‘natural experiments’ really reduce obesity?

Written by | 7 Apr 2015

Banning sodas from school vending machines, building walking paths and playgrounds, adding supermarkets to food deserts and requiring nutritional labels on restaurant menus: Such changes to the environments… read more.

EMA Highlights: EU launches central repository for drug safety reports

Written by | 9 Feb 2015

by Gary Finnegan: An electronic repository for periodic safety update reports (PSURs) and their assessment reports has been launched by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Bariatric surgery appears to significantly lower the risk of type 2 diabetes

Written by | 28 Nov 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Compared with standard care, bariatric surgery appears to lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by about 80% among obese persons, researchers reported on… read more.

Asthma and obesity, which came first?

Written by | 23 Oct 2014

Evidence suggests childhood obesity comes before asthma.  For years, doctors have known that there is a link between childhood obesity and asthma, but have found it difficult to… read more.

Gout increases diabetes risk, especially among women

Written by | 13 Oct 2014

by Bruce Sylvester: Gout is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers reported on Oct 2, 2014 in the British Medical Journal/BMJ. And the… read more.

Higher BMI associated with 10 common cancers

Written by | 24 Sep 2014

by Thomas R. Collins – After evaluating data on 5 million adults in the UK, researchers concluded that an increasing body mass index (BMI) raises the odds of… read more.

ESC Report 2014: LCZ696 could change heart failure treatment paradigm

Written by | 15 Sep 2014

Report from the European Society of Cardiology Annual Congress in Barcelona by Bruce Sylvester – Results from the PARADIGM-HF trial, presented at ESC 2014 on August 30,2014 and… read more.

WTC Report 2014: Should we set limits on an acceptable BMI for transplantation?

Written by | 12 Sep 2014

By William Bernal, King’s College Hospital, London, UK.  Body mass index (BMI; weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared) is an important measurement for assessing perioperative… read more.

WTC Report 2014: How far can we push the limit of donor age in DCD liver transplantation?

Written by | 11 Sep 2014

By Irene Scalera et al, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK.  Using livers from deceased donors over the age of 60 years could provide a means of expanding the… read more.

Obesity, large waist size risk factors for COPD

Written by | 22 Aug 2014

Obesity, especially excessive belly fat, is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) Excessive belly fat… read more.

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