- "obesity and depression are the two main culprits making us excessively sleepy while awake." (Science Daily 6/15/12)
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Sleepness
Friday, June 8, 2012
Food Allergies
- "kids in big cities are more than twice as likely to have peanut and shellfish allergies compared to rural communities." (Science Daily, 6/7/12)
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Bisexual
- "Bisexuals and students whose sexual orientation was in flux reported the heaviest drinking and most negative consequences from alcohol use, such as uncontrolled drinking and withdrawal symptoms," (Science Daily, 6/7/12)
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Cannibalism
- Linked to internet porn (life Site 6/6/12)
Chocolate
- "The blood pressure and cholesterol lowering effects of dark chocolate consumption are beneficial in the prevention of cardiovascular events in a population with metabolic syndrome. Daily dark chocolate consumption could be an effective cardiovascular preventive strategy in this population." (BMJ 2012;344:e3657, 6/6/12)
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Atrial Fibrillation
- Risk factors (1/10/12)
- " In multivariable-adjusted models, individuals in the lowest quartile of serum magnesium were ~50% more likely to develop AF (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.52; 95% confidence interval, 1.00–2.31; P=0.05) compared with those in the upper quartiles. " (Circulation.2013; 127: 33-38, 1/10/12)
- Treatment (1/10/12)
- After adjusting for covariates, we found that the effect of rhythm vs rate control drugs changed over time: after a small increase in mortality for patients treated with rhythm control in the 6 months following treatment initiation (hazard ratio [HR], 1.07; 95% CI, 1.01-1.14), the mortality was similar between the 2 groups until year 4 but decreased steadily in the rhythm control group after year 5 (HR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.81-0.96; and HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.62-0.95, after 5 and 8 years, respectively). ( Arch Intern Med. 2012;():1-8. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2266, 6/5/12)
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