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Friday, June 15, 2012

Sleepness

  1. "obesity and depression are the two main culprits making us excessively sleepy while awake." (Science Daily 6/15/12)

Friday, June 8, 2012

Food Allergies

  1. "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

  1. "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

  1. Linked to internet porn (life Site 6/6/12)

Chocolate

  1. "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

  1. Risk factors (1/10/12)
    1. " 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)
  2. Treatment (1/10/12)
    1. 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)