Reuters Health News: 15 November 2008
November 16th, 2008 • Health, Reuters
- Low vitamin D linked with high blood pressure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a protein that provides an acquire measure of vitamin D in the blood, are independently associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, according to findings published in Hypertension. - Prevention clinics help control heart fatal
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In 1999, UK researchers reported that patients with coronary heart disease who attended nurse-led prevention clinics had reductions in death and heart disease events at one year. In 2003, the same team reported that patients who switched to the clinics later on had “caught up,” to the point where there were no longer differences between the two groups. - Aggressive bone care could prevent hip fractures
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If the US health care system “started to take osteoporosis seriously,” it could slash the number of Americans who suffer hip fractures by at least 25 percent, according to one of the authors of a new report on managing the brittle bone disease. - Foreigners benefit if Singapore changes organ law-paper
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Foreigners who donate their organs in Singapore may be compensated under planned changes to the country’s organ transplant law, a newspaper reported on Saturday. - Liver cancer patients have high diabetes prevalence
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a significantly higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) compared to the general population, according to findings from a case-control study conducted in Italy. - Experts urge more health care aid to states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A huge boost in federal aid to states for health care programs could help kick-start the moribund U.S. economy where consumer and business demand has fallen dramatically, a former senior Clinton administration aide told a congressional panel on Thursday. - U.S. menu labeling may be gaining steam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A nationwide system requiring fast-food chains to list calories on their menus could be gaining support in Congress as more states adopt the practice and the restaurant industry concedes change is on the way, a consumer, industry and health panel said on Friday. - Mouth bacteria give some wines, food a flavor boost
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain wines, fruits and vegetables pack a delayed but powerful flavor punch thanks to the bacteria living in our mouths, food chemists have demonstrated. - Cigarette smoking may worsen premenstrual woes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Here’s another reason not to smoke, if you’re a woman: PMS. - Togo says to distribute HIV/AIDS drugs at no cost
LOME (Reuters) - Togo will start distributing free of charge from November 17 the anti-retroviral drugs that extend the lives of HIV/AIDS patients, its government said Saturday.
