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Iodinate Contrast Media (ICM) increased risk hyperthyroidism
The use of Iodinated Contrast Media (ICM) in the radiographic to see the structure and condition of blood vessels and organs helped physicians in detecting possible pathologic of cancer, malignancy, and other abnormal conditions. However, some side effects of this therapy also needs to watch out for early prevention. While may causes life-threatening in patients with certain medical conditions, recent study also indicated if ICM may also lead to increased production of thyroid hormone due to hyperthyroidism development. Side effects of ICM to hyperthyroidism risk was discovered after researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston performed a nested case-control study of adult patients who were euthyroid at baseline and who were exposed to ICM from the Partners HealthCare research Patient Data Registry between January 1990 and June 2010. … Read entire article »
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Drug adverse effects from Anticoagulants and Diabetes meds causes almost hundred thousands of hospitalization
Several studies have shown adverse drug events of emergency hospitalization from several types of drug classified as insulins, warfarin, oral antiplatelet, and oral hypoglycemic agents both alone or in combination. However, most of … Read more »
Factors affecting the healing of an illness
Factors affecting the healing of diseases: 1. The accuracy of diagnosis. This is the main gate towards the right treatment. The accuracy of diagnosis influenced some of following: - Knowledge of one’s illness. The more familiar with … Read more »
Higher than average for death risk rate caused heart failure among people who live in ‘stroke belt’ region in US
The national average of death related to heart failure in the U.S. is about 18 per 100,000 people. However, for those who live in ‘stroke belt’ region such as Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, … Read more »
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Vaginal prolapse surgery treatment with laparoscopic sacral colpopexy (LSC) more effective than total vaginal mesh (TVM)
Vaginal vault prolapse or female genital prolapse is bulging of the top of the vagina into the lower vagina or outside the opening of the vagina. The condition usually occurs when the pelvic … Read more »
Pupillary light response after used neuromuscular blockade agents of succinylcholine or rocuronium
Recently, the researchers investigated whether Succinylcholine or Rocuronium (short-acting neuromuscular blocking agents) affected pupillary response or dilation of the pupil to the light, because theoretically this agents could impairs pupillary response. The researchers … Read more »
A new major depressive disorder treatment of Vilazodone (Viibryd) just approved by FDA
Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just approved Vilazodone hydrochloride tablets (marketed as Viibryd) from Clinical Data, Inc., for major depressive disorder treatment and medication. Vilazodone is a combination of selective … Read more »
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Early detection of stroke and dementia risks from parental history of early stroke
The researchers suggest the possible need for screening in middle-aged children of parents who have a history of early stroke (before the age of 65 years) due to the possibility of changes in brain structure and risk of cognitive dysfunction in these children for later life. This is because based on the results of community-based study of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) offspring which is involved 1297 participants were relatively young found that those who have a history of parental stroke associated with higher white matter hyperintensity volume at baseline, baseline performance of visuospatial memory, more likely in the highest quintile of increases in the volume of white matter hyperintesities, and worsening executive function, compared to … Read entire article »
Symbiotic improve bowel movement in patients with chronic constipation
Symbiotics or Eubiotics is a supplementation containing good bacteria (probiotic) and its food (prebiotic). The advantage of this type of supplement than probiotics or prebiotics alone is increasing survival of probiotics when entering digestive system to the intestine and finally improve the balance of intestinal microflora. There are various foods for probiotics. However, recent study from researchers at the Hospital Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Brazil, said that good bacteria of Lactobacillus paracase, L. rhamnosus, L. acidophilus, and Bifidobacterium lactis with their food of Fructo-Oligosaccharides showed significantly improved bowel movement of their patients with chronic constipation compared to placebo groups. From a study period (4 weeks), every 2 weeks of observation, the probiotics + food groups showed higher … Read entire article »
Continue use of Biphosphonate after an atypical index femur fracture increase fracture in the contralateral femur
Those with atypical index femur fracture should not continue use of biposphonate because recent study found that this could increase the risk of fracture in the contralateral femur. This caution reported at annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2012, after the researchers from Kaiser Permanente, California, examined Kaiser’s database involved 126 patients with atypical femur fracture in 2007, 2008, and 2009, which is more than 50% of them have been continued bisphosphonate therapy after the first atypical fracture. And because of this very moment there was an increase of continuing of bisphosphonate therapy after the first atypical fracture, the study authors suggested to stop it or it will give a great chance for the … Read entire article »
Hypertension remedies and its alternatives
Hypertension is a risk factor that plays important role in developing coronary heart disease. If uncontrolled, hypertension can cause complications to the brain causing stroke, affecting the kidneys and heart. The risk to the heart can reach over 70% for the swelling of the heart (left ventrical hyperthropy), narrowing of the coronary arteries (coronary artery disease), or combination of both. All those complication risks would increase the rate of cardivoscular death or heart failure. Drugs commonly prescribed for hypertension include diuretics, beta-blockers, alpha-blockers, vasodilators, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers. Despite its ability in lowering blood pressure with various mechanism from all type of those medications, use of these medications should be prescribed … Read entire article »
Causes of absence of menstrual period (Amenorrhea) in young woman
Amenorrhea is one of menstrual problems in young woman that characterized by the absence of menstrual period other than abnormal and excessive menstrual bleeding. Although this disorder can be caused by many factors such as drastically weight loss and less intake of calories but still vigorous in exercise resulting hypothalamic dysfunction or health problem in brain areas, side effect of oral contraceptives, or effects of severe bone loss, a new study shows if increasing prolactin levels (normal levels for woman and man are less than 500 mIU/L and 450 mIU/L) in the blood or known as Hyperprolactinemia (HP) aslo plays an important role in causing amenorrhea, especially secondary amenorrhea. This said by researchers from the Department … Read entire article »
Cure ringing ears or Tinnitus
Basically, the ringing ears or Tinnitus is not a serious problem because this disorder may disappear by itself. This is usually caused by an impact of hearing loud sound or noise, dirt in the ear, infections, or the presence of air pressure that strong enough to the ear. However, in some individuals, this disorder can be a constant and long lasting. In this case, it can reduce the quality of life and can even worsen the condition of being deaf if not treated. This condition is usually associated with nervous system of the ear and brain tissue associate with the ear, as well as blood vessels in those organs (ear and brain). In severe cases, some Otolaryngologists recommend … Read entire article »
Causes and cure for male pattern baldness
As previously announced the results of research done by researchers from King’s College London and GlaxoSmithKline, that even they have identified two genetic variants in Caucasians as well as chromosome 20 to increase the risk of male pattern baldness, but it remain difficult to find a cure for male pattern baldness due to this factor. DNA abnormalities that cause parents and children have pattern baldness is a difficult thing to overcome before knowing how this gene works. But, of many cases of hair loss and baldness in both men and women, in general, the role of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) that causes hair follicle to shrink and inhibit the nutrients needed by the hair is a common source of … Read entire article »
Woman is 5 times at the risk of developing thyroid disease
Thyroid diseases are the diseases that arise due to abnormality activities in the small gland in the neck, just below the Adam’s apple. These diseases were more found in women. The prevalence is 5-7 times than in men. Thyroid diseases including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and thyroid cancer. Until now, yet it can be concluded clearly the cause of this risk in women. One of the possible occurrence of these cases is hormonal factors. This disease seems related to an autoimmune reaction. In this condition, the body attacks the thyroid gland because it is considered as foreign cells that enter the body. This causes the cells in the thyroid gland is dead and can not produce thyroid hormones. While the problem of stress, is … Read entire article »
Drug adverse effects from Anticoagulants and Diabetes meds causes almost hundred thousands of hospitalization
Several studies have shown adverse drug events of emergency hospitalization from several types of drug classified as insulins, warfarin, oral antiplatelet, and oral hypoglycemic agents both alone or in combination. However, most of those studies established outside of the United States. By using national database to access the incidences of emergency hospitalizations due to adverse drug events, recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on November 24, 2011, said that most of anticoagulants and diabetes medications both alone or in-combination causes almost hundred thousand emergency hospitalization in adult and older patients. According to the findings (ref), 67% of an estimated 100,000 emergency hospitalization of senior each year caused by those medications and almost of half … Read entire article »
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