People who have diabetes diagnosed in midlife have a higher risk of cognitive decline over the following 20 years than people with normal glucose levels, a prospective US study has shown. Type 2 diabetes has previously been associated with dementia risk, but until now evidence of a link to cognitive decline has been limited. Researchers… Read More
A prospective cohort study of 39,577 people (59.6% women) recruited in Melbourne, Australia, during 1990-1994 used self-reported alcohol intake to calculate the association between alcohol consumption and mortality over a lifetime. Mortality was lower in those who kept within the recommended weekly limits compared with abstainers. For men, all cause mortality started to climb steeply… Read More
Research Paper Title Long-term Consequences of Alcohol Misuse in Scottish Military Veterans. Background Serving military personnel are more likely to drink heavily than civilians. The aim of our study was to examine whether veterans have an increased risk of alcoholic liver disease and alcohol-related death compared with non-veterans. Methods Retrospective cohort study of 57 000 veterans… Read More
Research Paper Title Visual Identification of Obesity by Healthcare Professionals: An Experimental Study of Trainee and Qualified GPs. Background Guidelines suggest that healthcare professionals should screen and offer help to overweight and obese patients to lose weight. Despite this. such discussions are uncommon in practice. One reason for doctors lack of intervention on weight could be that they fail to recognise… Read More
Apparently, people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) tend to lead increasingly sedentary lives as their condition progresses. In a Chilean trial patients with COPD who took part in a three month individualised programme to promote an increase in physical activity were randomised to a standard programme of encouragement alone or a pedometer based programme.… Read More
Research Paper Title Traditional Coronary Risk Factors in Healthy Turkish Military Personnel between 20 and 50 years old: Focus on High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. Background Previous studies presented the Turkish population as a typical example of nations with low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c). Nevertheless, some recent studies opposed this suggestion. The researchers aimed to… Read More
An article by Nigel Hawkes for the British Medical Journal (BMJ), published on 24 October 2014: “Hold meetings standing up,” urged Kevin Fenton of Public Health England at the launch of a new drive to make Britons more active. “Or hold them while taking a walk,” he added, claiming that this was already common practice… Read More
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