Persons with type 2 diabetes who had a diet high in low-glycemic foods such as nuts, beans and lentils had greater improvement in glycemic control and risk factors for coronary heart disease than persons on a diet with an emphasis on high-cereal fiber, according to a study in the December 17 issue of JAMA.
One dietary strategy aimed at improving both diabetes control and cardiovascular risk factors is the use of low-glycemic index diets, but there is disagreement over their effectiveness, according to background information in the article.
Team Solves Failed Vaccine Mystery
Research led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists has figured out why a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine used in 1966 to inoculate children against the infection instead caused severe respiratory disease and effectively stopped efforts to make a better one. The findings, published online on Dec. 14 in Nature Medicine, could restart work on effective killed-virus vaccines not only for RSV but other respiratory viruses, researchers say.
The effectiveness of colonscopy in identifying some colon cancers
Physicians should advise patients of colonscopy test limitations in identifying some colon cancers.
Colonoscopy, a key screening test for colon cancer, appears to be less effective in reducing patients’ risk of dying from cancers that originate on the right side of the colon. The groundbreaking research led by St. Michael’s Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES) was published today on the Annals of Internal Medicine website (www.annals.org) and will be printed in the January 6, 2009 issue.
TB Case Prompts Screening At University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, England
A healthcare worker from University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, has been diagnosed with multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). All patients who may have had contact with the infected healthcare worker have been identified. As a result of a thorough lookback exercise, 264 patients and staff were yesterday (Monday 8 December) sent a letter offering an appointment for screening as a routine precaution.
More female cardiologists, but still unrepresented
Number of female cardiologists nearly doubles, but under-representation and discrimination remain. Ten-year survey reveals progress and challenges amid increasing demand for cardiac care.
The number of female doctors in cardiology nearly doubled in the last decade, and male and female cardiologists both report a high level of job satisfaction, according to findings from a 10-year follow-up survey published in the December 16/23, 2008, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Heart, Stroke Death Rates Down
The age-adjusted death rates for coronary heart disease and stroke have each reached about a 30 percent reduction since 1999, according to the latest data in the American Heart Association’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2009 Update, published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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