Federal health officials are still trying to pinpoint the source of the salmonella-tainted tomatoes that sickened at least 167 people in 17 states since April and claimed the life of a Texas cancer patient. How can salmonella, a bacterium that normally lives inside animal intestines, get on your tomatoes? Read more…
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For women, especially, the brew could boost heart health, study finds.
Good news for coffee lovers: Drinking up to six cups a day of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee daily won’t shorten your life span, a new study shows.
In fact, coffee might even help the heart, especially for women, the researchers found.
“Our results suggest that long-term, regular coffee consumption does not increase the risk of death and probably has several beneficial effects on health,” said lead researcher Dr. Esther Lopez-Garcia, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Autonoma University in Madrid, Spain.
Her team published its findings in the June 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Lopez-Garcia stressed that the findings may only hold true only for healthy folk. “People with any disease or condition should ask their doctor about their risk, because caffeine still has an acute effect on short-term increase of blood pressure,” she said. Read more…
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And doctors need to be aware of the connection, study says
The relationship between diabetes and depression apparently cuts both ways: Not only are people with treated type 2 diabetes at a heightened risk for developing depression, individuals with depression are also at risk for developing diabetes.
The research revelation suggests that both doctors and patients need to be more aware of the dual risks.
“Doctors should have their sensitivity increased toward picking up on the potential for more of their diabetes patients and more of their depression patients having susceptibility to the other disorder,” said Dr. Stuart Weiss, assistant clinical professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine.
Type 2 diabetes and clinical depression tend to go hand in hand, the study authors said, although the question has been, which comes first? Read more…
According to Amanda Gardner
Glasses of wine, beer and spirits bigger than the standard, study finds
WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — If you sidle up to a bar and assume one drink an hour won’t make you legally drunk, think again. A new study finds that bartenders pack a lot more booze into common drinks than many people realize.
Researchers visited 80 bars and restaurants in Northern California last year and found that glasses of wine and spirits are often 50 percent larger than the “standard” size used in guidelines. That means people who follow recommendations about avoiding more than one drink an hour may be getting more booze than they bargained for, the study found.
“These things can creep up on someone without their being aware,” said study lead author William Kerr, a senior scientist at the Public Health Institute’s Alcohol Research Group. “There should be caution.” Read more…
According to Randy Dotinga
Problems in the heart’s tiniest arteries can pose challenges for diagnosing and treating chest pain.
The old adage “Out of sight, out of mind” captures a common response to a seemingly mysterious condition — frequent chest pain or other telltale signs of poor blood flow to the heart muscle with “clean” coronary arteries. People with this puzzling combination are often told they are “fine” in spite of symptoms every bit as real, and as debilitating, as those caused by a cholesterol-clogged coronary artery. Some struggle with the problem for years, doubted by their doctors, their symptoms chalked up to depression, anxiety, or even hypochondria. Read more…
