Feb 11, 2021
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) Among older adults, the incidence rate of stroke decreased from 2005 to 2018, while stroke mortality decreased for younger and older adults, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in
Neurology.
Nils Skajaa, from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues examined incidence rates and mortality risks for patients aged 18 to 49 years (younger adults) and aged 50 years or older (older adults) with a first-time ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, or subarachnoid hemorrhage using the Danish Stroke Registry and Danish National Patient Registry for 2005 to 2018.
A total of 8,680 younger adults and 105,240 older adults were identified with ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage. The researchers found that in younger adults, the incidence rate of ischemic stroke (per 100,000 person-years) remained steady (ischemic stroke: 20.8 in 2005 and 21.9 in 2018; intracerebral hemorrhage: 2.2 in 2005 and 2.5 in 20
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A new study has shown that, while there is limited evidence for overall increased mortality in patients with atopic eczema, those with severe atopic eczema may have a greater risk of dying from several health issues compared with those without eczema, according to a new study in the
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
The research team, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by the Wellcome Trust, compared the risk of dying in over 500,000 adults with atopic eczema with more than 2.5 million without eczema. Patients with severe atopic eczema had a 62% higher risk of dying compared to individuals without atopic eczema, due to several causes - the strongest links of which were seen for infections, lung problems and kidney or bladder disorders.
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The psychological well-being of both men and women declined when Denmark closed down during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020 - with women being hit the hardest. But during the second wave, it is the other way round in terms of gender: The psychological well-being of men and women is generally low, but it has fallen most in men.
This is shown in a survey conducted by Søren Dinesen Østergaard, among others. He is professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine and affiliated with the Department of Affective Disorders at Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry in Denmark.
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In a large-scale study of Danish children and young people, researchers from Aarhus University have for the first time found genetic variants that increase the risk of nocturnal enuresis - commonly known as bedwetting or nighttime incontinence. The findings provide completely new insights into the processes in the body causing this widespread phenomenon.
Researchers have long known that nighttime incontinence is a highly heritable condition. Children who wet the bed at night often have siblings or parents who either suffer from or have suffered from the same condition. But until now, science has been unable to pinpoint the genes concerned.
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