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A higher intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in adulthood and adolescence was associated with an increased risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) in women, according to data from the Nurses Health Study II.
The prospective study followed 95,464 registered nurses from 1991 to 2015. Those consuming at least two SSB servings a day in adulthood had more than double the early-onset CRC risk of those consuming less than one serving a week (relative risk [RR] 2.18, 95% CI 1.10-4.35,
P trend=0.02), reported Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, of Washington University in St. Louis, and co-researchers.
Furthermore, the risk rose by 16% with each additional serving per day. Strategies to reduce intake among adolescents and young adults could potentially alleviate the growing burden of the disease, the authors wrote in
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Washington, DC (May 6, 2021) An ongoing debate is focused on race-based algorithms in medicine such as an adjustment for Black race in equations that estimate individuals kidney function. A study appearing in an upcoming issue of JASN examines the impact of dropping this race adjustment on patient care.
Assessing individuals kidney function plays an important role in screening for and treating kidney diseases, and current methods primarily rely on estimating kidney function, what s known as a patient s estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), from the serum creatinine level. The most commonly used eGFR equation includes an adjustment for Black versus non-Black race, resulting in higher eGFR values for a Black patient compared with a non-Black patient. Recognizing that race is a social and not a biological construct, however, several healthcare institutions no longer report eGFR with an adjustment for Black race, and ASN and the National Kidney Foundation have recen
Study: Six to seven hours of sleep per night lowers risk for heart attack, stroke
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There s a sweet spot for the amount of sleep you should get to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, new research shows.
Folks who get six to seven hours a sleep a night no more, no less have the lowest chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke, according to new findings.
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Waking early or dozing on past that ideal window increases your risk of heart-related death by about 45%, researchers found.
This trend remained true even after they accounted for other known risk factors for heart disease or stroke, including age, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, BMI body mass index and high cholesterol levels.
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Nearly 1 in 5 adults with high blood pressure, a leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke, also take a medicine that could be elevating their blood pressure, according to new research presented at the American College of Cardiology s 70th Annual Scientific Session. The results underscore the need for patients to routinely review all of the medications they take with their care team, including those available over the counter, to make sure none could be interfering with blood pressure lowering efforts.
Which are the most likely culprits? Based on the study findings, the three most common classes of medications were antidepressants; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that include ibuprofen and naproxen; and oral steroids used to treat conditions such as gout, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or after an organ transplant. These medications were reported by 9%, 7% and 2% of participants, respectively. Other medications associated with blood pressure elevation we
May 5, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. PDT
… BMI [body mass index] was invented about 200 years ago in an era that saw the creation of pseudoscientific theories such as social Darwinism that were used to justify nationalism, racism and eugenics. The index was established by Belgian mathematician Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, who sought to measure the height and weight of the “average” man based on a sample of White, European men. He saw this average as an ideal. …
But, as we now know, statistics are racist. Today, some experts argue, this measure is no longer relevant to the country’s population. America’s demographic fabric has dramatically shifted over the past century. People of color make up 40 percent of the U.S. population, and research has shown that Black and White people tend to have different body compositions. While the WHO released adjusted cut points for people of Asian descent, who have a higher risk of certain metabolic diseases at lower BMI, leading instituti