Brain trauma doesn’t predict post-concussion syndrome
Mild traumatic brain injury is often followed by “post-concussion syndrome” but does not predict the condition, according to Australian researchers.
For unknown reasons, 5 to 10 percent of people who experience a concussion have symptoms that persist beyond six weeks. These people are diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome.
“Post-concussion syndrome has been a controversial diagnosis in both civilian and military populations,” Dr. E. Arthur Shores of Macquarie University in Sydney told Reuters Health
Strontium may relieve spinal osteoarthritis pain
A compound called strontium ranelate may reduce back pain in women with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (OA) of the spine, according to new study. The compound may also delay progression of spinal OA.
Strontium ranelate has been shown to stimulate bone formation while inhibiting bone resorption.
Dr. Olivier Bruyere from University of Liege, Belgium and colleagues say their findings suggest that “strontium ranelate may have symptom- and structure-modifying effects in women with osteoporosis and OA.”
Birth weight may influence lifespan: study
Low birth weight confers an increased risk of dying early as an adult, but people born extra-heavy are at greater risk too, according to the largest study to date to look at birth weight and mortality from any cause.
“More infants than ever before are being born with these high birth weights,” Dr. Jennifer Baker of the Centre for Health and Society in Copenhagen, who led the study, told Reuters Health. “Further research is really needed to determine what may happen to these children when they grow up.”
Past research has linked small size at birth to heart disease and diabetes risk, while people who were very large babies seem to have a heightened risk of obesity and cancer. But studies of birth rate and mortality risk have had mixed results, and no one study has looked at more than 29 birth years in a row.
Likelihood of Heart Attack Increases for Men After Prostate Cancer Diagnoses
Emotional stress is associated with CV morbidity and mortality, such as reported during earthquakes, loss of a child and during world cup soccer matches. Emotional triggers result in physiological responses on the vascular, inflammatory and immune systems. These severe physiologic changes can then exacerbate existing comorbidities or initiate new ones.
Several Swedish registries were used for this analysis. A cohort study was designed for men older than 30 years. Four million men were identified. For the first year after CaP diagnosis, fatal CV events among men diagnosed with CaP was 15% higher than those without a CaP diagnosis and non-fatal CV events were 13% higher.
