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Vitamin D relieves joint pain, muscle pain from breast cancer medication

Doctor Z — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:38:40 +0000

WUSTL.edu – High-dose vitamin D relieves joint pain and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The medications, known as aromatase inhibitors, are commonly prescribed to shrink breast tumors fueled by the hormone estrogen and help prevent cancer [...]

Vitamin D intake recommendations in new clinical practice guideline

Doctor Z — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:34:41 +0000

Endo-society.org – The Endocrine Society recently released “Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.” The clinical practice guideline (CPG) is published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), a publication of The Endocrine Society. The major source of vitamin D for [...]

Yo-yo dieting may improve metabolism and lifespan

Doctor Z — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:05:59 +0000

Ohio.edu – Yo-yo dieters may be healthier and live longer than those who stay obese, according to a new Ohio University animal study. Mice that switched between a high-fat and low-fat diet every four weeks during their approximate two-year lifespan lived about 25 percent longer and had better blood glucose levels than obese animals that [...]

Vitamin D deficiency linked to muscle injuries in NFL football players

Doctor Z — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:37:28 +0000

Sportsmed.org – Vitamin D deficiency has been known to cause an assortment of health problems, and a recent study suggests that lack of vitamin D might also increase the chance of muscle injuries in athletes, specifically NFL football players. The study was presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine’s (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in [...]

Higher vitamin D levels improve bone density drug response 700 percent

Doctor Z — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:33:37 +0000

HSS.edu – Vitamin D levels should be maintained above the limits recently recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in order to fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density (BMD), according to a new study by researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The findings were presented at [...]

Moderate alcohol intake linked to lower fatty liver risk

Doctor Z — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:02:23 +0000

In a large study of men in Japan, the presence of fatty liver disease by ultrasonography showed an inverse (reduced risk) association with the frequency of moderate alcohol consumption; however, there was some suggestion of an increase in fatty liver disease with higher volume of alcohol consumed per day. Moderate drinkers had lower levels of [...]

Frequent acetaminophen use may reduce prostate cancer risk

Doctor Z — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:41:20 +0000

Cancer.org – A new study from American Cancer Society researchers finds use of 30 tablets per month (or more) of acetaminophen for at least five years was associated with an estimated 38 percent lower risk of prostate cancer. The study appears in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention and is one of only two studies of [...]

Brisk walking lessens prostate cancer progression

Doctor Z — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:27:08 +0000

UCSF.edu – A study of 1,455 U.S. men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer has found a link between brisk walking and lowered risk of prostate cancer progression, according to scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Harvard School of Public Health. The scientists found that men who walked briskly – at least [...]

Threshold hemoglobin and mortality risk in coronary disease

Doctor Z — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:37:31 +0000

Recently in PLoS Medicine, Anoop Shah of University College London and colleagues report that, in people with stable coronary disease, there were threshold hemoglobin values below which mortality increased in a graded, continuous fashion. As well as a systematic review and statistical analysis of previous studies, the researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of patients from [...]

Baked fish, broiled fish reduce heart failure risk in women

Doctor Z — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:46:51 +0000

The risk of developing heart failure was lower for post-menopausal women who frequently ate baked fish or broiled fish, but higher for those who ate more fried fish, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal. In a large-scale analysis, women who ate the most baked/broiled fish (five or more [...]