According to a study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there is an increased risk of hip fractures associated with the use of proton pump inhibitors by the elderly. The increased risk appears especially with long-term and high-dose use. A 44% increased risk of fracture was found with the use of acid suppressive proton pump inhibitors for more than one year. ...
Today's seniors are taking a variety of medications to keep health issues under control. Many doctors may unknowingly prescribe medications that interact with other medications the patient is taking. A report out of Idaho's Times-News says that drug interactions and overmedicating are growing problems among our nation's aging population.The pharmacist interviewed in the article says that he sees...
A British study reported last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reported a significantly higher risk of hip fractures in patients over 50 years of age, taking popular heartburn drugs, such as Nexium, Prevacid, or Prilosec, for more than a year. The drugs, as any television watcher or magazine reader, knows, have been heavily advertised. The drugs that showed the highest...
Although alcohol consumption is the cause of over 30% of traumatic brain injuries (TBI's), a new study indicates that low to moderate blood alcohol levels may decrease the chance of death after a head trauma. The study published today in the Archives of Surgery show results that link low to moderate levels of alcohol to TBI recovery. TBI patients with high levels of alcohol are more likely to...
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI's) are among the most common brain disorders in the US. TBI's occur when a sudden force makes contact with the head and causes damage to the brain. Every year, nearly 1.5 million Americans suffer from a TBI. Memory loss is the most common injury sustained after a TBI and currently over 5 million Americans are living with some sort of memory loss linked to a TBI....
The busy last-minute shoppers and people traveling to visit family and friends combined with the bad weather over the Christmas weekend doubled the number of motor vehicle accidents on the roads, according ot a report from wtvm.com in Columbus.With wet roads, traffic jams and too many people on the roads, the number of accidents in the Columbus area was more than 100, rather than the normal...
A December 3rd article in The New York Times discusses the influence of the trucking industry and lobby in Washington, DC. Recent loosening of rules concerning the trucking industry has renewed debate about the soundness of the current administration's push to deregulate industry. Truck accidents involving passenger cars continue to be a major problem, causing injury and death on our roadways....
Recently, the FDA updated an earlier public health advisory concerning gadolinium-based contrast agents used with MRI and MR angiography procedures. There have been a number of reports of a new disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis or nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NSF/NSD) occuring in patients with moderate to end-stage kidney disease. Some patients developed NSF/NSD after only one...
This morning I got started on my New Years Resolution by exercising . A lady that knew I am an attorney came up to me to discuss her aunt's passing away . Her aunt had been ill and had recently seen her doctor . The doctor did not admit her , but told her to come in Monday to follow up . She passed away over the weekend prior to Christmas . While on the treadmill , she talked about her loss...
In a short sequence posted on YouTube from the famous 1976 Death in the West, Helmut Wakeham (VP research and Development of Philip Morris) compares smoking to eating apple sauce.Philip Morris compares smoking to eating applesauce It is public relations efforts like this that give PR a bad name. And, it is part of the reason Florida residents have been given the opportunity to bring individual...