“Among older adults with diabetes mellitus  who were without evidence of cognitive impairment at study baseline, we found that clinically significant hypoglycemia was associated with a two-fold increased risk for developing dementia … Similarly, participants with dementia were more likely to experience a severe hypoglycemic event”

JAMA Internal Medicine doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6176

“In fibromyalgia, we see that there is a hypervigilance to pain, so patients are more sensitive to pain and more aware of it.  They also have high scores on questionnaires concerning catastrophizing behavior, which implies the high impact of pain on their lives.  During [occipital nerve] stimulation we see differences in brain activity on PET scans in regions involved in pain, this all might suggest that we are influencing a cerebral system and might even turn it back to ‘normal’ perception.”  Dr. Mark Plazier

http://www.healthfinder.gov/News/Article.aspx?id=676319&source=govdelivery

What do fruit juice, vitamin e, alarm clocks and traffic have in common?  They are all factors that may increase your risk of getting cancer.  Read the how, why and what to do to lessen those risks

http://www.bottomlinepublications.com/content/article/health-a-healing/little-known-risk-factors-for-cancer-fruit-juice-alarm-clocks-heavy-traffic-and-more?utm_source=email&utm_medium=SilverpopMailing&utm_campaign=2013-06-11%20DHN%20NL%20%20%20CID-0000001176%20A&utm_content=&spMailingID=41687163&spUserID=NTE4NTc5MDUxOTIS1&spJobID=190793772&spReportId=MTkwNzkzNzcyS0

The kidneys play a major role in regulating blood pressure.  The renal nerves communicate information from the kidney to the brain and people with hypertension have hyperactive renal nerves, which raises blood pressure.  Renal Denervation treatment is in clinical trials to learn whether renal denervation is safe and effective.  The Simplicity HTN-3 clinical trial will attempt to disrupt the hyperactive nerves by applying radio frequency energy near the nerves with an experimental medical device.

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_playagain.cfm

Identifying vulnerable populations such as elderly and the isolated , the very young, those with chronic diseases, and those with mental status impairments and implementing strategies such as visits  by the National Guard, college students, and wellness teams, as well as reverse 911 phone calls, Web and social media alerts, and press releases.   Interventions during an [extreme heat event] include staying cool, hydrated, and informed about extreme heat alerts in the area and symptoms of heat illness, is key.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/PublicHealth/39689?trw=yes&hr=kmd

There is great optimism for a newly developed, non-invasive blood test that can determine the presence of genetic changes (SDC2) which seemed especially tied to colon cancer growth and spread.  The test was able to detect stage 1 cancer 92 percent of the time, “indicating that SDC2 is suitable for early detection of [colorectal cancer] where therapeutic interventions have the greatest likelihood of curing the patient from the disease,” study lead author TaeJeong Oh said in the news release.

http://www.healthfinder.gov/News/Article.aspx?id=677154&source=govdelivery

“Consumer food marketing can be extremely persuasive and the right buzzword on a package can lure a shopper into making an unwise purchase,” said Kari Kooi, a registered dietician at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. “We need to educate consumers on how to read nutrition labels so they can avoid falling prey to the ‘health halo’ effect.”                                  Check out her  5 foods to avoid

http://www.newswise.com/articles/5-common-foods-claiming-health-halo-effect

In an analysis of 23 trials involving 4,213 people, the findings supported the growing body of evidence that prophylaxis with probiotics confers protection against diarrhea in people taking antibiotics.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/theguptaguide/gastroenterology/39518

“As far as we know, this is the first time that the use of ChEIs has been linked to a reduced risk of heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular disease in general or from any cause.  As this is an observational study, we cannot say that ChEI use is causing the reduction in risk, only that it is associated with a reduction.  However, the strengths of the associations make them very interesting from the clinical point of view, although no clinical recommendations should be made on the basis of the results from our study.”    study author Professor Peter Nordstrom, of Umea University in Sweden

http://www.healthfinder.gov/News/Article.aspx?id=677021&source=govdelivery

Based on the results of a 3 month study evaluating the effectiveness of pediatric asthma patients simply responding to text messages it was determined that the children that received messages everyday between two scheduled appointments had the greatest improved psychological and physical outcomes. Thus, the data did indicate that cell phones can be used effectively to improve health outcomes.

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2013/06/02/why-texting-patients-works-the-health-belief-model/