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2009 AUG 3 ... "We examined the impact of obesity on disease specific and overall survival in patients with prostate cancer. We identified ... groups differed with regard to the need for secondary treatment (p = 0.05) and overall mortality (p <0.01) but there were no significant differences with regard to disease specific ...
2009 NOV 16 ... of body fat andsurvival in hemodialysis patients. Hemodialysis patients exhibit an obesity paradox, and it is not clear whether lower body fat is incrementally associated with ... (Incident Management of Patients, Actions Centered on Treatment) program on mortality rates among incident hemodialysis patients and the association between body fat and ...
2009 NOV 9 ... prevalence increased among both men and women, likely due to insulin resistance and the obesity epidemic in both sexes. "Although men in their midlife years continue to ... than 55 have recently experienced a greater increase than men in their chances of survival following such a heart event, according to two reports in the October 26 issue of ... men (0.9 percent). "A large part (93 percent) of this sharper decrease in mortality of younger women compared with men in recent years was because the risk status of women ...
2009 AUG 31 ... were diminished by a loss of 715,000 life-years attributable to increased rates of obesityand diabetes. Therefore, modest reductions in the prevalence of several major ... treatment uptake, treatment effectiveness, population risk factor trends, and median survival among US adults," scientists writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology report. ... "Has the recent US decline in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality increased life expectancy? The authors estimated the number of life-years gained from ...
2009 OCT 5 ... overdiuresis, peritonitis and hypotensive episodes, especially in those with diabetes, obesityand congestive heart failure." Liao and colleagues published the results ... RRF into a fast, intermediate and slow decline group." "The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to determine patient survival and technique survival. The Cox ... of RRF is a more powerful prognostic factor than baseline RRF associated with all-cause mortality and technique failure in patients on long-term PD," wrote C.T. Liao and colleagues, ...
2009 JUN 15 ... 4.5% +/- 0.4%. The patients have a low prevalence of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, andobesity. Steroid withdrawal was successful and safe in the majority of in-study patients and ... steroid withdrawal protocol was adopted. The rates of acute rejection, graft and patient survival, and side effects were analyzed. One-year patient, kidney, and pancreas survivals were ... renal disease. Maintenance steroid therapy is associated with significant morbidity and mortality among SPK transplant recipients."
"Steroid withdrawal regimens are ...
2009 OCT 19 ... (HTx)." "Hence, we evaluated the prognostic importance of smoking, obesity, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia at 1 year after HTx for all-cause and cardiac ... However, there is limited data evaluating the importance of modifiable risk factors for survival following heart transplantation (HTx)." "Hence, we evaluated the ... well established that the treatment of modifiable risk factors can reduce cardiovascular mortality in the general population. However, there is limited data evaluating the importance of ...
2009 JUL 27 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Of studies comparing overall obesityand abdominal adiposity or body fat distribution with risk of mortality have varied ... sexes (P-trend <0.05) and WC in men (P-trend 0.001) were associated with increased survival, while remaining measures of body fat distribution exhibited either no association or an ...
2009 JUN 22 ... social support, and the importance of religion), age, sex, race and ethnicity, smoking, obesity, and comorbidities. Death by December 31, 2006, was the outcome measure. Moderate ... Society, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To determine whether the survival benefit associated with moderate alcohol use remains after accounting for nontraditional ... results from the report, 'Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers,' have been published. In this recent article published in ...
2009 AUG 17 ... aortic aneurysm repair [n = 4] or prior thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair [n = 21 andobesity [n = 21) with 6 patients having overlapping high-risk criteria. Composite (30-day) ... was higher in hybrid TAAA repair (39.1% vs 20.8%; P = .03). One year actuarial survival for both groups was comparable (hybrid, 68 +/- 12%; open, 73 +/- 6%). A total of 5/23 ... "Hybrid repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) may reduce morbidity and mortality in high-risk candidates for open repair. This study reviews the outcomes of hybrid TAAA ...
2009 OCT 5 ... haemodialysis (HD) patients, a reverse epidemiology is described and baseline obesity appears paradoxically associated with better survival," scientists in Paris, France ... body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. However, according to US epidemiological evaluation in maintenance haemodialysis (HD) ...
2009 NOV 23 ... HR 0.65; 95% CI 0.47-0.90). Patients who were overweight or have mild or moderate obesity were also more likely to undergo revascularization procedures compared with those with ... "Aims Our objective was to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) andsurvival according to the type of treatment in individuals with established coronary artery ... A new study, 'The relationship between body mass index, treatment, and mortality in patients with established coronary artery disease: a report from APPROACH,' is now ...
2009 NOV 1 ... (95% CI, 0.24-0.59) among patients >= 60 year old. The adverse prognostic effect of obesity was limited to p21-expressing cases (adjusted HR, 5.85; 95% CI, 2.28-15.0; BMI, >= 30 ... The researchers concluded: "P21 loss in colon cancer is associated with longer survival among patients >= 60 year old, whereas it is associated with shorter survival among ... kinase inhibitor-1A, CDKN1A or CIP1) plays a role in regulating cell cycle, and its expression is lost in most colorectal cancers. p21 Is related with energy balance ... instability (MSI). p21 Loss was independently associated with low colon cancer-specific mortality [HR, 0.58; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.38-0.89; adjusted for the covariates ...
2009 JUN 15 ... Sons Inc., 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA.
Keywords: Japan, Hongo, Obesityand Diabetes, Bariatrics, Diabetes, Drugs, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hepatectomy, ... Aoyama and colleagues published their study in Hepatology (Pioglitazone Promotes Survival and Prevents Hepatic Regeneration Failure After Partial Hepatectomy in Obese and ... mg/kg) for 5 days. Almost half of the KK-A(y) mice died within 48 hours of PH; however, mortality was completely prevented in mice pretreated with pioglitazone. In KK-A(y) mice, ...
2009 JUN 29 ... scores (10.6 +/- 6.5 vs. 6.8 +/- 6.0: p = 0.036): ejection fractions were equivalent. Obesity was prevalent and worsened in men. 33 patients (17%) died during follow-up. Initially ... with increased postoperative complications, although its precise influence on long-term survival is unclear," scientists in Scotland report.
"We examined the influence ... but as early as three years postoperation smoking was associated with an increased mortality (p = 0.011 log-rank test). Patients experienced almost universal improvement with the ...
2009 SEP 21 ... Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. Keywords: United States, Durham, Obesityand Diabetes, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary Artery ... a devastating complication after cardiac surgery, decreasing long-term and short-term survival. In treating documented SWI, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) reduces wound edema ... was 6.1 +/- 4%. All patients tolerated NPWT to completion. Thirty-day and in-hospital mortality was 1.8% and unrelated to DSWI. No treatment of SWI was required. In this high-risk ...
2009 NOV 2 ... to the disease burden of the country, including increasing hypertension, diabetes andobesity-related conditions, we also note that despite the growth of patented medicines, the ... published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) also revealed that the survival rate from heart attacks contributed significantly to the reduction, with fatalities from ... will actually rise from 405,973 in 2008 to 440,433 by 2030, highlighting that while the mortality rate for this disease may be decreasing, the DALYs are going up. However, on the upside, ...
