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Male Gender and Obesity Up Risk for Postop Blindness

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE: December 22, 2011: 

EXCERPT:  "Male Gender and Obesity Up Risk for Postop Blindness 
Men and heavier patients who have spine surgery may be at a greater risk for postoperative blindness, researchers found."  more


RELATED:

Lee LA, et al "Risk of ischemic optic neuropathy in spine surgery" Anesthesiol. 116(1):15-24, January 2012. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823d012a


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FDA Says Device Trials Need More Women

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE:   December 20, 2011

EXCERPT:  "The FDA has issued draft guidance aimed at enrolling more women in medical device trials and better analyzing the trial data to tease out whether the particular devices work differently in women versus men."  more

RELATED LINK:

FDA Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff - Evaluation of Sex Differences in Medical Device Clinical Studies, DRAFT GUIDANCE. [Silver Spring, MD]: December 19, 2011.  Center for Devices and Radiological Health; Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Researchers Find Confidence Is Key To Women's Spatial Skills

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  December 6, 2011

EXCERPT: "Boosting a woman's confidence makes her better at spatial tasks, University of Warwick scientists have found, suggesting skills such as parking and map-reading could come more easily if a woman is feeling good about herself."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Estes Z, Felker S. Confidence Mediates the Sex Difference in Mental Rotation Performance. Arch Sex Behav. 2011 Dec 1.


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Lower Antioxidant Level Might Explain Higher Skin-Cancer Rate In Males

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE:  December 3, 2011

EXCERPT: "Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Sullivan NJ, Tober KL, Burns EM, Schick JS, Riggenbach JA, Mace TA, Bill MA, Young GS, Oberyszyn TM, Lesinski GB. UV Light B-Mediated Inhibition of Skin Catalase Activity Promotes Gr-1(+)CD11b(+) Myeloid Cell Expansion. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Oct 27. doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.329.


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Mid-Morning Snacking May Sabotage Weight-Loss Efforts

SOURCE:  Newswise

DATE:  November 28, 2011

EXCERPT:  "Women dieters who grab a snack between breakfast and lunch lose less weight compared to those who abstain from a mid-morning snack, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Kong A, Beresford SA, Alfano CM, Foster-Schubert KE, Neuhouser ML, Johnson DB, Duggan C, Wang CY, Xiao L, Bain CE, McTiernan A. Associations between Snacking and Weight Loss and Nutrient Intake among Postmenopausal Overweight to Obese Women in a Dietary Weight-Loss Intervention. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Dec;111(12):1898-903.


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Aspirin Not Worth Risks for Healthy Women

SOURCE:  MedlinePlus.gov (Reuters)

DATE:    November 24, 2011

EXCERPT: "Aspirin is a bad bargain for healthy women trying to stave off heart attacks or strokes, although it's commonly used for that purpose, according to Dutch researchers.

In a new report, they say 50 women will need to take the medication for 10 years for just one to be helped -- and that's assuming they are at high risk to begin with."    more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Dorresteijn JA, Visseren FL, Ridker PM, Paynter NP, Wassink AM, Buring JE, van der Graaf Y, Cook NR. Aspirin for primary prevention of vascular events in women: individualized prediction of treatment effects. Eur Heart J. 2011 Dec;32(23):2962-9.

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Poor Sleep Linked to Chronic Pain in Women

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  November 16, 2011

EXCERPT: "Women who experience difficulties sleeping are at elevated risk for developing fibromyalgia, with their risk rising according to the severity of the sleep disturbance, ... Women who experience difficulties sleeping are at elevated risk for developing fibromyalgia, with their risk rising according to the severity of the sleep disturbance, ... "  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Mork PJ, Nilsen TI. Sleep problems and risk of fibromyalgia: Longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT-study. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Nov 11. doi: 10.1002/art.33346.

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Sugared Drinks Tied to CVD Risk Factors

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE:  November 16, 2011

EXCERPT: "Women who regularly drink sugary beverages may be increasing their cardiovascular risk, researchers found."   more

RELATED:

Shay Christina, et al "Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and incident cardiovascular risk factors: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)" Abstract 8438. Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011, 3-7 November 2011 at Orlando.

SEE ALSO:

Circulation. 2011. Nov 22;124(21 Supplement):A8438.

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Women More Prone to 'Broken Heart' Syndrome

SOURCE:  MedlinePLus  (HealthDay)

DATE:  November 16, 2011

EXCERPT:  "Broken heart syndrome -- a temporary heart condition brought on by extreme physical or emotional stress -- occurs overwhelmingly in women compared to men, a new study suggests.

Whether preceded by the sudden death of a loved one, a frightening medical diagnosis, a car accident or even a surprise party, the phenomenon is 7.5 times more common in females, and women older than 55 are 2.9 times more likely to develop broken heart syndrome than younger women, the researchers found. 

...

Hormonal differences between the sexes and variations in coronary arteries may be factors ... but more research is needed."  more

RELATED:

Abhishek Deshmukh,et al. "Risk Factors for Developing Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy" Abstract 17081;

Abhishek Deshmukh,et al. "Does "Men Are from Mars and Women are from Venus" hold true for Tako-Stubo Cardiomyopathy - A Nationwide Analysis?" Abstract 9616. 

Both presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011, 3-7 November 2011 at Orlando.



SEE ALSO:

Circulation. 2011. Nov 22;124(21 Supplement):A9616; and Circulation. 2011. Nov 22;124(21 Supplement):A17081.

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Study Suggests Estrogen Is Good for the Brain

SOURCE:  Wall Street Journal -- Health Blog

DATE:  November 14, 2011

EXCERPT:  "Short-term estrogen treatments increase the brain’s gray matter among women who have gone through menopause, a time when the brain works measurably harder to focus on simple memory tasks, researchers reported Sunday."  more

RELATED:

Presented by Paul Newhouse, Venderbilt U.,  Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting 2011, 12-16 November 2011, at Washington, D.C.