MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'denmark'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4954454&cid=t_116277_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.GIDEONonline.com%2F2011%2F06%2F20%2Fchlamydia-infection-in-denmark%2F Urogenital chlamydia infection was integrated into the Danish national reporting scheme in 1994. Increasing disease rates have also been encountered in Sweden and Norway, and have been characterized by a growing percentage of male patients. [1,2] Prevalence surveys: 5.0% of men seen in general practice (2005 publication) 1.3% of women above age 30 in Arhus county (2003 publication) 15.7% of women seeking abortion in Aarhus (2008 publication) Seroprevalence surveys: 23% of women with tubal factor infertility, and 36% with a self-reported history of PID attending fertility clinics (Arhus, 2007 publication) 1. Berger SA. Infectious Diseases of Denmark, 2011. Gideon e-book series, 445 pp, 176 graphs, 1251 references, http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/country/infectious-disease... GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4954454 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:01:20 +0100 4954454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747701&cid=t_116277_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fwhat-american-health-care-system-can.html " In Denmark, we’ve developed communication thus far for almost all IT systems in the health sector. We have implemented all prescription and medication information, and all discharge letters and summaries from hospitals. This also includes outpatient notes, injury reports, x-ray reports, lab reports and lab orders. Reimbursements from health insurance have been made electronic, along with referrals to hospitals and private specialists, and referrals to psychologists. All private physicians have electronic health records today so they can communicate and transfer documents electronically, as well.From the beginning it was a grassroots effort; we thought it was a good idea to exchange information electronically. And now it has become mandatory that you must communicate electronically. The... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747701 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:02:00 +0100 4747701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445797&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FeIsknPHxr8M%2F By Glenna Crooks. This is the week many of us will consider – or finally make – Valentine’s Day purchases. Some of us will consider chocolate. Maybe more of us should. I wondered about that as I saw some disparate bits of data over the weekend. An article on Valentine’s Day spending was informative: couples will spend just under $70 on each other and we’ll spend, on average, $5 on pets, $6 on friends, $5 on teachers and $3.50 on co-workers. What will we be buying? In all, about $12.B in treats for the day: $3.5B on jewelry, $1.6B on clothing, $3.4B on dinner, $1.7B on flowers, $1.5B on candy (of which $285M will be on chocolate) and $1.1B on greeting cards. I get interested in items like this when I hear that we ‘can’t afford health care.’ I’ve noticed over the years how ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445797 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:48:38 +0100 4445797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4446036&cid=t_116277_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FjcEW-wZX9A8%2F Hello, everyone, and nice to see you again. We hope the weekend was refreshing and interesting. Now, of course, the routine returns as those meetings and deadlines beckon. To cope, we are brewing our usual cup to stimulation - our flavor today is Gingerbread - and invite you to join us. Or grab a bottle of water, if you prefer. Meanwhile, here are a few tidbits to help you get started. Hope your day goes well and do stay in touch… AstraZeneca And Wellpoint To Conduct CE Studies (Dow Jones) Glaxo To Pay $250M To Resolve Avandia Lawsuits (Bloomberg News) Canada Debates HPV Vaccines For Boys (CTV) Pfizer Will Buy Danish Consumer Health Business (Associated Press) Roche Says Turkish Price Cuts Hurt Investment (Bloomberg News) Glaxo Updates Avandia Labeling (Associated Press) AstraZeneca ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4446036 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:54:46 +0100 4446036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394748&cid=t_116277_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FpXbefPvyX2U%2F As drugmakers look to do more business in more foreign markets, corruption is always an issue, yes? That’s particularly true now that the US Justice Department - along with the US Securities and Exchange Commission - is paying closer attention to interactions between the pharmaceutical industry and foreign governments. Over the past year, several big drugmakers have received letters as the federal government seeks to uncover any violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which forbids US companies from bribing foreign government officials. One aspect of the probe reportedly involves exploring whether drugmakers and clinical trial organizations pay off third-party investigators to finesse research data. A report by the HHS Office of Inspector General noted that eight percent of... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394748 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:01:22 +0100 4394748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3961809&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM2IgRCfBeas%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI touched a raw nerve with my post about Fidel Castro admitting that the Cuban model is a failure. Matthew Yglesias and Brad DeLong both attacked me. DeLong’s post was nothing more than a link to the Yglesias post with a snarky comment about “why can’t we have better think tanks?” Yglesias, to his credit, tried to explain his objections. This leads Daniel Mitchell to post the following chart which he deems “a good illustration of the human cost of excessive government.”…this mostly illustrates the difficulty of having a rational conversation with Cato Institute employees about economic policy in the developed world. Cuba is poor, but it’s much richer than Somalia. Is Somalia’s poor performance an illustration of the human costs of ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3961809 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:50:15 +0100 3961809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737022&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fdanish-porn-stars-ingenious-social-media-plan-makes-great-name-for-women-in-business%2F We’re all for women with smart business plans, but we’re not quite sure what to make of Danish porn star Bobbi Eden’s new strategy: The buxom blonde announced that she would give blow jobs to all of her Twitter followers if Holland wins the world cup. She made the patriotic and social media-savvy announcement on Tuesday, and her Twitter followers have gone from 4,000 to 66,163. (Are you or your partner one of them?) The fateful match determining the exhausting work ahead of Bobbi takes place this Sunday, when the Netherlands and Spain vie for the world championship – and a lot of bragging rights. via Business Insider Post from: BlissTree Danish Porn Star's Ingenious Social Media Plan Makes Great Name for Women In Business (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737022 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:23:38 +0100 3737022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408680&cid=t_116277_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F26%2Fbmj-piece-asks-serious-questions-about-the-effectiveness-of-mammography%2F Last week one of my blogs focused on prostate cancer screening, and specifically the prostatic specific antigen (‘PSA’) test. For a variety of reasons, the doctor who discovered PSA says the practice of using it to detect cancer should be stopped. In that post, I mentioned that doubts have also previously been raised about the [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408680 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:47:15 +0100 3408680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399181&cid=t_116277_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FUj_xRXyI3Bo%2F This study may support the known physiological adaptation of brain cells to alcohol. Basically, brain cells develop more receptors as more alcohol is consumed. Eventually a craving develops to supply more alcohol to fill these receptors. Problems with this classification. One of the problems with this analysis is that it does not take into account the inherited aspects of alcoholism. For example sons of alcoholics are four times more likely to become alcoholic through their genetic links. These sons of alcoholics also need to drink less alcohol to have the same effect. Thus, sons of alcoholics develop alcoholism more readily and probably with less alcohol. Another of the problems is that some people have a metabolism that processes alcohol differently. For example, some people of Asian dec... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399181 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:19:20 +0100 3399181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642967&cid=t_116277_145_f&fid=35710&url=http%3A%2F%2Fksdescartin.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fshifting-paradigm-active-and-towards-more-efficient-patient-care%2F The paradigm is shifting on patient care… and in many directions. One of the many things that is exciting about this century’s palpable heartbeat is a noticeable and rightfully unabashed effort by providers of medical and health care (and many others concerned) to wear their sneakers once again, run around, jump up and down, and explore further how patient care is delivered. The resulting new and wiser approach includes the actual patient in the team—having a more active role in the process. This, as we try to reduce (or eliminate) the insurance companies’ role, a separate story that I will leave to the experts. Before I put the pins on three of today’s determined fragments of this big endeavor, let me hover a little bit. One of the greatest luxuries this time allows us t... the story of healing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642967 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:14:50 +0100 4642967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083190&cid=t_116277_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fhow-much-alcohol-to-become-alcoholic%2F Is alcohol the only cause of alcoholism? Many people have tried to establish how much alcohol is needed to be drunk to become alcoholic. A new research study from Denmark compared drinkers over 25 years and the amount of alcohol consumed. Their conclusions were; Women are at risk of developing alcoholism if they have 7 or more drinks [...] (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3083190 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:27:53 +0100 3083190 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876015&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6rgK8yPlFWw%2F The left loves Scandinavia, but for the wrong reason. Nations such as Denmark and Sweden have much to admire, particularly their open markets, low levels of regulation, sound money, and honest governments. Indeed, if fiscal policy is removed from the equation, both Denmark and Sweden are more laissez-faire than the United States according to Economic Freedom of the World (as I noted in this recent video). But fiscal policy is where the Scandinavians have serious problems. Taxes are confiscatory, punishing people who work, save, and invest. High levels of government spending, meanwhile, reduce economic growth by diverting resources from the productive sector of the economy and funneling them into the stifling welfare state. Not surprisingly, this is the reason why statists admire Scandina... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876015 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:46:05 +0100 2876015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2824370&cid=t_116277_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F-Tg1pRmaQ4A%2F Some $200 will get you a LENA Language and Autism Screen (LAS) designed to detect early signs of autism in toddlers’ chatter. Five years in the making, the iPod-sized recorder fits into special overalls that parents let their child wear for a 12-hour day. Parents then ship the device back to the company for analysis. LENA stresses that the device is for detection, not diagnosis, though the goal of such screening is earlier diagnoses when appropriate (diagnosis age for autism currently averages about 5, though symptoms often appear much earlier). The idea to adapt the technology for the general public came from two members of LENA’s scientific advisory board who were parents of children with autism. Some advocates and researchers applaud the technology; others are leery of putti... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2824370 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:04:29 +0100 2824370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598193&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FB0HUbJHo-qk%2F The Democrat’s latest plan to raise money for federal health care expansion is to impose surtaxes ranging from 1 percent to 3 percent on higher-income earners. Currently, the United States is in the middle of the pack of industrial nations when it comes to imposing punitive tax rates on higher earners. The chart shows the top statutory personal income tax rates for the 30 nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The current top U.S. rate is 42 percent (including state taxes), which is the same as the 30-nation average. The data is from the OECD. With the top federal rate scheduled to jump 5 percentage points in 2011, plus the new 3-percent surtax, the top U.S. rate would hit 50 percent. Fifty percent! Half of all additional income earned by the nat... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598193 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:50:16 +0100 2598193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576672&cid=t_116277_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Finternational-ehr-adoption I was recently asked to compare EHR adoption in the US to other countries. Based on my own experience and the comments I received from colleagues, there are three aspects to consider: * Use of Ambulatory EHR * Use of Inpatient EHR * Interoperability Ambulatory (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576672 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:56:02 +0100 2576672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2564481&cid=t_116277_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gideononline.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F06%2F26%2Fshigellosis-in-denmark-and-sweden%2F A recent outbreak related to imported snow peas belies the fact that shigellosis rates in Denmark and Norway have remained consistently low for more than two decades. Update: reported in ProMED (Source: GIDEON blog) GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2564481 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:59:54 +0100 2564481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2005916&cid=t_116277_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FbpYDN-p0c5k%2F Conclusions Shifts in age at diagnosis inflated the observed prevalence of autism in young children in the more recent cohorts compared with the oldest cohort. This study supports the argument that the apparent increase in autism in recent years is at least in part attributable to decreases in the age at diagnosis over time. When Charlie was just diagnosed and shortly after (in 1999-2000), we were often told that he—he was 2-3 years old then—was “very young” to be diagnosed. Now, it seems standard for children to be diagnosed by the time they’re the age Charlie was when he was diagnosed with autism back in 1999. It seems more than obvious to me that we would have been told that they were seeing “red flags” about, who knows, 6-month-old Charlie&#821... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2005916 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:48:22 +0100 2005916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1999139&cid=t_116277_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FPFKbscC6jug%2F A new national strategy for screening for Down syndrome in Denmark has halved the number of Down Syndrome births and led to a 30% increase in infants diagnosed with the condition. The Danish National Board of Health issued guidelines for prenatal screening and diagnosis for Down Syndrome in 2004; these guidelines (from Science Daily) included the offer of a combined test for Down Syndrome (based on combination of maternal age, plus serum and nuchal screening) in the first trimester. This test gave women a risk assessment for Down Syndrome at an early stage in the pregnancy. Women whose risk was higher than a defined cut off were referred for invasive diagnostic tests (chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis). The study is published in the November 27th British Medical Journal.It was rec... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1999139 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:32:37 +0100 1999139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1944382&cid=t_116277_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F11%2F07%2Flooking-for-america%2F (2002) Hej studerende i Danmark! Hello students in Denmark! Thank you for writing to me about my short story Fishbone (see comments). “Fishbone” was first published in 1989 in the literary magazine TriQuarterly. The story has since appeared in several anthologies, but I especially like the version in the Danish textbook Looking for America (edited by Bjorn Christensen) because of the glossary in the margins: “Trailer court: camping plads til campingvogne (ofte permanent).” I don’t know what it means, but I like the sound of it. I wrote the story in the mid-1980s, not long after taking a poetry writing class. “Fishbone” began as a love poem to my grandmother, and it just kept going and became a story. Unlike the main character Wanda, I have never b... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1944382 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:50:44 +0100 1944382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556280&cid=t_116277_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F323212707%2F This is a post about being happy. Actually, it’s more a post about how you can become happy. Well, really it’s a post about how Professor Layard (of the ‘bring on the 40,000 CBT psychologists‘ fame) knows we can all become happy. Quite simply: “Happiness is inversely related to income at higher levels of income because of the declining marginal utility of getting richer,” See? He continues to demonstrate: “Let me show you.” He draws a graph: on the X axis is income per head, on the Y axis is average happiness. A curve ascends boldly and then tails off ignominiously. At the bottom of the curve, you will find countries such as Zimbabwe or Russia, where increases in national income per head will increase levels of happiness. “Think of econ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556280 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:21 +0100 1556280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1454927&cid=t_116277_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F20%2Fhappiness-rankings-by-country%2F Andrew Cohen of the Ottawa Citizen has a new piece that discusses a 2006 study by social psychologist Adrian White of the University of Leicester. The study, entitled “A Global Projection of Well Being: A Challenge to Positive Psychology?,” employed more than 100 studies to rank countries by their citizens’ level of happiness. Congrats to our readers from Denmark, the happiest nation according to White’s study. Below we excerpt portions of Cohen’s article. * * * When they say that the Danes are the happiest people on earth - as a widely publicized study by the University of Leicester found in 2006 - the Garden of Mythology comes to mind. After all, an airport garden, in a country that is dreary for much of the year, is fundamentally human. When the sun finall... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1454927 Tue, 20 May 2008 04:17:28 +0100 1454927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1237108&cid=t_116277_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Finternational-official-alcoholics-anonymous-websites%2F Argentina   www.sinectis.com.ar/u/aa_osg Australia   www.aa.org.au Austria   www.anonyme-alkoholiker.at Belguim  www.aavlaanderen.org Britain; www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk Canada; www.aacanada.com Chile    www.alcoholicosanonimoschile.cl Denmark   www.anonyme-alkoholikere.dk Ecuador   www.aae.org.ec Europe; www.aa-europe.net/ Finland  www.aa.fi France   www.alcooliques-anonymes.fr Grapevine; www.aagrapevine.org/ Guatemala   www.aa.com.gt Hungary   www.anonimalkoholistak.hu Iceland   www.aa.is India    www.aagsoindia.org Ireland; www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie Italy    www.alcolisti-anonimi.it Japan    www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/aa-jso/ Korea    www.aakorea.co.... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1237108 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:48:19 +0100 1237108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=976410&cid=t_116277_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F174379415%2F Testing software for the likes of Microsoft and Oracle: That’s what the 50 employees of a Danish company, Specialisterne (meaning “The Specialists”) literally specialize in. The company was founded in 2005 by Thorkil Sonne, whose son has autism; three out of four of its employees have Asperger Syndrome. The plan is for all employees to be ISEB test certified, notes the October 24th Computer World (Australia): Last week, the first three software testers were ISEB test certified, and ……… the plan is for all employees to be certified within the areas where it is possible to achieve internationally recognized proficiency diplomas and certificates. “Introducing a certification program is a milestone for us. People with autism do not have many things on ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=976410 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:50:36 +0100 976410 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=853405&cid=t_116277_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fmedinfo-coverage.html After a week of pressing deadlines and erratic sleep courtesy of the worst case of jet lag I've ever encountered, I've finally collected my thoughts and my wits, and am ready to post a few things from MedInfo 2007 and related conferences.I thought I'd start by posting links to some of the stories I've written from my trip to Australia. I have a couple of podcasts to post as well, plus some more writing to do, but here's something. I was the only full-time journalist from either North America or Europe at MedInfo, so I'm using that to my advantage. (If there's any editor out there still interested in coverage, I'm listening. I have nearly 500 poster presentations to draw on, to give you an idea of the breadth of material available.)From Digital HealthCare & Productivity "Optimism Marks ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853405 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:38:00 +0100 853405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650905&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F01%2Fvehicle-for-change-novo-nordisks-bus-to-visit-us%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Events, OpinionDrug giant Novo Nordisk's big white bus will soon roll into the USA. Officially known as the Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes Bus, the vehicle is scheduled to visit a selection of towns in the USA between June and November. First, though, it's the turn of those lucky Canadians. The tour kicked off in Denmark back in September 2006 and goes under the banner "Changing Diabetes." Since Denmark, the bus and its crew have visited the following countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, South Africa, Australia, China, Japan, and Canada. (Cool job, huh?) The Canada sojourn will last a few more days - 'till June 12, to be exact - then it's time to cross the border into the US. Last stop is New York City, where the tour will end on November 14, w... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650905 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 650905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=583195&cid=t_116277_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F01%2Fthought-for-the-day-bingeing-and-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Prevention, Research, Daily news, Thought for the DayIt only takes two bottles of wine consumed over the course of one weekend to more than double the risk of breast cancer, according to a Danish study of 17,647 women which breaks down like this: women who drank 22-27 drinks per week had twice the risk for the disease compared to those who drank only one to three drinks.Think about this:More than a quarter of participants, age 44 and older, drank more than the recommended 14 drinks per week. One in 10 were binge drinkers -- they had more than four drinks per day. Thirteen percent were weekend bingers -- they had more than 10 drinks between Friday and Sunday. A drink is considered one bottle of beer, wine, or spirit. In Denmark, each unit translate into 12g of al... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=583195 Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 583195