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 'framingham heart study'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965701&cid=t_129751_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FxdaK6hHo5xs%2F Several years ago, an alternate method for measuring coronary risk was adopted by the National Cholesterol Education Program’s adult treatment panel as an outgrowth of the famous Framingham Heart Study. The newer method, which was referred to as a point-based approach, attempted to make it easier to classify patients into risk groups in order to pursue the appropriate treatment. However, a new study, which is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, compares the two approaches and finds the point-based system “misclassifies millions of Americans” and places them in higher risk groups for which different treatments are recommended. In other words, the implication is that a higher risk classification may prompt greater use of such treatments as cholesterol med... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965701 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:54:39 +0100 3965701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757864&cid=t_129751_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-research-on-alzheimers-disease%2F2010.07.15 Data presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease in Honolulu this week indicated that exercise and adequate vitamin D levels could help reduce risk for the disorder. Framingham Heart Study researchers found that risk for dementia was halved in “moderate to heavy exercisers” compared with more sedentary people, while researchers on a separate study found that vitamin D deficiency can greatly increase risk for mental impairment. Another study found that injecting the compound florbetapir into the brain of patients with dementia and then performing a PET scan could help pinpoint the size and location of plaques. Researchers also reported that tea consumption was linked to a slower rate of cognitive decline in older adults without cognitive impairment, bu... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757864 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3757864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668695&cid=t_129751_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fall-people-have-time-bombs.html I received an email from a colleague that said..."interesting.....click here."Ok, so to anyone surfing on the internet probably not a good thing to do right? My friend likely has a virus on his cpu, right? Well, being the avid risk taker I am...I click. Guess what I find.A blog called the Belligerati...interesting name, but the blog has argument is all wrong."Many will see the headline Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes and be pleased.The legislation, known as the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, prohibits health insurance companies from using genetic information to deny benefits or raise premiums for individual policies. (It is already illegal to exclude individuals from a group plan because of their genetic profile.) Employers who use genetic information to make de... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668695 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:56:00 +0100 1668695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1082161&cid=t_129751_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Falgorithms-and-validation.html A friend of mine asked me "If the framingham risk assessment fails to take family history into account, then why do we use it to guide anti-cholesterol therapy?" My answer was "It is scientifically validated."In medicine we like to do things based on evidence. It is true that we do many things that do not have solid evidence behind them. But we always try to acquire data and then make a rational conclusion, leading to a treatment. When it comes to risk prognostication, validation studies are extremely helpful. And often keep us from getting sued.So what did the Framingham do to be validated? The Framingham Heart Study and the Framingham Offspring Study were the first epidemiological studies that prospectively collected population based data on the association between risk factors and the o... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082161 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:31:00 +0100 1082161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=763180&cid=t_129751_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fwhy-cant-we-be-friends.html This study was performed on the famed Framingham Heart Study offspring. They attempted to control environment by evaluating neighbors. It does turn out that there is no relation between neighbors and obesity.....Unless they are friends...This tells us that social networking is an indicator of risk of disease. Intuitively this makes sense. Smokers hang together, as do illicit drug users, and perhaps as this study shows over-eaters. Why can't we be friends? Because you are fat. (Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You) Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=763180 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:17:00 +0100 763180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716853&cid=t_129751_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fdiabetes-risk-model-without-help-from.html This study which was published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine(a very respected academic journal for primary care physicians) showed that Parental diabetes, obesity, and a low good cholesterol were better predictors of diabetes risk than complicated algorithms and complex clinical models.The incidence of type 2 diabetes is skyrocketing and predicting onset can help us guide interventions. In the public health schema it can have tremendous effects when anticipation guides development of preventative strategies. This is the case with heart disease and cholesterol lowering modifications.Parental history of diabetes, obesity, HDL(good cholesterol) less than 40 predict diabetes onset at a greater rate than ANY GENETIC TEST OUT THERE!Most importantly, your insurance pays for the HDL... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716853 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:26:00 +0100 716853