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 'heart disease cancer'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:35:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1769049&cid=t_429914_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FByjg85tKvig%2F In keeping with the Cancer theme today- great fact that will put your light out for sure!! Here is further proof to stop smoking…Women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of dying from heart disease and cancers very soon after. There was a 47% reduction in risk for coronary heart disease within the first five years of quitting and a 21%  reduction in lung cancer death within the first five years. via IrishHealth.com  Share This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1769049 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:11:18 +0100 1769049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1760300&cid=t_429914_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2F381319799%2F The medical community shouldn’t rush to dismiss a possible link between Vytorin and cancer, the New England Journal of Medicine says in an editorial this morning. The editorial appears alongside the results of a study in which patients who took the drug were more likely to develop cancer than those who took placebo. Also appearing in this morning’s NEJM is an analysis that looked at the new study along with two other, larger studies, and concluded that the data “do not provide credible evidence” that Vytorin raises the risk of cancer. The basic findings of the study and the analysis were released in July. Vytorin, which is co-marketed by Merck and Schering-Plough, is actually a combination of two drugs: a statin called simvastatin, and a second cholesterol-lowering ... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1760300 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:57:36 +0100 1760300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1729751&cid=t_429914_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2F371869217%2F Remember when we said the Vytorin-cancer thing had quickly faded from view? Turns out it hasn’t disappeared altogether. The FDA said yesterday that preliminary data from two large, ongoing studies of Vytorin, a cholesterol drug sold by Merck and Schering-Plough, and found no link to cancer. But the agency also said it expects to get a full report on the SEAS trial — the study in which patients who took Vytorin were more likely to get cancer than patients who took placebo — in a few months, and spend several more months reviewing the data. Overall, the agency said, the existing evidence shouldn’t prompt patients to stop taking Vytorin. The FDA letter also cited research in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that found lower levels of LDL cholesterol (t... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1729751 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:35:33 +0100 1729751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1726688&cid=t_429914_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2F370280390%2F Just when it seemed Vytorin was getting back on track, results of a study showing that patients taking the cholesterol-fighter had more cancers than those taking a placebo surprised everyone last month. Merck and Schering-Plough, which jointly market the medicine, delayed their second-quarter earnings announcements so that scientists involved in analyzing the data could present the information publicly. They concluded that Vytorin doesn’t really increase cancer risk. Not everyone is so sure, including Rep. John Dingell, who asked to see how the researchers decided that Vytorin was safe. Investors fretted that even though the cancer data weren’t that scary to the experts, the public might be alarmed by press coverage of the complex issue. Sanford Bernstein’s Tim Anderson... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1726688 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:24:57 +0100 1726688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1625886&cid=t_429914_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fquirks%2Fmedia%2F2007-2008%2Fmp3%2Fqq-2008-06-07.mp3 Sunshine is bad for you. Getting too much of it increases the risk of skin cancer. Sunshine is good for you. Getting too little of it — and the vitamin D it produces in your body — puts you at higher risk for big killers like heart disease and several types of cancer, WSJ’s Melinda Beck notes today in her Health Journal column. So what’s a health-obsessed American to do? Going out in the sun for a few minutes now and again without sunscreen (gasp!) might not be such a bad idea. “Sensible sun exposure can provide an adequate amount” of vitamin D, a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine said last year. “Exposure of arms and legs for 5 to 30 minutes (depending on time of day, season, latitude, and skin pigmentation) between the hours o... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1625886 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:26:23 +0100 1625886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=965185&cid=t_429914_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F10%2F20%2Fin-praise-of-the-knockout-mouse.html By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.DTis the season of the Nobel, and we, ordinary mortals, should rejoice. Global warming was acknowledged as real yet again, sneering antediluvian conservatives notwithstanding. The prize for Chemistry was given for discovery of reactions occurring of the surface of solids—which enabled the invention of none other than the iPOD, among others. The prize for Economics was give for something that I really don’t understand, despite my earnest efforts. And the prize for Physiology and Medicine was given for something that sounds straight out of the boxing ring: the knockout mouse. But this is something too important to dismiss with a shrug and rolled eyes. This technology is already giving us something far more important than the iPOD—it’s a huge ste... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=965185 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:48:41 +0100 965185