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Study: Ozaukee is Wisconsins healthiest county
Published November 20, 2008, 5:53 am, Fond du Lac Reporter
WAUSAU Southeast Wisconsin is home to some of the states healthiest and least healthy people, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison study released today.
British Tinnitus Association Announces Record Funding Donation For Tinnitus Research
Published November 20, 2008, 5:09 am, Medical News Today
The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is donating a record £230,000 funding grant for a three-year tinnitus research post at University College London (UCL) Ear Institute in the search for a cure for the condition. The donation will be used to support a Senior Research Associate post and a small team of researchers, working in a leading multi-disciplinary research facility.
Canadian dairymen a force for change Farmers Weekly
Published November 20, 2008, 4:48 am, Farmers Weekly Interactive
It is hard to comprehend the fact that Canadian dairy farmers pay a quota cost of $30,000 (£16,470)/kg of butterfat a day. With an average butterfat at just over 1kg, you are looking at a bill of $45,000 (£24,706)/kg of butterfat a day.
Canada's Top Health Researchers To Be Recognized
Published November 20, 2008, 4:09 am, Medical News Today
Canada's top health researchers will be recognized tonight at the 7th annual Canadian Health Research Awards. These awards are among the Canadian research community's highest honours. The 2008 Health Researcher of the Year for Biomedical and Clinical Research will be awarded to Dr. Michael Hayden of the University of British Columbia. Dr.
ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage In Children
Published November 20, 2008, 3:10 am, Medical News Today
In contrast to recent findings, two of the most common medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do not appear to cause genetic damage in children who take them as prescribed, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Duke University Medical Center.
Doc digs up ethnic roots of disease
Published November 20, 2008, 1:39 am, Hamilton Spectator
Sonia Anand wants to be able to tell you what your ancestors have to do with you having heart disease or a stroke.
Deer kill awes new DNR chief
Published November 20, 2008, 12:35 am, Detroit Free Press
CLIO -- Russ Mason, the new chief of the Michigan DNR's wildlife division, came last summer from Nevada, a state that holds an annual lottery to issue 20,000 tags to hunters who kill about 8,000 deer. That's about 13% of the number that Michigan residents kill with their cars.
Marquette County unhealthy; Columbia County rank improves
Published November 19, 2008, 10:19 pm, Portage Daily Register
Marquette remains one the state's least healthiest counties, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison study released today, but Columbia County has made great strides to improve.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes
Published November 19, 2008, 2:37 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
The authors of this study genotyped single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 18 diabetes-associated loci in participants of the Framingham Offspring Study. A genotype score based on these risk alleles predicted new cases of diabetes but resulted in only a slightly better prediction of risk than knowledge of common risk factors alone.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Clinical Risk Factors, DNA Variants, and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes
Published November 19, 2008, 2:36 pm, New England Journal of Medicine
Sixteen SNPs were determined and clinical factors examined in two Scandinavian cohorts that were followed for a median of 23.5 years. Type 2 diabetes developed in 11.7% of the subjects. The inclusion of common genetic risk factors, many of which impair the capacity of beta cells to increase insulin secretion, in risk models modestly improved the prediction of future type 2 diabetes.
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