Alzheimer’s: Catch them early
Posted by: admin on: January 17, 2012
Canadians are still dismissing symptoms of dementia as “just old age” based on survey results released by the Alzheimer Society. Close to 50 % of Canadians lived a year or more with their symptoms before seeing a family doctor. Of these, 16 % waited more than 2 years. The delay in diagnosis results in a huge treatment gap and prevents people from getting valuable information about medications, support and better disease management.
-Team@CMHF
Canadian guidelines support no routine mammograms until 50
Posted by: admin on: January 17, 2012
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care on Monday issued new recommendations on breast cancer screening, and they’re similar to controversial guidelines issued in 2009 by a US governmental panel.
-Team@CMHF
Exercise guidelines for people with type 2 diabetes
Posted by: admin on: January 17, 2012
In December 2010, the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Sports Medicine issued new guidelines that stress the important role of physical activity in managing type 2 diabetes
-Team@CMHF
JAMA: Surgery improves survival for infective endocarditis patients with HF
Posted by: admin on: January 16, 2012
Patients with infective endocarditis complicated by heart failure (HF) who undergo valvular surgery had lower in-hospital and one-year mortality rates, researchers report in the Nov. 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Yet less than two-thirds of patients with HF underwent surgery, the authors found.
-Team@CMHF
Preventing exacerbations
Posted by: admin on: January 16, 2012
Updated international treatment guidelines confirm experts’ views that prevention of COPD exacerbations should be of equal importance to relieving daily symptoms.
-Team@CMHF
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