Elevated hair cortisol levels as an indicator of chronic stress as a risk factor for myocardial infarction
From the journal Stress:We aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that chronic stress, as assessed by hair cortisol content, is associated with the development of AMI. A prospective case–control study included 56 patients admitted to hospital with AMI and 56 control patients, admitted to internal medicine wards for other indications. An enzyme immunoassay technique was used [...]
The Cooley and DeBakey feud
Here’s a history of the feud between the two men, and it’s final resolution, from Dr. Cooley′s perspective.
Saturday night
I picked up this album earlier in the week, and have listened many, many times … very nice.
90% in 2020, Health Reform and the State of the Union
When the Disease Management Care Blog views the State of the Union (SOU) this week, it will be keeping the following in mind, courtesy of Mike Chernew et al writing in the New England Journal here: The accumulated U.S. debt at the end of 2009 was $14 trillion*. While that’s a big number, economists use [...]
Link Between Drop In Hormone Therapy Use And Reduction In Mammogram Rates
A new analysis has found that a decline in hormone therapy (HT) use among women aged 50 to 64 years is linked with lower mammogram rates among these women. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that when women stop seeing their doctor for HT prescriptions, [...]
