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Comparing a large group of Alzheimer’s patients with a similar group not suffering from the disease, researchers identified a significant increase in the prevalence of seizures in those with this common form of dementia. While the control group saw a rate of 1.4 seizures per 1,000 people, the Alzheimer’s group bore a 9.1 per 1,000 rate. Significantly, the rate of seizures was highest among the youngest Alzheimer’s patients, making it a point of emphasis for related caregivers.
For the majority of patients, knee replacements are incredibly durable, lasting for 15 to 20 years in more than 95 percent of patients. But for those who experience complications, more extensive surgery and related costs are often the consequence. Signs of a failed implant include pain, instability, swelling and stiffness, according to researchers from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Common contributors to a faulty joint include infection, joint surfaces that rub together, consequent fractures, weak tissue surrounding the implant and improper surgical placement.
Novel research pinpoints a “peak” age range when men and women are most vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in the Annals of General Psychiatry. Looking at more than 6,500 patients involved in previous studies on the disorder, researchers found that women are most vulnerable between ages 51 and 55, while men’s age of heightened prevalence is 41 to 45. The condition, researchers say, is twice as common in women as men regardless of age.
Levels of the “good” cholesterol known as HDL normally signify a decreased risk of heart attacks, but for those who take statins to lower “bad” cholesterol, or LDL, the importance of HDL levels becomes murky, according to researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. As LDL levels decrease to very low ranges, HDL is no longer an effective way of measuring the risk of heart disease. The study, appearing in The Lancet, analyzed patients on the statin drug Crestor from AstraZeneca.
Pancreatic cancer cells, representing one of the most dangerous forms of cancer, prefer their sugar to be of the fructose variety, according to researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, who witnessed a surge in the proliferation of cancer cells when feeding them fructose as opposed to glucose. Prevalent across the American diet in food like white bread and soft drinks, fructose is most commonly ingested as high-fructose corn syrup, which has long been the center of salutary debate. Organisms, including cancer cells, metabolize these sugars differently, with fructose used as an engine that contributes to rapid growth.
