Improvements in hostility and depression in relation to dietary change and cholesterol lowering: the family heart study

Article Abstract:

Individuals who lower their blood levels of cholesterol through dietary changes may not have a greater risk for depression or aggressive behavior than other individuals. Among 305 individuals from 233 families, 165 followed a low fat, high complex-carbohydrate diet and 140 followed a typical American diet with a high fat content. The average blood levels of cholesterol declined slightly in individuals who followed a low fat, high complex-carbohydrate diet, but rose slightly in those who followed an American diet. Individuals who followed a low fat, high complex-carbohydrate diet experienced less depression and aggressive hostility than those who followed a high fat diet. All 13 individuals who experienced a large increase in depression or aggressive hostility also had a large increase in their blood levels of cholesterol. Several research studies have found that individuals who lower their blood levels of cholesterol may have an increased risk of suicide or a violent death.

Psychological aspects, Physiological aspects, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Hostility (Psychology), Hostility, Cholesterol metabolism

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Nurse-assisted counseling for smokers in primary care

Article Abstract:

Referral to an onsite nursing counselor may increase the effectiveness of counseling for smokers who are patients of a primary care physician. Nursing-assisted interventions include self-quit training, referral to a smoking cessation support group and a combination of self-quit training and referral to a support group. Among 3,161 smokers who visited a physician or other medical care provider from an internal medicine or primary care medical practice at a health maintenance organization, 2,707 (86%) received a 30-second stop-smoking prompt from their physician and were referred to an onsite nursing counselor. Approximately 7% of the patients who were referred to an onsite nursing counselor were not smoking at three months and one year after referral, compared with 4% of the patients who only received a stop-smoking prompt from their physician.

Care and treatment, Management, Practice, Nurses, Family medicine, Smokers, Health counseling

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Axial bone mass in older women

Article Abstract:

Body weight may be the strongest predictor of bone mineral density (BMD). Researchers studied lumbar spine and hip BMD measurements, and medical and lifestyle histories of 7,963 nonblack women age 65 and older to determine factors that are associated with increased or decreased BMD. Body weight, rather than body mass, had the strongest association with BMD, with very slender women being more susceptible to hip fracture. Other factors associated with increased BMD were height, estrogen use, non-insulin-dependent diabetes, thiazide use, and taking calcium supplements. Exercise and thigh muscle strength were also associated with greater BMD. Women with a family history of fracture, whether mothers or siblings, had lower bone mass.

Health aspects, Bones, Risk factors, Bone density, Aged women, Elderly women, Fractures (Injuries), Fractures, Bone densitometry

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