More evidence links NSAID, estrogen use with reduced Alzheimer risk
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and estrogen may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers participating in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) reported these associations at the 1996 meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Among 1,828 BLSA volunteers, those who took NSAIDS occasionally for at least two years reduced their risk of Alzheimer's disease by 30% to 60% compared to those who did not. This seems reasonable in light of the evidence that Alzheimer's disease has an inflammatory component. In a group of 514 perimenopausal or postmenopausal women followed up to 16 years, those who took estrogen replacement therapy cut their risk of Alzheimer's in half compared to those who never used estrogen. Estrogen is known to affect nerve cells that produce acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that is deficient in people with Alzheimer's disease.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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Female Olympians' sex tests outmoded
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The International Olympic Committee will continue to test the sex of female athletes despite the fact that many experts believe it is unnecessary and potentially harmful. Sex testing was begun in the 1960s to detect any men who were masquerading as women. However, the revealing clothing worn by many athletes today should leave no doubt as to their gender. And many women actually have the Y chromosome but developed as women because they were insensitive to androgens. Other women with two X chromosomes may have androgen-secreting tumors that make them stronger. They will pass the test and have an unfair advantage over other women.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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Medical education gets wired: interactive media laboratory targets patients and physicians
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The Interactive Media Laboratory at Dartmouth Medical School has produced several award-winning videodisc programs. The lab created videodisc programs on prostate and breast cancer and low back pain for the Foundation for Informed Decision Making. These videodisc programs were created for patients but the lab has also designed programs for medical students, nurses and physicians. These include programs on treating cancer pain and HIV infection and AIDS. Most of the programs include continuing education exercises as well as video clips of real patients discussing their disease.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1996
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