Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Diabetes Rates May Double Worldwide by 2030

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Diabetes Rates May Double Worldwide by 2030

WebMD Health NewsApril 26, 2004 -- The number of people with diabetes will double worldwide by 2030, according to new estimates from researchers at the World Health Organization (WHO) and several European universities.

Although the U.S. is expected to experience a far more rapid increase in diabetes rates, the study suggests the greatest relative increases will be in the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and India.

That's because researchers say deaths due to infectious diseases as well as maternal and infant deaths in developing countries are expected to continue to drop in the next 30 years. Meanwhile, as diabetes rates climb in these areas, deaths due to related diseases, such as heart disease, will increase and account for a larger proportion of deaths in developing countries.

According to the study, published in the May issue of Diabetes Care, the top 10 countries with the highest number of estimated diabetes cases for 2000 and 2030 are as follows:




2000
2030

Rank
Country
People with diabetes (millions)
Country
People with diabetes (millions)

1
India
31.7
India
79.4

2
China
20.8
China
42.3

3
U.S.
17.7
U.S.
30.3

4
Indonesia
8.4
Indonesia
21.3

5
Japan
6.8
Pakistan
13.9

6
Pakistan
5.2
Brazil
11.3

7
Russian Federation
4.6
Bangladesh
11.1

8
Brazil
4.6
Japan
8.9

9
Italy
4.3
Philippines
7.8

10
Bangladesh
3.2
Egypt
6.7





Diabetes Epidemic Growing Ahead of Schedule
The study shows that the three countries with the most people with diabetes are expected to remain India, China, and the U.S. But researchers predict an even higher increase than the CDC predicted in 2001.

The CDC study projected that the number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes would reach 29 million by 2050, but this study estimates there will be more than 30 million Americans with diabetes as early as 2030. Researchers say the new estimate is based on the fact that up to 50% of people with diabetes do not know they have the disease, and their projection is based on people with both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes.

Researchers say it's unlikely that their projections overestimate the future of the diabetes epidemic because they are based on the prevalence of obesity remaining stable. But obesity rates have been rising substantially in recent years. Obesity is the leading modifiable risk factor for diabetes.

"Even if the prevalence of obesity remains stable until 2030, which seems unlikely, it is anticipated that the number of people with diabetes will more than double as a consequence of population aging and urbanization," write researcher Sarah Wild, PhD, of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and colleagues.

"The human and economic costs of this epidemic are enormous," write the researchers. "A concerted global initiative is required to address the diabetes epidemic."

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Obesity, Inactivity Keeping Heart Health Stats Down

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Obesity, Inactivity Keeping Heart Health Stats Down

HealthDay Reporter – Thu Dec 17,2009 11:49 pm ET

THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- While physicians and surgeons are getting better at treating heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, too many Americans are ignoring the basic rules for preventing them, according to new statistics from the American Heart Association.

Topping the list: too little exercise, too much weight.

In fact, 59 percent of adults surveyed last year reported no activity vigorous enough to prompt sweating and a significant increase in breathing or heart rate, according to the update. The findings are published online Dec. 17 in the journal Circulation.
"The things people need to focus on are our weight and our waist," said Dr. Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, chair of the heart association's statistics committee. "Those are driving a lot of other risk factors, such as cholesterol and diabetes."
Tackling inactivity and overweight will be key to turning heart health statistics around said Lloyd-Jones, who is also chairman of the department of preventive medicine and staff cardiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

The American diet also demands more attention, he said. "There is just too much availability of very calorie-dense food," he said. "We're not doing anything to burn off those extra pounds."

Data from 2003-2006 shows that 11.3 percent of children and teenagers were at or
above the 97th percentile in body mass index for their age. That's ominous, because oerweight teens have a 70 percent chance of becoming overweight adults, the report notes.

Preventive measures should be emphasized for younger people, Lloyd-Jones said. "We need to be thinking about this as a life-long problem, not just when you turn 50," he said.

Cholesterol control is ignored by many who would benefit from it most, according to the Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2010 update. Fewer than half the Americans with symptomatic heart disease are receiving treatment to lower their blood levels of fats, and only a third of people getting treatment are achieving the target levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad kind" that clogs arteries.

"Everything is coming together in the worst way -- obesity, inactivity, smoking," said Dr. Clyde W. Yancy, heart association president and medical director of the Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute in Dallas. "In our younger group, instead of seeing improvement, it is getting worse."

One relatively bright spot is better control of high blood pressure, a major cardiovascular risk factor, Lloyd-Jones said. "In the last few years, we have taken a bump up, and that gives us reason to hope, especially in prevention of heart failure," he said.

Other findings:
• Death rates from cardiovascular disease declined about 30 percent between 1996 and 2006, as treatments improved.
• In 2006, 7.2 million in-hospital cardiovascular procedures were performed, a 33 percent increase over the 1996 level.
The cost of treating cardiovascular disease is expected to rise 5.8 percent in 2010, to $503.2 billion, a figure that lends real urgency to prevention efforts, Lloyd-Jones said.

"So we are spending half a trillion dollars on cardiovascular disease," Yancy said. "And we recognize that, as in our younger population the incidence of sedentary life style, obesity and smoking are going up, that expenditure will continue to rise."

By 2020, the association hopes for a 20 percent improvement in the cardiovascular health of all Americans and a 20 percent reduction in deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

More information
Cardiovascular risk factors are listed by the American Heart Association.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Looking Younger Than Your Age May Mean Longer Life


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Looking Younger Than Your Age May Mean Longer Life

By HealthDay - Mon Dec 14, 2:03 PM PST
- MONDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- People who look younger than their age tend to live longer than those who look older than their years, a new study suggests.

The finding came from research that involved 1,826 Danish twins, aged 70 and older, who were given physical and cognitive tests and then had their faces photographed. Three groups of volunteers looked at the photos and indicated the age they perceived the participants to be. Twins were assessed individually, and on different days.

The researchers, from the University of Southern Denmark, then tracked the twins for seven years and found that perceived age was significantly associated with survival, even after adjustments were made for actual age, sex and the environment in which each pair of twins was raised. The bigger the difference in perceived age, the more likely it was that the older-looking twin died first, they noted.

The researchers also found an association between perceived age and physical and mental functioning.
Common genetic factors that influence both survival and perceived age may help explain the findings, the study authors explained.

"Perceived age -- which is widely used by clinicians as a general indication of a patient's health -- is a robust biomarker of aging that predicts survival among those aged 70 and older and correlates with important functional and molecular aging phenotypes," Kaare Christensen and colleagues wrote in their report, which was published Dec. 13 in the online edition of the BMJ.


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Banyak Bayi Down Syndrome

As moms age, more babies born with Down syndrome


By Reuters - Mon Nov 30, 2:32 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of children born with Down syndrome has increased by about one percent per year since 1979, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The increase is probably because more and more women 35 and over are having babies, Dr. Adolfo Correa of the CDC's Center for Disease Control's National Center on Birth Defects, one of the study's authors, said. These older women are five times more likely than younger moms to have a baby with Down syndrome, Correa pointed out.

Today, about one in 1,000 children and adolescents in the US has the chromosomal disorder, and about 5,400 children are born with Down syndrome in the US every year, Correa and his colleagues note in the journal Pediatrics.

People with Down syndrome have some degree of mental retardation, and are also at risk of certain health problems; for example many are born with heart defects. But 90 percent will celebrate their fifth birthdays, and the average life expectancy for a person with Down syndrome is over 50.

To date, the researchers note, just one study done in a single city has looked at Down syndrome rates in children and adolescents. Accurate figures are necessary, they add, to plan for health care services for these individuals as they get older, because many may need specialized care.

Correa and his team analyzed birth defect registry data from 1979 to 2003 for 10 different US regions to come up with these numbers.

On average, they found, 9 in every 10,000 babies born live in the US in 1979 had Down syndrome. That figured increased by more than 30 percent over the next 14 years, reaching nearly 12 per 10,000 babies in 2003.

In 2002, the researchers estimate, there were about 83,400 people 19 and under with Down syndrome.

The risk of Down syndrome was higher among boys than girls, Correa and his colleagues found. There was also evidence that Down syndrome was more common among Hispanics and whites, but less common among African-Americans, but Correa said it's not clear why.

The findings are "a good starting point" to better predict the medical needs of people with Down syndrome, the researcher said. What the findings couldn't show, he added, is whether or not the increase in women undergoing prenatal screening has meant fewer babies are being born with Down syndrome.

SOURCE: Pediatrics, December 2009.


 

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Senarai Produk Kosmetik yang DiBATALKAN oleh KKM

Saya merujuk kepada laman Biro Pengawalan Farmaseutikal Kebangsaan (NPCB) http://www.bpfk.gov.my

AWAS!! Anda mungkin menggunakan produk yang telah dibatalkan oleh pihak KKM. Banyak pengeluar produk telah menipu para pengguna dengan membubuh bahan kimia yang tidak dibenarkan oleh KKM.

Cancellation of Notification of Cosmetic Products



PEMBATALAN NOTIFIKASI PRODUK KOSMETIK ATAS ISU CAMPURPALSU

Para pengguna dinasihatkan untuk mengelak daripada membeli dan menggunakan produk kosmetik seperti tersenarai di bawah. Produk-produk tersebut telah didapati mengandungi bahan terlarang, termasuk racun berjadual yang tidak dibenarkan dalam produk kosmetik. Penggunaan produk kosmetik yang dicampurpalsu dengan bahan kimia seperti yang telah dikesan boleh menyebabkan kesan advers serius.

Produk seperti tersenarai di bawah tidak lagi dibenarkan diimport/ dikilang/ diedar/ dijual di negara ini dan Pihak Berkuasa telah mengarahkan supaya semua stok produk berkenaan di keluarkan dari pasaran.

Tahun 2009

Bil Nama produk No. notifikasi (NOT) Bahan kimia yang dikesan
1 Felisa Gentle Peeling Solution NOT07080210KE Tretinoin
2 Krim Malam Rahsia Rimba NOT080801112K Hydroquinone
3 Biocosmet Whitening Essence
Cream NOT07122920KE Hydroquinone
4 ~H2O+ Waterwhite Brightening
Night Cream NOT04102838KE Hydroquinone
5 Magixpress Lightening Plus NOT07121009KE Hydroquinone
6 A.Vant Cream NOT05022860KE Tretinoin
7 Eriesya Spa Beauty Cream NOT07122412KE Hydroquinone
8 Natasya Krim Herba NOT07090337KE Hydroquinone & Tretinoin
9 Temulawak Whitening Pearl Cream Papaya NOT03090150KE Tretinoin
10 Ratna Sari Whitening Night Cream NOT080700826K Tretinoin
11 ATIKA BEAUTY Renewal Night Cream NOT04082451KE Hydroquinone
12 Chantique - Whitening Night Cream NOT04121404KE Tretinoin

Tahun 2008

Bil Nama produk No. notifikasi (NOT) Bahan kimia yang dikesan
1 Khazanah White Pembersih
Wajah NOT05040954KE Hydroquinone
2 Gloskin Krim Malam & Siang NOT05082557KE Hydroquinone
3 Reena's Astringen Lanjutan NOT05010659KE Hydroquinone
4 Skin Desires Deep Whitening
Cleansing Milk NOT07020213KE Hydroquinone
5 EETYE Whitening Cream NOT06080859KE Hydroquinone
6 O'Lynn Skin Lightening Cream NOT06110164KE Tretinoin

Senarai ini dikemaskini pada November 2009


Awas! Produk yang Meragukan!

27 COSMETIC PRODUCTS RECALLED

petikan dari Bernama - Friday, November 27

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry has recalled 27 local cosmetic products from the market for notifications that did not comply with the definition of cosmetics.

Among the products recalled were the Permata Hijrah Ainun eye toner manufactured by Seri Ummi Sdn Bhd, Ainun Syifa eye toner by Yamni Industries Sdn Bhd, Ainun eye toner from Al-Jabbar Manufacturing Sdn Bhd and the Alkaline Therapy Pearl Extract by Permata Hijrah Resources.

In a statement today, the ministry said the products were taken back as they were notified as cosmetic products but were misused as its directions required the preparation to be used as eye drops.
"Products used as eye or nose drops do not fall under the definition of cosmetics and should be controlled as pharmaceutical products.
"Products that are classified as cosmetics cannot be used for treatment purposes, as it is a substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with various external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips) or with teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and/or correcting body odours and/or protecting them or keeping them in good condition," it said.
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PRODUCT-RECALL 2 (LAST) KUALA LUMPUR
The statement added that such products must also be manufactured in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) certified premises which has specific facilities to produce sterile products, which was a factor not met by the recalled items.
Therefore, the public are advised to be more careful and wise when buying cosmetic products and avoid from being influenced by testimonials advertised by manufacturers.
-- BERNAMA
NF LES IZ AO

p/s- hati hati dengan produk sebegini, kadang-kadang 'over-claim' . Siapa yang tertipu? Sila rujuk laman Biro Pengawalan Farmaseutikal Kebangsaan http://www.bpfk.gov.my