18/February/2022 Top Medical Bulletin

Here are todays top medical stories 

Periodontitis a serious risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis 

Periodontitis is an extremely painful gum infection that can lead to tooth loss and other serious health complications. It damages the soft tissue and, without treatment, can destroy the bone that supports teeth. Previous studies have shown, various systemic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cognitive impairment, and rheumatoid arthritis were shown to be associated with periodontitis. A study in International Dental Journal has recently reported that people with periodontitisis now more likely to develop in patients rheumatoid arthritis.

Zinc deficiency, a greater risk of mortality in Hemodialysis patients

Zinc deficiency is a serious concern as it affects immune system and in relation with this, a study in Journal of Renal Nutrition aimed to analyze the relationship between zinc intake and mortality in hemodialysis patients.

A higher mortality risk was observed in patients with zinc intake below the recommended values. In conclusion there is a high prevalence of hemodialysis patients with an inadequate zinc intake, which is related to worse nutritional and body composition parameters and with a higher mortality risk.

Effects of salivary cytokine profile in oral lichen planus

Cancer is a burden as it affects quality of life to a greater extent. According To the WHO, the atrophic and erosive subtype cancerate with a rate of 0.8 to 1.5% making it a potential malignant disorder of the oral cavity. Journal of Dental Sciences reports a study aiming to comprehensively detect the salivary cytokine profile of patients with Oral lichen planus. Certain salivary cytokines were positively associated with Oral lichen planus severity, therefore, they might have potential as biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of Oral lichen planus.

Changing your diet could add up to a decade to life expectancy

 Diet directly influences ones health and the determination to follow healthy diet always fails with life style.  As per a new study publishing in PLOS Medicine A young adult could add more than a decade to their life expectancy by changing their diet from a typical Western diet to an optimized diet that includes more legumes, whole grains and nuts, and less red and processed meat,. Study assessed an estimation of the effect on life expectancy (LE) of a range of dietary changes and has shown health benefits associated with separate food group or specific diet patterns.

Bright indoor light during daytime may lower blood sugar, improve energy expenditure 

 Light and its exposure has a crucial role in maintaining ones health. Most individuals nowadays are exposed to Suboptimal lighting during dark and has been linked to negative metabolic impacts, and changing indoor lighting to more closely mirror the natural light/dark cycle has the potential to improve metabolic health. According to a new study published in Diabetologia, Insulin-resistant volunteers' postprandial substrate processing, energy expenditure, and thermoregulation are all affected by the indoor light environment in a time-dependent manner.However, further Optimization of indoor lighting to a brighter light during daytime hours and dimmer in the evening may provide cardiometabolic benefits.