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Heart attack pattern shifted after Katrina: study

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(Reuters) – Heart attacks are usually most common on weekdays and mornings, especially Mondays, but the pattern reversed in New Orleans after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, according to a U.S. study. “The fact that it’s such a polar opposite shift is really surprising,” said lead author Matthew Peters at Tulane University in New Orleans. After the 2005 storm, the overall number of attacks tripled, likely due to an increased number of smokers. Attacks were more likely on weekday evenings and weekends, according to data published in the American Journal of Cardiology. …

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Early muscle training linked to lower knee risk for girls

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercises aimed at preventing knee injuries in athletes are most effective when they’re started young, according to a new analysis of clinical trial results. The new study, published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, looked at more than a dozen other studies and found that female athletes who started so-called neuromuscular training routines by about age 14 were 72 percent less likely to hurt their knee ligaments than those who did not get the training until they were college-age. …

Fish tied to lower colon cancer risk: study

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(Reuters) – People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon cancer and, even more, rectal cancer, according to an analysis of 41 studies from around the world. The analysis, which appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, is the latest report that ties fish consumption to a number of possible health benefits. Jie Liang of Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases in Xi’an, China, and colleagues combined the results from 41 studies published between 1990 and 2011 that measured fish consumption and tracked cancer diagnoses. …

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