Medical News

Low birth weight linked to heart disease risk factor Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with a low birth weight and poor early growth tend to have low-grade, body-wide inflammation in adulthood, which may explain their increased risk of heart disease and other conditions, say researchers.

Some hospital cleaning products may be harmful to respiratory health Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Exposure to some cleaning fluids used in hospitals may cause airway and skin irritation in staff and patients alike, say US researchers.

Lifestyle changes improve quality of life in patients with reflux oesophagitis Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with reflux oesophagitis who are receiving medical treatment can significantly improve their health-related quality of life by making recommended lifestyle changes, research shows

More breast cancer susceptibility genes identified Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT UK researchers have identified two more genetic regions associated with women's risk of developing breast cancer.

Grapefruit tips patient into VTE Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers highlight the multifactorial etiology of venous thromboembolism in a case study published in the journal The Lancet.

FLAIR marker may indicate collateral blood flow in stroke patients Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT The finding of distal hyperintense vessels on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging may identify stroke patients with good collateral blood flow, research suggests.

Short-term cyclosporine augments topical vitamin D benefits Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT A short-term course of cyclosporine may benefit patients with mild or moderate psoriasis symptoms who fail to respond to topical vitamin D treatment, say Japanese researchers.

Single-dose antibiotic prevents TRUS-guided prostate biopsy infections Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy leads to very few infectious complications when accompanied by antibiotic prophylaxis, say French scientists who add that one dose is sufficient.

Overdiagnosis curtails PSA prostate cancer screening benefits Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT The benefits of prostate-specific antigen screening in terms of reducing advanced stage prostate cancer is reduced by high rates of overdiagnosis, particularly in older men, say UK researchers.

Single-dose antibiotic prevents TRUS-guided prostate biopsy infections Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Transrectal ultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy leads to very few infectious complications when accompanied by antibiotic prophylaxis, say French scientists who add that one dose is sufficient.

Overdiagnosis curtails PSA prostate cancer screening benefits Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT The benefits of prostate-specific antigen screening in terms of reducing advanced stage prostate cancer is reduced by high rates of overdiagnosis, particularly in older men, say UK researchers.

Surgical options for DCIS influenced by tumor histopathology Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT A French survey shows that surgical management of ductal carcinoma in situ is correlated with pathology and histology of the tumor, and treatment options are similar to those in other countries.

Fenofibrate maintains improvements in lipids long-term Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Contrary to results from the FIELD study, Italian researchers report long-term improvements in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides in fenofibrate-treated individuals.

Waist circumference as good as DXA for predicting adverse lipids Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Measurement of waist circumference is as good a predictor of adverse lipids as is dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-derived abdominal fat mass, report researchers.

Daily consumption of ‘diet’ soda linked to increased Type 2 diabetes risk Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Consumption of artificially sweetened "diet" soda drinks at least once a day is associated with increased relative risk for Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, report researchers in the journal Diabetes Care.

Chinese patients with diabetic nephropathy at high risk for PAD Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT A cross-sectional study finds that diabetic nephropathy is independently associated with peripheral arterial disease in Chinese men and women.

Novel LVAD shows bridge-to-transplant promise Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT A novel third-generation left ventricular assist device exceeded its prespecified performance goal in a trial of its safety and efficacy as a bridge to heart transplantations, investigators announced this week.

Social deprivation linked to reduced cardiac surgery survival Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Social deprivation is associated with reduced survival after cardiac surgery, even after taking into account risk factors related to social deprivation such as smoking, underweight and obesity, and diabetes, UK researchers report in the British Medical Journal.

Surgical options for DCIS influenced by tumor histopathology Posted: 02 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT A French survey shows that surgical management of ductal carcinoma in situ is correlated with pathology and histology of the tumor, and treatment options are similar to those in other countries.

Short-term menatrenone therapy increases secretion, osteocalcin gamma carboxylation Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT Vitamin K2 (menatetrenone) therapy enhances the secretion and gamma-caboxylation of osteocalcin after 1 month of treatment, while urinary N-telopeptide of type I collage excretion is increased after 6 months of treatment, a study has found.

Food intake during labor does not affect obstetric, neonatal outcomes Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT Consumption of a light diet during labor does not influence mode of delivery, duration of labor, incidence of vomiting, or neonatal outcomes, a study suggests.

Postmenopausal calcium intake decreases risk for metabolic syndrome Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers in Korea have found that in postmenopausal women, increased calcium intake is related to a decreased risk for having the metabolic syndrome.

You are subscribed to email updates from MedWire Medical News Combined Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Inbox too full? Subscribe to the feed version of MedWire Medical News Combined Feed in a feed reader.
If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: MedWire Medical News Combined Feed, c/o Google, 20 W Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610