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Rhinoscintigraphy not valid for assessing mucociliary clearance in rhinosinusitis Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Using rhinoscintigraphy to measure the speed at which the mucociliary system clears the nasal passages is not a valid method for differentiating between types of rhinosinusitis, study findings suggest.

DEXA best for COPD body composition testing Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Clinicians who assess body composition when grading the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should use dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, researchers recommend.

Sinus dilation treats sinusitis, avoids blood loss in frail patients Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Dilating the sinuses with a surgical balloon effectively treats acute sinusitis without causing the blood loss typical during endoscopic sinus surgery, say scientists who recommend the less traumatic balloon procedure for frail patients.

Visual illusion test reveals brain signaling deficits in schizophrenia patients Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia are able to see through a visual illusion that usually fools other people, indicating that people with the mental health disorder have difficulty coordinating responses between different brain areas associated with perception, say researchers.

SCIT improves social skills in schizophrenia patients Posted: 07 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Social cognition and interaction training appears to improve emotional perception and social skills in outpatients with schizophrenia, preliminary study findings indicate.

Heart failure patients fare worse with a history of depression Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT People admitted to hospital for heart failure who have a history of depression fare worse than those patients without prior depression, a US study has found.

Increase in metabolic syndrome among US girls Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Teenage girls are now just as likely to have the metabolic syndrome as teenage boys, results of a US study show.

Visual illusion test reveals brain signaling problems in schizophrenia patients Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia are able to see through a visual illusion that usually fools other people, indicating that people with the mental health disorder have difficulty coordinating responses between different brain areas associated with perception, say researchers.

Stress management benefits prostate surgery patients Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Brief stress management sessions before and immediately after surgery for early-stage prostate cancer can improve mens' short and long-term mood and quality of life, say US researchers.

Preoperative cytokeratin bone marrow cells predict prostate cancer outcome Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Cytokeratin-positive cells in the bone marrow of prostate cancer patients are only prognostic of outcome when they are detected before surgery, say German researchers.

PSA bounce common after permanent prostate brachytherapy Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Prostate-specific antigen level "bounce" is a common phenomenon in prostate cancer patients who have undergone permanent prostate brachytherapy and should be considered before implementing salvage interventions, say Japanese scientists.

Hemoglobin may shed light on breast cancer prognosis Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Using a fiber-optic biopsy needle to measure tumor oxygenation could help improve breast cancer prognosis and guide treatment decisions, say US researchers.

Patients adhering to statin therapy may be generally more healthy Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Canadian study show that the patients with the best adherence to statin therapy may be generally more healthy than those with low adherence, demonstrating a "healthy-user effect" bias.

Black adolescents have lowest prevalence of the metabolic syndrome Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Black adolescents have a lower prevalence of the metabolic syndrome than White or Hispanic teenagers, report researchers in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

Maintenance childhood fitness reduces adult obesity and insulin resistance Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children who maintain their activity and fitness levels as they grow into adulthood may reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes and obesity, an Australian study has found.

Zinc intake has modest protective effect against Type 2 diabetes Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT A high intake of zinc may be modestly protective against Type 2 diabetes, suggest results from the Nurses' Health Study.

Non-pharmacologic treatments effective for depression post CABG Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Cognitive behavior therapy is effective for treating depression in patients who have recently undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery, randomized controlled trial findings indicate.

Delayed-enhancement MRI may predict outcome of PVAI for AF Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging to detect fibrosis in the left atrium may help predict the outcome of pulmonary vein antrum isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation, US researchers report in the journal Circulation.

<i>NR5A1</i> mutations associated with primary ovarian insufficiency Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT A study suggests that mutations in the nuclear receptor 5A1 gene result in quantitative transactivation reductions of the cytochrome P450 11A1 and CYP19A1 genes, and are associated with 46,XX primary ovarian insufficiency.

Kisspeptin potential therapy for infertility in women Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PDT Research recently presented at the Society for Endocrinology BES in Harrogate, UK, showed that kisspeptin—a product of the KISS-1 gene and a key regulator of reproductive function—potently increases lutenizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in infertile women with hypothalamic amenorrhea.

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