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Obesity linked to breast cancer outcomes in patients who take hormone replacement therapy Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Obesity is associated with poorer outcomes in older women with breast cancer who have used hormone replacement therapy, study results suggest.

Probiotic preparation may benefit children with ulcerative colitis Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results of a pilot study suggest that a probiotic preparation containing several types of "good" bacteria may help to reduce or halt disease activity in children with the inflammatory bowel condition ulcerative colitis.

Reducing secondhand smoke exposure improves asthma control in children Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children with asthma experience a reduction in their respiratory symptoms and an improvement in their asthma control when their exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is decreased, research shows.

Prostate cancer patients worry less about recurrence than their partners Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men with prostate cancer worry less about their disease returning after treatment than their partners or spouses, research shows.

Microparticle role in venous thrombosis demonstrated Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study findings suggest that microparticles, small phospholipids vesicles shed by platelets, leukocytes and endothelium, may play a role in the development of venous thrombosis.

Novel tool identifies stroke patients at risk for poor outcome after IAT Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have developed a tool based on age, admission glucose, and admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score that estimates the chances of poor outcome after intra-arterial recanalization therapy.

Clue to anti-TNF therapy and tuberculosis link found Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers may have discovered a mechanism to explain the link between anti-tumour necrosis factor therapies taken by some people with inflammatory diseases and an increased risk for tuberculosis.

Urethral mobility predicts continence recovery after prostatectomy Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT After radical prostatectomy, urethral mobility at catheter removal, measured by voiding cystourethrography, predicts the early recovery of urinary incontinence, conclude Japanese investigators.

Incidentally detected breast lesions require referral Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Breast lesions detected during multidetector computed tomography chest or abdomen imaging for other conditions should be investigated, say UK researchers who found around a third of abnormalities were malignant.

Breast cancer chemo may affect employment status Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Although most women continue to work after receiving treatment for breast cancer, US researchers have found that receipt of chemotherapy increases the likelihood for long-term disability.

Urethral mobility predicts continence recovery after prostatectomy Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT After radical prostatectomy, urethral mobility at catheter removal, measured by voiding cystourethrography, predicts the early recovery of urinary incontinence, conclude Japanese investigators.

Lower dose of ezetimibe may not compromise goal maintenance Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a small, short-term, experimental study indicate that halving the dose of ezetimibe from 10 to 5 mg/day does not result in any significant adverse lipid changes and allows continued maintenance of official treatment goals.

Replacing saturated with polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces CHD risk Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Research suggests that replacing a small percentage of dietary energy obtained from saturated fatty acids with that obtained from polyunsaturated fatty acids significantly reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease related events and death.

Reduced COX-1 sensitivity may explain decreased aspirin efficacy in diabetes patients Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Cyclo-oxygenase-1 sensitivity and thromboxane B2 production are reduced in both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients receiving chronic aspirin treatment, which may explain why aspirin is less effective at preventing cardiovascular events in these patients than in those without a diagnosis of diabetes, report researchers in the European Heart Journal.

Weight-loss surgery cost-effective for managing Type 2 diabetes Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT The cost of surgical therapy for the management of recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetes in obese patients is fully recovered after 10 years, through savings in projected health care costs for diabetes treatment, an Australian study finds.

Non-Q-wave unrecognized MI linked to poor prognosis Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Non-Q-wave unrecognized myocardial infarction is common, over three times more so than Q-wave silent MI, and associated with a poor prognosis, research indicates.

Baseline Q wave predicts PCI outcome in STEMI patients Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Baseline Q waves independently predict clinical outcome in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention, shows research.

Incidentally detected breast lesions require referral Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Breast lesions detected during multidetector computed tomography chest or abdomen imaging for other conditions should be investigated, say UK researchers who found around a third of abnormalities were malignant.

Breast cancer chemo may affect employment status Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT Although most women continue to work after receiving treatment for breast cancer, US researchers have found that receipt of chemotherapy increases the likelihood for long-term disability.

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