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Asthma control needed in pregnancy to optimize mother's and baby's health Posted: 12 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Pregnant women with asthma should effectively control their disease in order to optimize their own health and that of their babies, management recommendations published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate.

Receptor linking pollen and nasal itch offers rhinitis therapy hope Posted: 12 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Scientists in Sweden believe they have identified an ion channel that produces the nasal itch experienced by many patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Infant bronchiolitis has dose–response relationship with asthma risk Posted: 12 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Among babies who are hospitalized with bronchiolitis, the severity of symptoms is positively correlated with the risk for subsequent childhood asthma and asthma-specific morbidity, US researchers have shown.

FES patients have decreased DMFC volume despite positive link to delusion severity Posted: 12 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that first-episode schizophrenia patients have volumetric reductions of the dorso-medial frontal cortex, even in the presence of a positive correlation between DMFC volume and delusion severity.

Childhood ADHD impacts on clinical course of bipolar disorder Posted: 12 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT A childhood history of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder has a significant impact on the course of bipolar disorder, regardless of whether ADHD symptoms persist in to adulthood, researchers have found.

Doctors missing opportunities to diagnose heart disease early Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Doctors may be missing opportunities to diagnose heart disease and related conditions at an early stage in their patients, with many people only being diagnosed once they develop symptoms, according to a US study.

City dwellers at increased risk of late-stage cancer diagnosis Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT People who live in urban areas are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer than those who live in suburban and rural areas, results of a US study suggest.

Childhood attention disorder influences course of bipolar disorder Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with bipolar disorder who have a childhood history of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder tend to develop the mood disorder at a younger age and experience more frequent symptoms than those without such a history, research shows.

Ulcerative colitis symptom flares more common in Spring and Summer Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with ulcerative colitis are more likely to experience symptom flares in the Spring and Summer than in the Autumn and Winter months, results of a Chinese study suggest.

Post-VTE bleeding doubles the risk for recurrent VTE Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT The occurrence of bleeding following venous thromboembolism is associated with an increased risk for recurrent thrombosis and death, study findings indicate.

Pravastatin reduces stroke risk independently of LDL cholesterol reduction Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with mild-to-moderate hypercholesterolemia treated with pravastatin have a significantly reduced risk for stroke independent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level compared with controls, report researchers from the MEGA study.

Self-reported stroke history inaccurate in older adults Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a magnetic resonance imaging study of the brain show that older adults frequently under-report their stroke history.

CK-19 mRNA-positive CTCs predict poor breast cancer outcome Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT The presence of cytokeratin-19 mRNA-positive circulating tumor cells both before and after adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer predicts reduced disease-free and overall survival, study results show.

Lignans are unlikely to reduce breast cancer risk Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Plant lignans may slightly reduce the risk for breast cancer in post-menopausal women but are unlikely to have a significant protective effect in all women, suggest meta-analysis results.

Lymph node target volumes for prostate cancer tomotherapy agreed Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT A consensus on pelvic lymph node clinical target volumes in high-risk prostate cancer has been developed, say scientists who believe it will allow uniformity in benefit and risk assessments.

Pravastatin reduces stroke risk independently of LDL cholesterol reduction Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with mild-to-moderate hypercholesterolemia treated with pravastatin have a significantly reduced risk for stroke independent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level compared with controls, report researchers from the MEGA study.

Daily exercise reduces obesity and improves CV health in school children Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT A 1-year daily exercise intervention program for high school children in Germany significantly reduces obesity and blood pressure, and improves serum lipids, report researchers at the EuroPRevent 2009 conference.

Vegetarian diets may protect against Type 2 diabetes Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT People consuming vegetarian diets have a substantially lower risk for Type 2 diabetes and a lower body mass index than people consuming non-vegetarian diets, shows a cross-sectional study reported in the journal Diabetes Care.

Intensive glucose lowering reduces MI, but not stroke, risk for Type 2 diabetics Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a meta-analysis show that intensive hypoglycemic treatment of individuals with Type 2 diabetes significantly reduces the risk for myocardial infarction, but not for stroke or cardiovascular death, report researchers.

DASH diet adherence linked with reduced HF risk Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Middle-aged and older women whose eating habits are in keeping with a particular blood-pressure lowering diet may have a decreased risk for heart failure, a large study suggests.

Smoking and high blood pressure top risk factors for US preventable deaths Posted: 11 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Smoking and high blood pressure are responsible for the largest number of preventable deaths in the USA, research suggests.

Columnar mucosa without goblet cells ‘should be included as BE’ Posted: 19 Apr 2009 05:00 PM PDT DNA content abnormalities occur similarly in metaplastic esophageal columnar epithelium with and without goblet cells, a US study suggests.

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