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- Add-on theophylline improves disease control in asthmatic smokers
- Insulin resistance predicts asthma-like symptoms
- Burden of childhood asthma and allergies ‘finally leveling off’
- Awareness in bipolar I disorder linked to brain atrophy
- Impulsivity linked to violence and prefrontal reductions in schizophrenia
- US football players ‘have normal cardiovascular disease risk profile’
- Woodworking more likely to cause respiratory problems for women than men
- Occupation is a common cause of adult asthma
- Reflux disease in China linked to obesity and urban living
- New assay detects protein C pathway abnormalities
- Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> mass and activity predict cardiovascular event risk for TIA patients
- Oncogenic role for MEN1 in prostate cancer uncovered
- VABB breast biopsy accurate, cost-effective for C3 breast lesion assessment
- Residual CV risk seen in treated patients with hypertension but not dyslipidemia
- Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> mass and activity predict cardiovascular event risk for TIA patients
- Residual CV risk seen in treated patients with hypertension but not dyslipidemia
- ARBs comparable to non-ARBs for major outcomes in CAD with hypertension
- Infliximab has long-term efficacy for children with Crohn’s disease
- Pioglitazone not effective for primary diabetes prevention in Asian Indians
- NICE update advocates use of newer agents for control of Type 2 diabetes
- ARBs comparable to non-ARBs for major outcomes in CAD with hypertension
- Aspirin of ‘uncertain value’ in primary prevention
- Joint and nail symptoms common in psoriasis, improve with etanercept
| Add-on theophylline improves disease control in asthmatic smokers Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adding low-dose theophylline to beclometasone therapy improves lung function and disease control in smokers with asthma, a pilot study suggests. |
| Insulin resistance predicts asthma-like symptoms Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Insulin resistance is associated with an increased risk for developing asthma-like symptoms, research shows. |
| Burden of childhood asthma and allergies ‘finally leveling off’ Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence and severity of childhood asthma and allergies was relatively unchanged in France between 1995 and 2002, an analysis of The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood suggests. |
| Awareness in bipolar I disorder linked to brain atrophy Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT In bipolar I disorder patients, both general and symptom awareness are associated with brain atrophy, but not with neurofunctioning, Norwegian researchers have discovered. |
| Impulsivity linked to violence and prefrontal reductions in schizophrenia Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Dysfunctional impulsivity is associated with a propensity for repetitive violence in schizophrenia patients, potentially via reduced volumes in the orbitofrontal cortex grey matter and hippocampus, UK study findings indicate. |
| US football players ‘have normal cardiovascular disease risk profile’ Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men who play in the US National Football League have higher rates of high blood pressure (hypertension), similar rates of high cholesterol, and lower rates of smoking and impaired fasting glucose than a group of healthy young adult men of the same age, research shows. |
| Woodworking more likely to cause respiratory problems for women than men Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Female woodworkers are more likely to develop respiratory symptoms associated with the occupation than their male counterparts, researchers have found. |
| Occupation is a common cause of adult asthma Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Exposure to substances in the workplace accounts for nearly 18% of all adult-onset asthma cases, say researchers who recommend that doctors should routinely consider occupational background when assessing patients for asthma. |
| Reflux disease in China linked to obesity and urban living Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Obesity and living in urban areas is associated with an increased risk of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in China, results of an exploratory study suggest. |
| New assay detects protein C pathway abnormalities Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report good sensitivity and specificity for a new chromogenic assay that detects major prothrombotic risk factors affecting the protein C pathway. |
| Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> mass and activity predict cardiovascular event risk for TIA patients Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elevated lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass and activity, but not high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, are associated with increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events in transient ischemic attack patients, report researchers. |
| Oncogenic role for MEN1 in prostate cancer uncovered Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT The multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene plays an oncogenic role in the development of advanced prostate cancer, US study findings indicate. |
| VABB breast biopsy accurate, cost-effective for C3 breast lesion assessment Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Ultrasound -guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) of C3 lesions is an accurate and cost-effective method compared with surgery, results of study suggest. |
| Residual CV risk seen in treated patients with hypertension but not dyslipidemia Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients treated for hypertension, but not dyslipidemia, have substantial residual cardiovascular risk, report investigators from the PRIME study. |
| Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> mass and activity predict cardiovascular event risk for TIA patients Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elevated lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass and activity, but not high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, are associated with increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events in transient ischemic attack patients, report researchers. |
| Residual CV risk seen in treated patients with hypertension but not dyslipidemia Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients treated for hypertension, but not dyslipidemia, have substantial residual cardiovascular risk, report investigators from the PRIME study. |
| ARBs comparable to non-ARBs for major outcomes in CAD with hypertension Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Angiotensin II receptor blocker treatment does not reduce the rate of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with heart disease and hypertension, but is associated with a decreased rate of new-onset diabetes, say Japanese scientists. |
| Infliximab has long-term efficacy for children with Crohn’s disease Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Infliximab treatment can be effective for children with Crohn's disease in the long term, study findings suggest. |
| Pioglitazone not effective for primary diabetes prevention in Asian Indians Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Combining pioglitazone with lifestyle modification does not enhance the efficacy of lifestyle modification alone for preventing Type 2 diabetes in Asian Indians with impaired glucose tolerance, show results from IDDP-2. |
| NICE update advocates use of newer agents for control of Type 2 diabetes Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has recently updated their guidelines for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes to encompass new drugs that have been developed in recent years. |
| ARBs comparable to non-ARBs for major outcomes in CAD with hypertension Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Angiotensin II receptor blocker treatment does not reduce the rate of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with heart disease and hypertension, but is associated with a decreased rate of new-onset diabetes, say Japanese scientists. |
| Aspirin of ‘uncertain value’ in primary prevention Posted: 31 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Aspirin is of uncertain net value in the primary prevention of vascular disease events, the Antithrombotic Trialists' Collaboration says. |
| Joint and nail symptoms common in psoriasis, improve with etanercept Posted: 14 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis often have joint and nail symptoms, say researchers who found etanercept significantly reduced these symptoms. |
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