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• Type 1 diabetes in childhood ‘does not protect against allergy’
• Three years of pulmonary rehabilitation ‘slows COPD progression’
• Asthma prevalence highest in English-speaking countries, but severity varies worldwide
• Lithium-related thyroid inhibition linked to depression in bipolar patients
• Functional recovery suboptimal in many bipolar patients
• Hospital treatment-related tests could improve breast cancer survival
• Education level influences blood pressure changes in women
• Enzyme linked to bowel disease inflammation
• Insulin resistance linked to asthma-like symptoms
• <i>FGG</i> polymorphisms insignificant in African-American VTE risk
• No gender difference in outcome among rtPA-treated patients
• Prostate Gleason score concordance higher in higher volume labs
• Good localized hormone-refractory prostate cancer control with EBRT
• Lymphatic and blood vessel density predict intraductal breast cancer patient outcome
• ‘Eco-Atkins’ diet effective for weight loss and lipid lowering
• Aortic and carotid IMT linked to CV risk factors in young people
• Bone peptide role implicated in atherosclerosis in Type 2 diabetes
• Liraglutide better tolerated and more effective than exenatide in LEAD-6
• Shorter sleep linked to increased risk for hypertension
• Even some with normal BP may benefit from ACE inhibitor

Type 1 diabetes in childhood ‘does not protect against allergy’ Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus are not at reduced risk for developing allergic disease but may experience less frequent or severe allergy symptoms, study results suggest.

Three years of pulmonary rehabilitation ‘slows COPD progression’ Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A 3-year course of pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is effective in modifying the disease course and improving physical performance, a controlled trial suggests.

Asthma prevalence highest in English-speaking countries, but severity varies worldwide Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A large global study has revealed "strong variations" in the prevalence of asthma symptoms among school children in different geographic areas and populations.

Lithium-related thyroid inhibition linked to depression in bipolar patients Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have found thyroid function is inhibited in bipolar I disorder patients taking maintenance lithium monotherapy, which may exacerbate the illness, particularly in the depressive pole.

Functional recovery suboptimal in many bipolar patients Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with bipolar disorder commonly exhibit functional impairment despite being euthymic and clinically "in remission", say the authors of a new study.

Hospital treatment-related tests could improve breast cancer survival Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Breast cancer survival in the UK could be improved if all patients had their lymph nodes checked during surgery and the hormone status of tumours was assessed, say UK researchers.

Education level influences blood pressure changes in women Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women's level of education may at least partly determine their risk for developing high blood pressure, results from a large US study suggest.

Enzyme linked to bowel disease inflammation Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have identified an enzyme that plays a key role in the severity of intestinal inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Insulin resistance linked to asthma-like symptoms Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with insulin resistance face an increased risk of asthma-like symptoms, research shows.

<i>FGG</i> polymorphisms insignificant in African-American VTE risk Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Two polymorphisms in the fibrinogen gamma gene do not affect the risk for venous thromboembolism in African Americans as strongly as they do in Caucasians, study findings indicate.

No gender difference in outcome among rtPA-treated patients Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis for stroke is near-identical in men and women, a clinical registry study and systematic review has found.

Prostate Gleason score concordance higher in higher volume labs Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Pathology departments that regularly evaluate radical prostatectomy specimens have the highest concordance between biopsy and prostatectomy Gleason scores, Norwegian study findings indicate.

Good localized hormone-refractory prostate cancer control with EBRT Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT For clinically localized hormone-refractory prostate cancer, external beam radiotherapy has a good local control rates, with nadir prostate-specific antigen levels predicting outcomes, say Japanese scientists.

Lymphatic and blood vessel density predict intraductal breast cancer patient outcome Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT D2-40, a marker of lymphatic microvessel density, and CD31, a marker of blood microvessel density, are independent predictors of prognosis in women with intraductal carcinoma of the breast, study results suggest.

‘Eco-Atkins’ diet effective for weight loss and lipid lowering Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A low-carbohydrate, high-protein plant-based version of the Atkins diet is effective for weight loss and leads to significant improvements in lipid levels, report researchers in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Aortic and carotid IMT linked to CV risk factors in young people Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the Muscatine Offspring Study show that various cardiovascular risk factors are associated with aortic- and carotid intima-media thickness in adolescents and young people.

Bone peptide role implicated in atherosclerosis in Type 2 diabetes Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The bone-related peptides osteopontin and osteoprotegerin may inhibit vascular calcification and thereby increase carotid artery intima-media thickness in patients with Type 2 diabetes, show results from a Japanese study.

Liraglutide better tolerated and more effective than exenatide in LEAD-6 Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the LEAD-6 trial show that liraglutide provided greater reductions in glycated hemoglobin and was generally better tolerated than exenatide in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Shorter sleep linked to increased risk for hypertension Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Sleeping fewer hours is associated with higher blood pressure levels and an increased risk for developing hypertension, a US study suggests.

Even some with normal BP may benefit from ACE inhibitor Posted: 08 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Treatment based on an ACE inhibitor reduces the risk for death and major cardiovascular events across a broad spectrum of patients with cardiovascular disease, a meta-analysis of trials suggests.

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