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• CCR4 blockade ‘potent, feasible’ for suppressing allergic inflammation
• Personality type predicts asthma medication adherence
• Infection during childbirth may increase asthma risk
• Respiratory and heart rate coupling reduced in schizophrenia
• Impaired configural face processing found in schizophrenia
• Body mass index does not influence prostate cancer survival
• Intensive smoking cessation support doubles heart patients’ chance of quitting
• Cancer is major cause of death in schizophrenia patients
• Pulmonary rehabilitation reduces lung disease progression over three years
• Platelets and fibrinogen raised in eosinophilia
• Admission hyperglycemia linked to parenchymal hematoma in acute stroke
• Adjuvant radiotherapy benefits after prostate cancer surgery confirmed
• Prostate cancer prediction improved by PSA derivative analysis
• Breast cancer outcome not improved by ALND after SN biopsy
• Significant number of Type 1 patients may be prescribed lipid-lowering therapy needlessly
• <i>APOE</i> genotype influences cholesterol levels of adolescent girls
• High apoB levels not linked to increased AMI or stroke in elderly
• Significant number of Type 1 patients may be prescribed lipid-lowering therapy needlessly
• GLP-1 polymer improves glycemic control in diabetic mice
• Intensive support doubles chance of quitting for hospitalized smokers with CAD
• Sleep disturbance increases arrhythmia risk in elderly men

CCR4 blockade ‘potent, feasible’ for suppressing allergic inflammation Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Blocking the chemokine receptor CCR4 is a promising new approach to the treatment of allergic asthma, preclinical data suggest.

Personality type predicts asthma medication adherence Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Personality is an important determinant of adherence to asthma medications, say scientists who are recommending personality assessment to optimize asthma management.

Infection during childbirth may increase asthma risk Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Maternal vaginal and intrauterine microbial flora at the time of childbirth is a potential cause of asthma in offspring, Finnish researchers believe.

Respiratory and heart rate coupling reduced in schizophrenia Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT In schizophrenia patients, respiratory and heart rate coupling is reduced, with regularity of breathing linked to disease severity, potentially due to a lack of inhibitory brainstem control, say researchers.

Impaired configural face processing found in schizophrenia Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Configural processing to integrate visual features into a perceptual whole is impaired in schizophrenia, with patients over-reliant on featural processing, the results of an Australian study indicate.

Body mass index does not influence prostate cancer survival Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Being overweight or obese does not increase prostate cancer patients' risk of dying from the disease, results of a US study show.

Intensive smoking cessation support doubles heart patients’ chance of quitting Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Smokers admitted to hospital due to heart disease are twice as likely to quit the habit if they are given intensive smoking cessation support rather than standard advice on stopping smoking, research suggests.

Cancer is major cause of death in schizophrenia patients Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Cancer is the second most common cause of death, after suicide, in schizophrenia patients, say researchers who call for greater efforts to improve cancer prevention and early detection in patients with the mental health disorder.

Pulmonary rehabilitation reduces lung disease progression over three years Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A 3-year course of pulmonary rehabilitation can improve physical performance and slow disease progression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

Platelets and fibrinogen raised in eosinophilia Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with eosinophilia have higher fibrinogen and platelet counts than patients with normal eosinophil levels, report Italian researchers who suggest this finding may shed light on the link between eosinophilia and thrombosis.

Admission hyperglycemia linked to parenchymal hematoma in acute stroke Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Hyperglycemia in patients with acute ischemic stroke increases the likelihood of parenchymal hematoma, which in turn determines an unfavorable outcome at 3 months, Italian researchers report.

Adjuvant radiotherapy benefits after prostate cancer surgery confirmed Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adjuvant radiotherapy reduces the risk for biochemical progression in pT3 prostate cancer patients with postoperative undetectable prostate-specific antigen levels, German study findings show.

Prostate cancer prediction improved by PSA derivative analysis Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Prostate cancer risk prediction may be improved by calculating prostate-specific antigen derivatives and taking into account the presence of an indwelling transurethral catheter, say German scientists.

Breast cancer outcome not improved by ALND after SN biopsy Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Completion axillary lymph node dissection following sentinel lymph node biopsy does not reduce recurrence or increase survival in breast cancer patients compared with SLNB alone, suggests a US analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Significant number of Type 1 patients may be prescribed lipid-lowering therapy needlessly Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Discrepancies between the proportion of Type 1 diabetes patients meeting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol versus apolipoprotein B targets suggest that a significant number of patients may be prescribed lipid-lowering medications unnecessarily, report researchers in the journal Clinical Biochemistry.

<i>APOE</i> genotype influences cholesterol levels of adolescent girls Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adolescent girls with the ε3/3 or ε3/4 genotype of the common apolipoprotein E gene variant have significantly higher total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels than those with the ε2/3 genotype, report researchers from Project HeartBeat.

High apoB levels not linked to increased AMI or stroke in elderly Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of apolipoprotein B are not associated with increased prevalence of acute myocardial infarction or stroke in individuals aged 65–84 years, report researchers.

Significant number of Type 1 patients may be prescribed lipid-lowering therapy needlessly Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Discrepancies between the proportion of Type 1 diabetes patients meeting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol versus apolipoprotein B targets suggest that a significant number of patients may be prescribed lipid-lowering medications unnecessarily, report researchers in the journal Clinical Biochemistry.

GLP-1 polymer improves glycemic control in diabetic mice Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A polymer of glucagon-like peptide -1, named Poly-GLP-1, improves glycemic control and insulin sensitivity and increases beta-cell mass and proliferation in diabetic mice, report researchers in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism.

Intensive support doubles chance of quitting for hospitalized smokers with CAD Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Hospitalized coronary artery disease patients who smoke have a much improved chance of quitting the habit long-term if they are given intensive smoking cessation support, research suggests.

Sleep disturbance increases arrhythmia risk in elderly men Posted: 22 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The risk for atrial fibrillation and complex ventricular ectopy rises with increasing severity of sleep-disordered breathing in older men, US researchers have discovered.

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