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• Mannitol methacholine challenge ‘must be performed in correct order’
• COPD severity should not be a criteria for pulmonary rehabilitation
• IL17A genetic polymorphisms associated with pediatric asthma
• Jumping to conclusions in delusional patients ‘can be improved’
• Hippocampal protein levels reduced in MDD and bipolar disorder
• Length of hospital stay linked to mental impairments in bipolar patients
• Music therapy could help rehabilitation after heart attack or stroke
• Bowel disorder patients often seek online information about their disease
• Spring peak in suicide rates high among mood disorder patients
• Prostate brachytherapy survival unaffected by low testosterone
• Breast intraductal papilloma diagnosed by core needle biopsy requires excision
• One-dimensional measurement of breast tumor sufficient for predicting ALN involvement
• Lipodystrophy explains CV risk in ART-treated HIV patients
• More patients now reaching lipid-lowering goals worldwide
• J-shaped curve defines waist circumference-Type 2 diabetes link in Japanese
• Molecular link between obesity and diabetes discovered
• AVB linked to increased risk for AF, pacemaker implantation, and mortality
• Autonomic synchrony with music points to therapeutic potential

Mannitol methacholine challenge ‘must be performed in correct order’ Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bronchial challenge with mannitol and methacholine can be performed on the same day but mannitol must be used first, report researchers who showed that methacholine modulates the mannitol response.

COPD severity should not be a criteria for pulmonary rehabilitation Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity should not be used to select patients suitable for pulmonary rehabilitation, findings published in the journal Respiratory Medicine indicate.

IL17A genetic polymorphisms associated with pediatric asthma Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A polymorphism in the gene that encodes a key cytokine known to induce inflammatory processes is associated with pediatric bronchial asthma, research shows.

Jumping to conclusions in delusional patients ‘can be improved’ Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The tendency to jump to conclusions during reasoning tasks among individuals with delusions can be improved, although better training is required for more severe cases, argue UK researchers.

Hippocampal protein levels reduced in MDD and bipolar disorder Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Reduced hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor precursor expression is common to both major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, UK investigators have discovered.

Length of hospital stay linked to mental impairments in bipolar patients Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A longer stay in hospital is associated with greater impairments in certain mental abilities at discharge in patients with bipolar disorder, research shows.

Music therapy could help rehabilitation after heart attack or stroke Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found that people's blood flow and respiratory rates synchronise with musical patterns, suggesting a potential role for music therapy in rehabilitating cardiac or stroke patients.

Bowel disorder patients often seek online information about their disease Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The majority of patients with inflammatory bowel disease use the internet to gather information about their condition, results of an Italian study suggest.

Spring peak in suicide rates high among mood disorder patients Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The seasonal spring peak in suicide rates is particularly high among patients with a history of mood disorders, research shows.

Prostate brachytherapy survival unaffected by low testosterone Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Disease recurrence and overall survival after brachytherapy for prostate cancer are not affected by low pretreatment testosterone levels, US study findings indicate.

Breast intraductal papilloma diagnosed by core needle biopsy requires excision Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT All patients with intraductal papilloma of the breast diagnosed by core needle biopsy should undergo excision because of the possibility of upstaging to atypia or malignancy, study results suggest.

One-dimensional measurement of breast tumor sufficient for predicting ALN involvement Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Three-dimensional measurements of primary breast tumor size are no better at predicting axillary lymph node involvement than the standard one-dimensional maximal tumor diameter, a preclinical study shows.

Lipodystrophy explains CV risk in ART-treated HIV patients Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Over a third of HIV-infected patients who take antiretroviral therapy display early atherosclerotic disease, the presence of which is independently associated with lipodystrophy, study results show.

More patients now reaching lipid-lowering goals worldwide Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the Lipid Treatment Assessment Project 2 show that the percentage of patients achieving low-density lipoprotein cholesterol treatment goals has increased from 38% to 73% over the past 10 years.

J-shaped curve defines waist circumference-Type 2 diabetes link in Japanese Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT There is a J-shaped association between waist circumference and the incidence of Type 2 diabetes among Japanese men and women, indicating that lean as well as overweight individuals are at high risk for developing diabetes, report researchers in the journal Diabetic Medicine.

Molecular link between obesity and diabetes discovered Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The CREB regulated transcription co-activator 2 appears to act as a dual sensor for fasting and endoplasmic reticulum stress and provides a link between obesity and insulin resistance, show study results published in the journal Nature.

AVB linked to increased risk for AF, pacemaker implantation, and mortality Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT People with first-degree atrioventricular block are at substantially increased risk for future atrial fibrillation and need for pacemaker implantation, and at moderately increased risk for all-cause mortality, report researchers in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Autonomic synchrony with music points to therapeutic potential Posted: 23 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The cardiovascular and respiratory systems can synchronize with musical patterns, such that crescendos lead to autonomic arousal, say Italian researchers in findings that suggest a role for music as a therapeutic tool.

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