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• <i>P. aeruginosa</i> infection predicts disease severity in COPD
• Chronic cat exposure reduces pet-specific respiratory symptom risk
• Breastfeeding link to reduced asthma risk not influenced by parental allergies
• Bipolar offspring progress along pathway to bipolar disorder
• ECT boosts drug response in treatment-resistant schizophrenia
• Metabolic syndrome may play role in postmenopausal breast cancer
• Postoperative PSA measures separate prostate cancer and BPH patients
• APC promoter methylation linked to prostate cancer progression
• Benefit of statins for primary prevention of CVD confirmed
• Optical coherence tomography predicts no-reflow after PCI in NSTEACS
• PREDIAS program reduces risk for Type 2 diabetes
• Natriuretic peptide may help identify diabetic patients at risk for silent CAD
• Biomarkers add little to cardiovascular risk prediction
• CRP lowering for CHD questioned

<i>P. aeruginosa</i> infection predicts disease severity in COPD Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is common in patients presenting with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and predicts more severe disease, say researchers.

Chronic cat exposure reduces pet-specific respiratory symptom risk Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Long-term exposure to cats confers a reduced risk for pet-related respiratory symptoms, study findings published in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy suggest.

Breastfeeding link to reduced asthma risk not influenced by parental allergies Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children who are breastfed for at least 16 weeks are significantly less likely to develop asthma than those who are not breastfed, research confirms.

Bipolar offspring progress along pathway to bipolar disorder Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The offspring of bipolar disorder patients have an increased risk for anxiety, sleep, mood, and substance use disorders, which, in turn, places them at an increased risk for bipolar disorder, say Canadian scientists.

ECT boosts drug response in treatment-resistant schizophrenia Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Unsatisfactory responses to medication among schizophrenia patients can be improved using electroconvulsive therapy, regardless of the chronicity of illness, Australian study findings indicate.

Metabolic syndrome may play role in postmenopausal breast cancer Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with the metabolic syndrome or its key components may have an increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, US researchers have found.

Postoperative PSA measures separate prostate cancer and BPH patients Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Prostate cancer patients can be distinguished from those with histologic benign prostatic hyperplasia using postoperative prostate-specific antigen levels and velocity, conclude US researchers.

APC promoter methylation linked to prostate cancer progression Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adenomatous polyposis coli gene promoter methylation is linked to prostate cancer progression, say European scientists who found the pattern of methylation has changed since the advent of prostate-specific antigen testing.

Benefit of statins for primary prevention of CVD confirmed Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a large meta-analysis conclusively show the benefits of statin treatment for high-risk patients without prior cardiovascular disease on all-cause mortality and major coronary and cerebrovascular events.

Optical coherence tomography predicts no-reflow after PCI in NSTEACS Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Pre-intervention optical coherence tomography can predict no-reflow and impaired microcirculation after percutaneous corornary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, a Japanese study has found.

PREDIAS program reduces risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that a diabetes prevention program known as PREDIAS successfully reduces weight, fasting glucose, and lipids, and increases physical activity of individuals at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

Natriuretic peptide may help identify diabetic patients at risk for silent CAD Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide may be a useful predictor for silent coronary artery disease in asymptomatic diabetic patients without clinical signs or symptoms of heart failure, research shows.

Biomarkers add little to cardiovascular risk prediction Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Biomarkers are of limited value in cardiovascular risk prediction, researchers claim.

CRP lowering for CHD questioned Posted: 30 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT A study has found that several genetic variants affecting C-reactive protein levels do not affect coronary heart disease risk, calling into question the value of therapies aimed at reducing levels of this inflammation biomarker.

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