Thursday, July 2, 2009

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Medical News

PHF11 gene ‘not linked to asthma susceptibility’

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Australian researchers have found no evidence to suggest that variants in the plant homeodomain zinc finger protein 11 gene are associated with an increased risk for asthma.

Flu vaccination reduces all-cause mortality risk in COPD patients

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Results of a UK study show that influenza, but not pneumococcal, vaccination is associated with a reduced risk for all-cause mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Osteoporosis undertreated in COPD patients

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Around one in five patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are assigned to pulmonary rehabilitation have osteoporosis, but most are not receiving guidelines recommended medication to prevent bone fractures, researchers have found.

Bipolar medication adherence affected by patient attitudes

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Attitudes toward medication among bipolar disorder patients, as revealed by the Necessity-Concerns Framework, have a significant impact on adherence, UK researchers have discovered.

Increased cannabis use ‘not matched by psychosis prevalence rise’

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

There is no evidence to support the notion that the prevalence of schizophrenia or psychosis is increasing in the general population, say UK scientists in findings that undermine the supposed link between cannabis use and psychosis.

Psoriasis Screening Tool effective for validating psoriasis diagnosis

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

The Psoriasis Screening Tool, which patients can complete themselves, effectively distinguishes between those with and without psoriasis and may be useful for determining psoriasis phenotypes, pilot test results show.

Etanercept improves quality of life outcomes in psoriasis patients

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Etanercept treatment, whether continuous or paused, significantly improves self-reported outcomes in patients with psoriasis, research indicates.

Lipohydroxyacid shampoo effective for seborrheic dermatitis and scalp psoriasis

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

A lipohydroxyacid-containing shampoo is a convenient and effective cosmetic treatment for patients with seborrheic dermatitis or light-to-moderate scalp psoriasis, study results suggest.

Cyclosporine outperforms mycophenolate mofetil for chronic plaque-type psoriasis

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Cyclosporine appears to have superior efficacy to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for the treatment of chronic plaque-type psoriasis, say researchers.

Adalimumab helps recapture PASI75 after step-down etanercept dosing

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Psoriasis patients who are unable to maintain a 75% improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score following step-down dosing of etanercept may benefit from adalimumab treatment, findings from a case series suggest.

Colloid preload increases cardiac output after spinal anesthesia for cesareans

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Administering crystalloid IV fluids before the induction of spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery increases maternal cardiac output during the first 5 minutes after spinal anesthesia, say researchers.

Online system identified surgical adverse event patterns

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have developed a Web-based system for tracking adverse and near-miss events in surgical patients in the hope of identifying event patterns that can then be addressed.

Oral comparable to intravenous ondansetron for PONV

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Orally disintegrating ondansetron is an effective alternative to intravenous ondansetron in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy, say researchers.

Sugammadex and rocuronium accelerates reversal of neuromuscular blockade versus succinylcholine

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade with sugammadex is much faster than spontaneous recovery from succinylcholine, say researchers.

PE outcome independent of endothelin levels

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Endothelin is not elevated in patients with pulmonary embolism, say researchers who rule out a role for the vasoconstrictor peptide in pulmonary artery resistance in affected patients.

DWI-FLAIR mismatch suggests recent stroke

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Ischemic stroke patients with positive diffusion-weighted imaging and negative fluid-attenuated inversion recovery are highly likely to have had symptom onset less than 3 hours earlier, German researchers report.

Stress management program improves prostate surgery outcomes

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Short- and long-term outcomes after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer are improved by a brief presurgical stress management intervention, US study findings indicate.

SNP linked to ER-positive, -negative breast cancer risk

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Women carrying a single nuclear polymorphism on chromosome 2q35 have an increased risk for estrogen receptor-positive and –negative breast cancer, researchers confirm.

Stress management program improves prostate surgery outcomes

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Short- and long-term outcomes after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer are improved by a brief presurgical stress management intervention, US study findings indicate.

High lipoprotein (a) linked to presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a meta-analysis suggest that individuals with abdominal aortic aneurysm have higher levels of lipoprotein (Lp)(a) than controls.

LAP strongly predicts metabolic syndrome in Argentinian men

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Lipid accumulation product, an index calculated from triglyceride concentration and waist circumference, is an effective diagnostic predictor for the metabolic syndrome in Argentinian men, show study results.

Exenatide advantages mostly related to weight loss

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a meta-analysis show that exenatide treatment achieves similar reductions in glycated hemoglobin to insulin therapy, but has potential additional weight-loss benefits.

Enalapril and losartan reduce retinopathy progression in Type 1 diabetics

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Treatment with the renin-angiotensin system blockers enalapril and losartan slows the progression of retinopathy, but not nephropathy, in patients with Type 1 diabetes, report researchers.

In-hospital CPR survival unchanged over past 2 decades

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation has not changed substantially over the past 2 decades, US research suggests.

Anxiety and depression linked with angina frequency

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Anxiety and depression are linked with angina in patients with coronary heart disease, a study suggests.

SNP linked to ER-positive, -negative breast cancer risk

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Women carrying a single nuclear polymorphism on chromosome 2q35 have an increased risk for estrogen receptor-positive and –negative breast cancer, researchers confirm.

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.

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.

Benign prostate tissue after surgery ‘not source of biochemical recurrence’

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with extremely low-risk prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy and retained benign tissue are highly unlikely to have a measurable prostate-specific antigen or biochemical recurrence, US study findings suggest.

Occult tumor cells linked to lobular breast cancer type

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

French researchers have found that the spread of occult tumor cells in small invasive breast cancers may be associated with a lobular histology, but is independent of classical tumor histologic factors.

Mammograms being missed after DCIS surgery

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

US researchers highlight the importance of regular mammograms in women treated for dual carcinoma in situ, on finding that many patients fail to undergo follow-up examinations.

ED care suboptimal among many prostate cancer screened men

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

A significant proportion of individuals screened for prostate cancer who have erectile dysfunction do not have a primary care physician, despite the known links with cardiovascular disease, say US scientists.

Laser therapies ‘effective for BPH in small prostate’

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)s in a small to moderate prostate can be effectively treated with holmium laser ablation or photoselective vaporization, say researchers.

ER-positive/PR-negative breast cancer linked to carbohydrate intake

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have found evidence of a link between risk for estrogen receptor-positive and progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer and carbohydrate intake.
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