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• Asthma rates continue to rise in young Danish adults
• More accurate methods needed to predict severity of swine flu pandemic
• Childhood inhaler instruction ‘should involve parents’
• Attentional set-shifting in schizophrenia dependent on working memory
• Mania in BD associated with proinflammatory state
• sTM identifies warfarin users at bleeding risk
• Physical activity may lessen stroke impact
• pCR increased in breast cancer patients taking metformin for diabetes
• HGPIN increases later prostate cancer risk
• Metabolic syndrome exaggerates inflammation after ACS
• Triglycerides predict cardiovascular event recurrence
• Low-grade inflammation strongly linked to cardiometabolic risk
• Adipocytokines offer early clues to microvascular disease in diabetes
• ARVC/D profile differs in early and advanced disease
• ACE inhibitor subclass may prevent dementia in hypertensive patients

Asthma rates continue to rise in young Danish adults Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence and severity of asthma has continued to rise among young adults in Denmark over the past three decades, which is partly explained by increased obesity levels, say researchers.

More accurate methods needed to predict severity of swine flu pandemic Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The current standard method of forecasting the number of possible deaths during the swine flu pandemic may be misleading as it could either over- or under-estimate the true figures, say UK researchers.

Childhood inhaler instruction ‘should involve parents’ Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children with asthma often make simple mistakes when using their inhalers, say researchers who call on general practitioners to offer better instruction and involve parents in demonstrations of inhaler technique.

Attentional set-shifting in schizophrenia dependent on working memory Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found that deficits in spatial working memory exist in both first-episode and established schizophrenia, while attentional set-shifting ability is impaired only during the later stages of the illness.

Mania in BD associated with proinflammatory state Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that bipolar disorder patients in a manic state have increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines, which seem to be related to mood state.

sTM identifies warfarin users at bleeding risk Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Measuring thrombomodulin levels during warfarin treatment may help identify patients at increased risk for bleeding, suggests research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Physical activity may lessen stroke impact Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Higher levels of self-reported prestroke physical activity are linked to better functional status immediately after a stroke, study findings indicate.

pCR increased in breast cancer patients taking metformin for diabetes Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with diabetes who receive metformin during neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer have a higher rate of pathologic complete response than diabetes patients who do not receive metformin and patients without diabetes, a US study shows.

HGPIN increases later prostate cancer risk Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Multifocal high-grade prostatic intra-epithelial neoplasia on initial biopsy significantly increases the risk for later prostate adenocarcinoma, Canadian study findings indicate.

Metabolic syndrome exaggerates inflammation after ACS Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Heightened systemic inflammation associated with the metabolic syndrome predisposes affected patients to elevated high-sensitivity C reactive protein levels following acute coronary syndrome, researchers report.

Triglycerides predict cardiovascular event recurrence Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Analysis of data from the TNT and IDEAL trials has shown that raised triglyceride levels are a sensitive marker of cardiovascular event risk recurrence in patients taking statins.

Low-grade inflammation strongly linked to cardiometabolic risk Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Chronic low-grade inflammation is strongly associated with a constellation of cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy individuals, an analysis of clinical data suggests.

Adipocytokines offer early clues to microvascular disease in diabetes Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adiponectin and leptin may be early markers of microvascular complications in patients with Type 1 diabetes, Egyptian researchers believe.

ARVC/D profile differs in early and advanced disease Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The clinical profile of patients newly diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia differs from those with advanced disease, a study suggests.

ACE inhibitor subclass may prevent dementia in hypertensive patients Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elderly patients with hypertension who are treated with centrally active angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors show significantly less cognitive decline than their peers treated with other anti-hypertensive drugs, study results indicate.

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