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• Asthma control still poor in Sweden
• Asthma linked to paradoxical vocal fold motion dysfunction
• Intermittent ICS use sometimes recommended by asthma nurses
• Range of factors linked to violence and crime in affective disorder
• Attention network impairments in schizophrenia uncovered
• Quality of life scale specific to nail psoriasis developed
• Itch has serious impact for patients with psoriasis
• <i>IL13</i> polymorphisms and smoking influence psoriatic arthritis development
• Optimal INR suggested for OAT indications
• MRI scoring system predicts post-surgery prostate cancer recurrence
• MRI scoring system predicts post-surgery prostate cancer recurrence
• Increased ERα and ERβ bioactivity linked to breast cancer presence
• Statin-treated patients may have other lipid treatment needs
• Metabolic syndrome risk factors linked to early atherosclerosis
• Oscillometric ABI measurement aids PAD diagnosis
• Socially deprived young Scots vulnerable to CHD death
• Increased ERα and ERβ bioactivity linked to breast cancer presence
• Better outcomes after salvage prostate surgery than cryotherapy
• Biochemical recurrence after prostate surgery ‘not linked to BMI’
• Circulating tumor cells predict chemotherapy response in metastatic breast cancer patients
• HGPIN increases later prostate cancer risk
• pCR increased in breast cancer patients taking metformin for diabetes
• PSA velocity ‘does not assist prostate cancer diagnosis’
• Positive surgical margin length predicts prostate cancer recurrence
• Dasatinib and doxorubicin are synergistic in breast cancer cells

Asthma control still poor in Sweden Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Asthma control among patients in Sweden has not increased significantly in recent years, despite improved treatment guidelines and effective medications, researchers report.

Asthma linked to paradoxical vocal fold motion dysfunction Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with asthma face an increased risk for paradoxical vocal fold motion dysfunction (PVFMD), say researchers who recommend that all asthma patients undergo laryngoscopic examination.

Intermittent ICS use sometimes recommended by asthma nurses Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Asthma nurses sometimes recommend intermittent, symptom-associated use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), which is inconsistent with current guidelines, results of a UK study show.

Range of factors linked to violence and crime in affective disorder Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Criminal behavior and violent crimes among patients with affective disorder are associated with more than just overall diagnosis, say German scientists who found a range of factors linked to such behavior.

Attention network impairments in schizophrenia uncovered Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients have gender-specific impairments on the Attention Network Test compared with healthy individuals that may point to a neuropsychological endophenotype, conclude German researchers.

Quality of life scale specific to nail psoriasis developed Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have developed a scale that is effective for measuring quality of life in patients with nail psoriasis.

Itch has serious impact for patients with psoriasis Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Itch appears to be one of the most important symptoms of psoriasis, as rated by clinicians and patients in a qualitative study.

<i>IL13</i> polymorphisms and smoking influence psoriatic arthritis development Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Polymorphisms in the gene encoding interleukin 13 appear to be more strongly associated with psoriatic arthritis than with cutaneous psoriasis alone, researchers report.

Optimal INR suggested for OAT indications Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The optimal intensity of oral anticoagulant therapy varies with indication, say researchers after calculating international normalized ratio-specific incidence rates for bleeding and thrombosis among different patient populations.

MRI scoring system predicts post-surgery prostate cancer recurrence Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT A novel scoring system for magnetic resonance imaging findings strongly predicts biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy, potentially improving recurrence risk assessment, conclude US scientists.

MRI scoring system predicts post-surgery prostate cancer recurrence Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT A novel scoring system for magnetic resonance imaging findings strongly predicts biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy, potentially improving recurrence risk assessment, conclude US scientists.

Increased ERα and ERβ bioactivity linked to breast cancer presence Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT High serum bioactivities of estrogen receptor (ER) α and β are better predictors of breast cancer than estrogen concentration, a study suggests.

Statin-treated patients may have other lipid treatment needs Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT UK research suggests that many patients whose low-density lipoprotein cholesterol remains elevated despite statin therapy could be at increased vascular risk through other lipid abnormalities.

Metabolic syndrome risk factors linked to early atherosclerosis Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Conventional risk factors for the metabolic syndrome are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis in young adults, a Finnish study suggests.

Oscillometric ABI measurement aids PAD diagnosis Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Oscillometric measurement of ankle–brachial pressure index is an accurate and cost-effective tool for detecting peripheral arterial disease in clinical practice, new research suggests.

Socially deprived young Scots vulnerable to CHD death Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Young men and women from the most socially deprived backgrounds in Scotland are around six times more likely to die from coronary heart disease than their affluent peers, research suggests.

Increased ERα and ERβ bioactivity linked to breast cancer presence Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT High serum bioactivities of estrogen receptor (ER) α and β are better predictors of breast cancer than estrogen concentration, a study suggests.

Better outcomes after salvage prostate surgery than cryotherapy Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Young patients with recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy should undergo salvage radical prostatectomy, as it offers better outcomes than salvage cryotherapy, conclude US researchers.

Biochemical recurrence after prostate surgery ‘not linked to BMI’ Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Body mass index does not predict biochemical recurrence in men with clinically localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy, the findings of a Dutch study indicate.

Circulating tumor cells predict chemotherapy response in metastatic breast cancer patients Posted: 14 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT In patients with metastatic breast cancer, the level of circulating tumor cells during therapy can predict outcome better than measuring metabolic response with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, a study suggests.

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.

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.

PSA velocity ‘does not assist prostate cancer diagnosis’ Posted: 12 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Prostate-specific antigen velocity does not predict prostate cancer diagnosis or features in patients with persistently elevated PSA levels despite previously negative biopsy findings, say US scientists.

Positive surgical margin length predicts prostate cancer recurrence Posted: 12 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Biochemical recurrence following robotic radical prostatectomy is predicted by the length of the positive surgical margin, with margins less than 1 mm conferring no additional risk, US study findings indicate.

Dasatinib and doxorubicin are synergistic in breast cancer cells Posted: 12 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The Src inhibitor dasatinib synergizes with doxorubicin to inhibit growth, migration, and invasion of breast cancer cells, a biochemical study indicates.

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