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• Thromboembolic care ‘priority’ for thrombocytopenia patients
• Migraine frequency may determine risk for cardiovascular disease
• Focused UV-B microphototherapy limits psoriasis irradiation
• UV doses during climate therapy for psoriasis exceed prescribed doses
• Post-RALP urinary discomfort reduced by percutaneous suprapubic tube
• Predictive power of pretreatment PSA ‘unaffected by obesity’
• Post-RALP urinary discomfort reduced by percutaneous suprapubic tube
• Predictive power of pretreatment PSA ‘unaffected by obesity’
• Adjuvant chemotherapy well-tolerated in elderly patients with breast cancer
• Benefits of moderate alcohol consumption on CV health confirmed
• High levels Mrp-14 predict rupture prone atherosclerotic lesions
• High uric acid levels predict Type 2 diabetes
• Hypertension self-management program also improves HbA1c
• Benefits of moderate alcohol consumption on CV health confirmed
• IQ partly explains socioeconomic disparity in CVD, all-cause mortality
• Benefits of extra BP lowering disputed
• Adjuvant chemotherapy well-tolerated in elderly patients with breast cancer

Thromboembolic care ‘priority’ for thrombocytopenia patients Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Care for patients with heparin-related thrombocytopenia should focus on preventing and treating thromboembolic events , US researchers recommend in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Migraine frequency may determine risk for cardiovascular disease Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women who suffer migraine with aura at least once a week have a substantially increased risk for ischemic stroke compared with women without the condition, researchers report.

Focused UV-B microphototherapy limits psoriasis irradiation Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT A newly developed ultraviolet-B narrowband microphototherapy that uses an optical fibre to direct irradiation directly on to psoriatic patches is a simple and particularly efficient treatment for plaque psoriasis, say researchers.

UV doses during climate therapy for psoriasis exceed prescribed doses Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Psoriasis patients using climate therapy to clear their skin condition may be exposing themselves to greater ultraviolet doses than would normally be prescribed, researchers have found.

Post-RALP urinary discomfort reduced by percutaneous suprapubic tube Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patient discomfort from urinary drainage after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is reduced by using a percutaneous suprapubic tube instead of urethral catheter, US study findings suggest.

Predictive power of pretreatment PSA ‘unaffected by obesity’ Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The ability of pre-operative prostate-specific antigen to predict adverse pathologic features and biochemical recurrence is not substantially affected by the presence of obesity, conclude US researchers.

Post-RALP urinary discomfort reduced by percutaneous suprapubic tube Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patient discomfort from urinary drainage after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is reduced by using a percutaneous suprapubic tube instead of urethral catheter, US study findings suggest.

Predictive power of pretreatment PSA ‘unaffected by obesity’ Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The ability of pre-operative prostate-specific antigen to predict adverse pathologic features and biochemical recurrence is not substantially affected by the presence of obesity, conclude US researchers.

Adjuvant chemotherapy well-tolerated in elderly patients with breast cancer Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elderly breast cancer patients show comparable tolerance to adjuvant chemotherapy with younger patients, study results suggest.

Benefits of moderate alcohol consumption on CV health confirmed Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the Women's Health Study confirm that moderate alcohol consumption appears to reduce risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality for middle-aged women.

High levels Mrp-14 predict rupture prone atherosclerotic lesions Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of myeloid-related protein-14 are found in rupture-prone atherosclerotic lesions, say researchers who believe it may prove to be a useful indicator of such plaques.

High uric acid levels predict Type 2 diabetes Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of uric acid are an accurate predictor for Type 2 diabetes, report researchers from the Rancho Bernardo Study.

Hypertension self-management program also improves HbA1c Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report that participants of a hypertension self-management program in the USA achieved significant improvements in glycated hemoglobin in addition to their initial target of reduced hypertension.

Benefits of moderate alcohol consumption on CV health confirmed Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the Women's Health Study confirm that moderate alcohol consumption appears to reduce risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality for middle-aged women.

IQ partly explains socioeconomic disparity in CVD, all-cause mortality Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The well-characterized gap in cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality between those of low and high socioeconomic status seems to be partially explained by variation in intelligence quotient, study results suggest.

Benefits of extra BP lowering disputed Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers claim lowering blood pressure beyond standard targets is not beneficial to any hypertensive patient, after conducting a review of seven trials involving more than 22,000 participants.

Adjuvant chemotherapy well-tolerated in elderly patients with breast cancer Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elderly breast cancer patients show comparable tolerance to adjuvant chemotherapy with younger patients, study results suggest.

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