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• Public response to ‘swine flu’ muted
• <i>IL13</i> polymorphism linked to asthma in longitudinal study
• Multifaceted interventions reduce risk for developing asthma
• Psychoactive substance use in schizophrenia associated with EPS
• Increases in white matter axonal organization seen in euthymic BD patients
• DVT found in quarter of superficial vein thrombosis patients
• Certain patients benefit more from stroke unit care
• Artificial neural network unable to predict prostate cancer risk
• Capsular incision at prostate surgery worsen outcomes
• Increased risk for DVT, PE in first 2 years of tamoxifen breast cancer therapy
• New York City trans fat restriction successful
• Vitamin D supplementation may improve HDL cholesterol levels
• Merely moderate glycemic control appears most effective in HF patients with diabetes
• Newly detected Type 2 diabetes does not influence PCI outcome
• Heart disease and risk factor prevalence on the increase in Canada
• Heart rate increase on mental stress predicts SCD

Public response to ‘swine flu’ muted Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Very few individuals have changed their behavior to reduce the risk for transmitting the H1N1 influenza virus, a survey shows.

<i>IL13</i> polymorphism linked to asthma in longitudinal study Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT A polymorphism of the gene encoding interleukin 13 is associated with an increased risk for asthma and atopy, research shows.

Multifaceted interventions reduce risk for developing asthma Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Interventions that reduce exposure to multiple allergens also reduce the risk for developing asthma in children compared with usual care, research shows.

Psychoactive substance use in schizophrenia associated with EPS Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a meta-analysis suggest that use of psychoactive substances is associated with extrapyramidal symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, especially when confounding sociodemographic and psychiatric factors are considered.

Increases in white matter axonal organization seen in euthymic BD patients Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Using diffusion tensor imaging, researchers have found evidence of microstructural white matter modifications in euthymic bipolar patients suggestive of increases in white matter axonal organization.

DVT found in quarter of superficial vein thrombosis patients Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with superficial vein thrombosis are at risk for deep vein thrombosis, say researchers who found that up to one in four patients developed the more serious thromobotic condition.

Certain patients benefit more from stroke unit care Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients younger than 65 years, patients with intracerebral hemorrhages, and patients who are unconscious on admission benefit the most from specialized stroke unit care, Swedish researchers report.

Artificial neural network unable to predict prostate cancer risk Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT An artificial neural network developed to predict the risk for the presence of prostate cancer is insufficiently accurate, missing a relatively large number of patients, conclude Dutch researchers.

Capsular incision at prostate surgery worsen outcomes Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Capsular incision at radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer has an adverse effect on biochemical outcomes, the results of a study in Japanese men indicate.

Increased risk for DVT, PE in first 2 years of tamoxifen breast cancer therapy Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Tamoxifen for treatment or prevention of breast cancer is associated with an increased risk for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the first 2 years of therapy, a Danish study shows.

New York City trans fat restriction successful Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The official restriction on use of trans fat in New York City restaurants from 2006 onwards in an attempt to improve the cardiovascular health of the population has succeeded in reducing the use of trans fat in cooking from 50% to less than 2%, say clinicians.

Vitamin D supplementation may improve HDL cholesterol levels Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Low levels of serum 25D are associated with low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and reduced waist circumference, report researchers in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.

Merely moderate glycemic control appears most effective in HF patients with diabetes Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with heart failure and diabetes who have moderate glycemic control have better long-term survival not only in comparison with those whose glucose is poorly controlled but also those with excellent glycemic control, show results published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Newly detected Type 2 diabetes does not influence PCI outcome Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Newly detected Type 2 diabetes is common among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention but not associated with significantly worse outcomes, report researchers in the European Heart Journal.

Heart disease and risk factor prevalence on the increase in Canada Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of heart disease and associated risk factors has increased markedly across all sociodemographic groups in recent years, although the greatest rises are in the poorest groups, Canadian data indicate.

Heart rate increase on mental stress predicts SCD Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Larger increases in heart rate in response to mild mental stress prior to exercise are associated with an increased long-term risk for sudden cardiac death, a study of middle-aged men shows.

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