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• Web-based management program benefits asthma patients
• Parental stress increases children’s risk for asthma from pollution
• Higher BMI ‘not linked to worse asthma control’
• Brain volume loss ‘not accelerated in bipolar disorder’
• Additive cognitive impairment with schizophrenia and alcohol abuse
• Lymphocyte apoptotic response to radiotherapy ‘predicts late toxicity’
• Multimodal reminder program improves repeat mammogram screening rate
• Hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype rivals metabolic syndrome for predicting CV risk
• <i>TRIB3</i> variant increases risk for atherosclerosis
• Glycated albumin linked to development of diffuse CAD in diabetes
• Vildagliptin effective as thiazolidinediones as metformin add-on
• Healthy lifestyle linked to reduced lifetime HF risk
• Diet and lifestyle factors linked with reduced hypertension risk

Web-based management program benefits asthma patients Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT An internet-based self-management program can help improve asthma control for patients with the respiratory condition, research shows.

Parental stress increases children’s risk for asthma from pollution Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children with highly stressed parents are more susceptible to the development of asthma associated with environmental triggers such as traffic pollution and tobacco smoke than children with less stressed parents, research suggests.

Higher BMI ‘not linked to worse asthma control’ Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results of a US study suggest that a higher body mass index is not associated with poorer asthma control, indicating that weight loss may not improve asthma control in obese patients.

Brain volume loss ‘not accelerated in bipolar disorder’ Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder patients do not have accelerated prefrontal gyrification index loss, but having at least one brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene variant may increase loss, UK scientists have found.

Additive cognitive impairment with schizophrenia and alcohol abuse Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder seem to have an additive effect on cognitive impairment, increasing the risk for relapse and adversely affecting treatment outcomes, conclude UK researchers.

Lymphocyte apoptotic response to radiotherapy ‘predicts late toxicity’ Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The degree of lymphocyte apoptosis following radiation therapy for prostate cancer may predict which patients will experience late toxicity, the results of a preliminary study indicate.

Multimodal reminder program improves repeat mammogram screening rate Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT In women who have already undergone breast screening mammography, a multimodal reminder program increases the mammography uptake rate, a quasi-experimental study finds.

Hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype rivals metabolic syndrome for predicting CV risk Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype is comparable to the metabolic syndrome for prediction of cardiovascular risk, show study results.

<i>TRIB3</i> variant increases risk for atherosclerosis Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Individuals carrying the risk allele of a functional variant of the tribbles homolog 3 gene have an increased risk for abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance, and higher carotid intima-media thicknesses than non-carriers, report researchers.

Glycated albumin linked to development of diffuse CAD in diabetes Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Glycated albumin levels are higher in diabetes patients with diffuse coronary artery disease than in those with non-diffuse CAD, and are associated with increased levels of adhesion molecules and inflammatory markers, which may explain the role of glycated albumin in the development of diffuse disease, say researchers.

Vildagliptin effective as thiazolidinediones as metformin add-on Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the GALIANT trial confirm that vildagliptin is as effective as rosiglitazone or pioglitazone at improving glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes patients when added to metformin therapy.

Healthy lifestyle linked to reduced lifetime HF risk Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men who adhere to five key healthy lifestyle factors have a significantly reduced risk for developing heart failure during their lifetime, shows an analysis of the Physicians' Health Study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Diet and lifestyle factors linked with reduced hypertension risk Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Six modifiable dietary and lifestyle factors are associated with a reduced incidence of self-reported hypertension in women, US researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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