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• Noninvasive ventilation benefits COPD patients undergoing PR
• Household bleach use linked to increased risk for respiratory symptoms
• Certain inflammatory markers linked to COPD phenotypes
• Schizophrenia treatment response predicted by early improvement
• Neural response to happy faces differs in major and bipolar depression
• Antibody-based test detects BRCA2 truncated proteins
• Abnormal vascular features of prostate cancer help determine lesion position
• Low SHBG predicts metabolic syndrome in adolescents
• Heparin treatment ‘can be used to treat severe hypertriglyceridemia’
• Measuring systemic inflammation misses local plaque inflammation in diabetics
• Risk for HF, mortality lower with pioglitazone than rosiglitazone
• AMI mortality rates have fallen substantially since 1995
• Risk for HF, mortality lower with pioglitazone than rosiglitazone
• Smokeless tobacco use increases risk for fatal MI, stroke

Noninvasive ventilation benefits COPD patients undergoing PR Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation enhances the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, study findings show.

Household bleach use linked to increased risk for respiratory symptoms Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT The domestic use of bleach is associated with and increased risk for respiratory symptoms, but a reduced risk for atopic sensitization, researchers have found.

Certain inflammatory markers linked to COPD phenotypes Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Systemic levels of certain inflammatory markers are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotypes, study results show.

Schizophrenia treatment response predicted by early improvement Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Early improvement with treatment among schizophrenia patients is a predictor of subsequent response, the findings of a naturalistic study reveal, echoing those from clinical drug trials.

Neural response to happy faces differs in major and bipolar depression Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder patients have differences in amygdala and orbitomedial prefrontal cortex effective connectivity in response to happy faces, say researchers.

Antibody-based test detects BRCA2 truncated proteins Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have developed a rapid, immunohistochemistry-based test that accurately identifies BRCA2 hereditary breast cancer without the need for genetic amplification or manipulation.

Abnormal vascular features of prostate cancer help determine lesion position Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging discriminates between malignant lesions and healthy tissue in patients with prostate cancer, resulting in improved localization of tumors, according to UK research.

Low SHBG predicts metabolic syndrome in adolescents Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Low levels of sex hormone binding globulin are a significant predictor for the metabolic syndrome in adolescents, report researchers in the journal Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental.

Heparin treatment ‘can be used to treat severe hypertriglyceridemia’ Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Low-level intravenous unfractionated heparin can be used to lower triglycerides in some patients, but potential adverse effects should be carefully considered, says the author of a case study.

Measuring systemic inflammation misses local plaque inflammation in diabetics Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Widespread coronary inflammation is found in patients with diabetes and correlates with systemic inflammation, but not in patients with low systemic inflammation, researchers report.

Risk for HF, mortality lower with pioglitazone than rosiglitazone Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a retrospective cohort study show that pioglitazone treatment for Type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower risk for heart failure and death, but not myocardial infarction, than rosiglitazone treatment.

AMI mortality rates have fallen substantially since 1995 Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Risk-standardized hospital mortality rates among patients with acute myocardial infarction have decreased significantly over the past two decades, indicate the findings of a retrospective, observational study of Medicare patients in the USA.

Risk for HF, mortality lower with pioglitazone than rosiglitazone Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a retrospective cohort study show that pioglitazone treatment for Type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower risk for heart failure and death, but not myocardial infarction, than rosiglitazone treatment.

Smokeless tobacco use increases risk for fatal MI, stroke Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Users of smokeless tobacco products face a small but significantly increased risk for fatal myocardial infarction and stroke, results of meta-analysis demonstrate.

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