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• Preventer medication use inadequate in middle-aged asthma patients
• Cat and dog ownership reduces risk for atopy
• Allergic rhinitis incidence rising in Dutch children
• Early age of bipolar disorder onset linked to worse outcomes
• Ceasing cannabis use improves outcomes among first-episode psychosis youths
• CFX–INR relationship changes over warfarin treatment
• AZD0837 shows early promise for stroke prevention in AF
• Low-dose estradiol viable therapy for selected breast cancers
• Periprostatic nerve distribution varies across prostate in localized cancer
• Subjective and objective post-brachytherapy symptoms correlate
• Long-term strontium ranelate raises postmenopausal osteoporotic BMD
• Safety of HPV vaccine in general population ‘broadly as expected’
• Vaginal contraceptive ring ‘best for hyperinsulinemic women with PCOS’
• Decrease in neonatal deaths associated with intrapartum anoxia
• Familial breast cancer risk cut by half with breastfeeding
• High estradiol usually signals less aggressive menopausal breast cancer
• Ovarian, uterine preservation does not increase ovarian cancer-related mortality
• Postoperative OC use reduces ovarian endometrioma recurrence
• Brown adipose tissue activity highest in winter
• Combined nutraceutical supplement improves lipid levels
• AZD0837 shows early promise for stroke prevention in AF
• Smoking increases risk for MI and death in Type 2 diabetics
• Fish consumption may increase Type 2 diabetes risk
• T-wave parameters ‘may predict mortality in general population’
• Cardiologists more optimistic than surgeons about PAVR benefits
• AZD0837 shows early promise for stroke prevention in AF

Preventer medication use inadequate in middle-aged asthma patients Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Many middle-aged adults with asthma fail to take their preventer medication, with the majority tending to rely on reliever medications, Australian researchers have found.

Cat and dog ownership reduces risk for atopy Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Keeping both a cat and a dog as pets is associated with a reduced risk for atopy in childhood and adulthood, research shows.

Allergic rhinitis incidence rising in Dutch children Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT The incidence of allergic rhinitis among Dutch children increased significantly between 1987 and 2001, mirroring similar increases in other countries during this period, research shows.

Early age of bipolar disorder onset linked to worse outcomes Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar I disorder patients who have an early age of onset have a worse outcome than those with a later age of onset, the results of an Australian study indicate.

Ceasing cannabis use improves outcomes among first-episode psychosis youths Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Higher positive symptom scores in children and adolescents with first-episode psychosis are associated with cannabis use, with greater improvements over 6 months among those who cease using the drugs, conclude Spanish researchers.

CFX–INR relationship changes over warfarin treatment Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT The relationship between the chromogenic factor X assay and international normalized ratio changes over time in patients receiving warfarin treatment, US study findings show.

AZD0837 shows early promise for stroke prevention in AF Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A new oral anticoagulant drug has shown promise for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation, indicate results of a phase II study .

Low-dose estradiol viable therapy for selected breast cancers Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A daily dose of 6 mg of estradiol in women with advanced breast cancer and acquired resistance to aromatase inhibitors provides a similar clinical benefit rate to 30 mg daily, but with fewer serious adverse events, US researchers report.

Periprostatic nerve distribution varies across prostate in localized cancer Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Periprostatic nerve distribution varies in clinically localized prostate cancer, with the highest percentages found in the ventrolateral and dorsal regions, which may have implications for nerve-sparing surgery, say German scientists.

Subjective and objective post-brachytherapy symptoms correlate Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Subjective and objective parameters of symptoms following 125I permanent brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer are correlated for the first 12 months after treatment, Japanese investigators have discovered.

Long-term strontium ranelate raises postmenopausal osteoporotic BMD Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bone mineral density at all sites is increased in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with the long-term use of strontium ranelate, conclude European scientists who also found evidence of reduced fracture risk.

Safety of HPV vaccine in general population ‘broadly as expected’ Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adverse events following immunization for the quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine are no higher than expected, although syncope and venous thromboembolic event rates are raised, say US researchers.

Vaginal contraceptive ring ‘best for hyperinsulinemic women with PCOS’ Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A combined contraceptive vaginal ring has more favorable effects on cardiovascular risk markers than does oral ethinylestradiol and drospirenone administration in hyperinsulinemic women with polycystic ovary syndrome, say Italian researchers.

Decrease in neonatal deaths associated with intrapartum anoxia Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT During the past 20 years, the risk for intrapartum stillbirth and neonatal death has decreased by nearly 40 percent in Scotland, with the largest contributing factor being a reduction in the number of deaths related to intrapartum anoxia, suggest UK study results.

Familial breast cancer risk cut by half with breastfeeding Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with a family history of breast cancer who breastfeed their children are almost 60 percent relatively less likely to develop breast cancer than those who do not breastfeed, US study results show.

High estradiol usually signals less aggressive menopausal breast cancer Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT High circulating estradiol levels do not increase the risk for biologically aggressive breast cancer types in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, suggest study results.

Ovarian, uterine preservation does not increase ovarian cancer-related mortality Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Ovarian and uterine-conserving surgery do not increase mortality inpremenopausal women with stage IA and IC epithelial ovarian cancer, show US study results.

Postoperative OC use reduces ovarian endometrioma recurrence Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Postoperative oral contraceptive use significantly reduces the recurrence of ovarian endometrioma within 24 months following laparoscopic excision, show study results.

Brown adipose tissue activity highest in winter Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Human brown adipose tissue activity is significantly higher in winter than in summer, report researchers.

Combined nutraceutical supplement improves lipid levels Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A combined supplement containing berberine, red yeast rice, and policosanols is effective for improving lipid levels short-term, show results from a small, randomized controlled trial.

AZD0837 shows early promise for stroke prevention in AF Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A new oral anticoagulant drug has shown promise for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation, indicate results of a phase II study .

Smoking increases risk for MI and death in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that smoking significantly increases the risk for myocardial infarction and death in individuals with Type 2 diabetes, a group already at higher risk for cardiovascular disease than the general population.

Fish consumption may increase Type 2 diabetes risk Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Higher intake of long chain omega-3 fatty acids and fish may modestly increase the incidence for Type 2 diabetes, researchers report.

T-wave parameters ‘may predict mortality in general population’ Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT T-wave morphology parameters independently predict mortality in the general population, a study from Finland reveals.

Cardiologists more optimistic than surgeons about PAVR benefits Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Cardiologists are more optimistic about the perceived benefits of percutaneous aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis and less concerned by the purported risks than cardiac surgeons, results of a survey reveal.

AZD0837 shows early promise for stroke prevention in AF Posted: 23 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A new oral anticoagulant drug has shown promise for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation, indicate results of a phase II study .

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