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• Probiotic yogurt may benefit children with allergies
• Physical measures highly effective for prevention of flu spread
• Ethnicity influences genetic susceptibility in COPD
• Semantic memory activation changes with thought disorder in schizophrenia
• Depression switch rate in bipolar mania ‘low’
• Simple surgical margin status sufficient for prostate cancer prognosis
• Breast cancer family history not linked to all-cause mortality
• High Lp-PLA₂ mass and activity increases CVD event risk for older adults
• Curcumin helps prevent hepatic fibrosis through suppression of oxLDL
• Larger fat cells increase risk for Type 2 diabetes in women
• Curcumin helps prevent hepatic fibrosis through suppression of oxLDL
• Larger fat cells increase risk for Type 2 diabetes in women
• Cognitive function worse in patients who suffer prediabetes hypertension
• Multislice CT angiography useful prognosticator in suspected CAD
• Smoking bans ‘substantially’ reduce AMI rate in community setting

Probiotic yogurt may benefit children with allergies Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT A probiotic yogurt containing Lactobacillus gasseri and Lactobacillus coryniformis may help to regulate the immune systems of children with allergies and improve their general health, say Spanish researchers.

Physical measures highly effective for prevention of flu spread Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Washing hands, wearing masks, and isolating potentially infected patients are very effective measures for preventing the spread of influenza and should be given a high priority in national pandemic preparation plans, say researchers.

Ethnicity influences genetic susceptibility in COPD Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Ethnicity plays an important role in genetic susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), results of a meta-analysis show.

Semantic memory activation changes with thought disorder in schizophrenia Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients with formal thought disorder (TD) have increased unconscious spread of activation within semantic memory compared with other schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals, German study findings indicate.

Depression switch rate in bipolar mania ‘low’ Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Only a small proportion of bipolar disorder patients switch from mania to depression, say European researchers in findings that suggest atypical antipsychotics may protect against the switch to depression.

Simple surgical margin status sufficient for prostate cancer prognosis Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Subclassifying positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy does not improve accuracy in predicting prostate cancer recurrence, report researchers.

Breast cancer family history not linked to all-cause mortality Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT A family history of breast cancer is not associated with all-cause mortality after breast cancer diagnosis for women without a known germline mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, study results show.

High Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> mass and activity increases CVD event risk for older adults Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that elevated lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 mass and activity increase the risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular disease related death in older adults.

Curcumin helps prevent hepatic fibrosis through suppression of oxLDL Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Curcumin supplementation could help prevent non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related hepatic fibrosis through suppression of low-density lipoprotein oxidation, say researchers.

Larger fat cells increase risk for Type 2 diabetes in women Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with large abdominal and femoral adipocytes are at increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes in later life, show results from a 25-year follow-up study.

Curcumin helps prevent hepatic fibrosis through suppression of oxLDL Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Curcumin supplementation could help prevent non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-related hepatic fibrosis through suppression of low-density lipoprotein oxidation, say researchers.

Larger fat cells increase risk for Type 2 diabetes in women Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with large abdominal and femoral adipocytes are at increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes in later life, show results from a 25-year follow-up study.

Cognitive function worse in patients who suffer prediabetes hypertension Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with Type 2 diabetes have an increased risk for relatively poor cognition if they experienced prediabetes hypertension 16 years earlier, research suggests.

Multislice CT angiography useful prognosticator in suspected CAD Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Scanning patients at intermediate risk for coronary artery disease with multislice computed tomography coronary angiography is a highly effective way of predicting adverse events, research shows.

Smoking bans ‘substantially’ reduce AMI rate in community setting Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Communities in the USA and Europe that have implemented stringent smoke-free legislation in public and work places report an immediate reduction in rates of acute myocardial infarction, which appear to grow with time, research shows.

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