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• US parents underestimate importance of swine flu vaccination
• Influenza link to myocardial infarction supported
• No gender difference in asthma severity
• Anticholinergic activity linked to cognitive performance in schizophrenia
• Mental illness stigma resilience linked to positive ingroup, stigma perception
• Vitamin K diet improves oral anticoagulation control
• Lupus anticoagulant ‘a major risk factor for arterial thrombosis’
• Low-fat diet linked to lower breast cancer risk in women with hot flashes
• HIFU offers localized prostate cancer treatment
• Quicker recovery for prostate surgery patients with bladder preserving technique
• Fetal growth effects of maternal fish consumption depend on type
• Postmenopausal women greatly benefit from 12-week endurance training
• Switching to exemestane improves long-term survival in breast cancer
• Cervical precancer risk tool in development
• Dose-dense paclitaxel, carboplatin regimen effective for advanced ovarian cancer
• Aromatase inhibitors improve endometriosis pain control
• Taxane-based chemotherapy shown as gonadotoxic for males
• Tamoxifen use during OI improves endometrial thickness
• Dopamine agonist co-administration does not affect COC effectiveness
• Probability of live birth comparable for eSET, DET
• Low carbohydrate Mediterranean diet best for overweight Type 2 diabetics
• Metabolic syndrome prevalent in Latin America
• Elevated hs-CRP and low HDL cholesterol increase CVD risk for KD children
• Low carbohydrate Mediterranean diet best for overweight Type 2 diabetics
• <i>MCP1</i> variant linked to elevated carotid IMT in Type 2 diabetics
• Optimal combination therapy for hypertension proposed
• Lupus anticoagulant ‘a major risk factor for arterial thrombosis’
• Amlodipine achieves greater reduction in carotid BP than atenolol

US parents underestimate importance of swine flu vaccination Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Less than half of US parents plan to get their children vaccinated against the H1N1 virus, say researchers who suggest that many parents may be underestimating the risks.

Influenza link to myocardial infarction supported Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results of a systematic review confirm that influenza can trigger acute myocardial infarction and possibly cardiovascular death in some patients.

No gender difference in asthma severity Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results of a European study suggest there are no significant differences in the distribution of asthma severity between men and women.

Anticholinergic activity linked to cognitive performance in schizophrenia Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Serum anticholinergic activity in schizophrenia patients is associated with impaired verbal working memory and verbal learning and memory, and with a lowered response to an intensive course of computerized cognitive training, show study results.

Mental illness stigma resilience linked to positive ingroup, stigma perception Posted: 28 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest people with psychiatric disorders are more resilient to stigma if they hold others with mental disorders in high regard or reject stigma as unfair.

Vitamin K diet improves oral anticoagulation control Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Focusing on diet can help patients achieve stable anticoagulation, say Brazilian researchers.

Lupus anticoagulant ‘a major risk factor for arterial thrombosis’ Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with a certain form of the autoimmune condition antiphospholipid syndrome face a more than 40-fold increased risk for stroke and a five-fold increased risk fold myocardial infarction compared with the general population, study findings show.

Low-fat diet linked to lower breast cancer risk in women with hot flashes Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Postmenopausal women who experience hot flashes or vasomotor symptoms may be able toreduce their risk for breast cancer by adopting a low-fat eating pattern, a US study has shown.

HIFU offers localized prostate cancer treatment Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT High-intensity focused ultrasound of prostate cancer is less traumatic to healthy tissue than cryoablation, show results from an acute phase response study.

Quicker recovery for prostate surgery patients with bladder preserving technique Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Prostate cancer patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy recover urinary function more quickly after bladder neck preserving techniques compared with standard techniques, study findings suggest.

Fetal growth effects of maternal fish consumption depend on type Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that the effect of maternal fish consumption on fetal growth depends on the amount and type of fish consumed, and that newborns exposed to high levels of prenatal mercury have a five-fold increased risk for being small-for-gestational age.

Postmenopausal women greatly benefit from 12-week endurance training Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT US study results show that 12 weeks of endurance training in healthy postmenopausal women improves cardiorespiratory fitness, decreases the reliance on carbohydrate, and increases lipid oxidation without a reduction in body weight.

Switching to exemestane improves long-term survival in breast cancer Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT A follow-up analysis of the Intergroup Exemestane Study shows that switching postmenopausal women with early breast cancer to exemestane after 2-3 years of tamoxifen increases their likelihood of remaining cancer-free and reduces the risk for death for at least the next 6 years.

Cervical precancer risk tool in development Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers at the US National Cancer Institute are creating a personalized risk tool to predict a woman's risk for cervical precancer based on the combination of age, clinical test results, and human papilloma virus vaccination status.

Dose-dense paclitaxel, carboplatin regimen effective for advanced ovarian cancer Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Phase III trial results show that advanced epithelial ovarian cancer is best treated with a dose-dense regimen of paclitaxel plus carboplatin as it prolongs progression-free and overall survival to a significantly greater extent than a conventional regimen.

Aromatase inhibitors improve endometriosis pain control Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The combination of letrozole with norethisterone acetate reduces endometriosis pain intensity to a greater extent than NET alone, but is associated with more side-effects and has a similar effect on recurrence of pain, show study results.

Taxane-based chemotherapy shown as gonadotoxic for males Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Greek research shows that taxane-based chemotherapy induces a reduction of inhibin B and a reciprocal elevation of follicle stimulating hormone, which are alterations associated with significant gonadal damage.

Tamoxifen use during OI improves endometrial thickness Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Switching to tamoxifen in ovulation induction cycles started with clomiphene citrate improves endometrial thickness in women with an adequate follicular recruitment and endometrial thickness under 7 mm, show US study results.

Dopamine agonist co-administration does not affect COC effectiveness Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that co-administration of transdermal dopamine agonist rotigotine does not affect ovulation suppression by combined oral contraceptives, suggesting no influence on contraceptive efficacy when using this combination.

Probability of live birth comparable for eSET, DET Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elective single embryo transfer in women younger than 35 years who are in their first IVF cycle and have at least three top-quality embryos is as effective as double embryo transfer and significantly decreases multiple birth rates, suggest study results.

Low carbohydrate Mediterranean diet best for overweight Type 2 diabetics Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Overweight patients with Type 2 diabetes achieve greatest improvements in cardiovascular risk factors, including increased levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, by following a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean diet, a study suggests.

Metabolic syndrome prevalent in Latin America Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the CARMELA study show that the metabolic syndrome has an increasingly high prevalence across Latin America.

Elevated hs-CRP and low HDL cholesterol increase CVD risk for KD children Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children with Kawasaki disease who have elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are at increased risk for coronary aneurisms, report researchers.

Low carbohydrate Mediterranean diet best for overweight Type 2 diabetics Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Overweight patients with Type 2 diabetes achieve greatest improvements in cardiovascular risk factors, including increased levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, by following a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean diet, a study suggests.

<i>MCP1</i> variant linked to elevated carotid IMT in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT A variant in the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene could help identify patients with Type 2 diabetes who are at increased risk for developing carotid atherosclerosis, say researchers.

Optimal combination therapy for hypertension proposed Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Treating hypertensive patients with a combination of angiotensin II receptor blocker and calcium channel blocker is more effective at lowering central systolic blood pressure and reducing arterial stiffness than the combination of ARB and thiazide diuretic, study results show.

Lupus anticoagulant ‘a major risk factor for arterial thrombosis’ Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with a certain form of the autoimmune condition antiphospholipid syndrome face a more than 40-fold increased risk for stroke and a five-fold increased risk fold myocardial infarction compared with the general population, study findings show.

Amlodipine achieves greater reduction in carotid BP than atenolol Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The calcium channel blocker amlopidine achieves greater reduction in systolic cartotid blood pressure in patients with hypertension than the beta blocker atenolol, study results show.

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