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• Recurrent VTE risk factors do not rule out need for anticoagulation
• Psychological stress may influence stroke risk
• UVB treatment appears a feasible option for children with psoriasis
• SPC risk high after radical prostatectomy and radiation
• Ten-minute intervention boosts older women’s breast cancer awareness
• SPC risk high after radical prostatectomy and radiation
• Intensive statin therapy improves artery elasticity in acute MI patients
• Drinking pomegranate juice may slow progression of atherosclerosis
• Family history of MI predicts CHD in postmenopausal women with diabetes
• Albiglutide is effective and well tolerated for treatment of Type 2 diabetes
• CHARISMA: CYP2C19 variant effects on clopidogrel response unclear
• Cooling patients after cardiac arrest supported
• Ten-minute intervention boosts older women’s breast cancer awareness

Recurrent VTE risk factors do not rule out need for anticoagulation Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study findings show that no single risk factor for recurrent venous thromboembolism is able to guide the use of anticoagulation therapy.

Psychological stress may influence stroke risk Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Severe psychological stress is a possible risk factor for ischemic stroke, say the authors of a case–control study.

UVB treatment appears a feasible option for children with psoriasis Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy is a valid resource in the treatment of children with psoriasis, say Spanish researchers.

SPC risk high after radical prostatectomy and radiation Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men with prostate cancer who are treated with radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy are at increased risk for developing late primary pelvic secondary malignancies, according to US research.

Ten-minute intervention boosts older women’s breast cancer awareness Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A short, scripted one-to-one intervention increases breast cancer awareness in elderly women, shows research presented this week at the National Cancer Research Institute's Cancer Conference in Birmingham, UK.

SPC risk high after radical prostatectomy and radiation Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men with prostate cancer who are treated with radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy are at increased risk for developing late primary pelvic secondary malignancies, according to US research.

Intensive statin therapy improves artery elasticity in acute MI patients Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Intensive cholesterol-lowering therapy with simvastatin significantly improves large-artery elasticity and regresses atherosclerosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction, Chinese researchers have shown.

Drinking pomegranate juice may slow progression of atherosclerosis Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Drinking pomegranate juice may prevent increases in carotid intima-media thickness in patients with adverse lipid levels, suggest study results.

Family history of MI predicts CHD in postmenopausal women with diabetes Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Postmenopausal women with diabetes who have a family history of myocardial infarction in first-degree relatives are at high risk for developing coronary heart disease, researchers report.

Albiglutide is effective and well tolerated for treatment of Type 2 diabetes Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT The long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist albiglutide can reduce glycated hemoglobin levels as effectively as exenatide in patients with inadequately controlled Type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

CHARISMA: CYP2C19 variant effects on clopidogrel response unclear Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from the CHARISMA Genomics Substudy failed to establish a clear relationship of the CYP2C19 genetic variant previously linked to clopidogrel response with outcomes in stable cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients treated with the drug.

Cooling patients after cardiac arrest supported Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Cochrane review findings support the use of therapeutic hypothermia within 6 hours after cardiac arrest with successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, finding it improves survival and limits neurologic impairment.

Ten-minute intervention boosts older women’s breast cancer awareness Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A short, scripted one-to-one intervention increases breast cancer awareness in elderly women, shows research presented this week at the National Cancer Research Institute's Cancer Conference in Birmingham, UK.

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