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• Traffic-related air pollution associated with poor asthma scores
• Determinant of asthma control differ among ICS and non-ICS users
• Hyperglycemia predicts poor ventilation outcomes in COPD
• Tobacco use in pregnancy increases offspring psychotic symptom risk
• Psychoeducation in BD patients improves lithium knowledge, psychiatric trust
• Heparin-induced skin reaction frequency highlighted
• Herpes zoster attacks increase stroke risk
• No single PSA cut-off acceptable for prostate cancer screening
• Cryoablation versus EBRT: sexual function problems only QoL disadvantage
• Short birth intervals increase breast cancer risk in grand multiparous women
• Impaired renal function in adults born to Type 1 diabetic mothers
• Inadequate maternal asthma control increases asthma risk in offspring
• CBT effective treatment for menopausal symptoms
• Osteoimmunity plays greater role than inflammation in postmenopausal osteoporosis
• Biopsy and LLETZ increase after effects after colposcopy
• Abdominal radical trachelectomy fertility sparing for early cervical cancer
• Vitrification improves oocyte outcomes over slow-freezing
• Natural-cycle IVF effective in poor responders
• Half of all subfertile couples discontinue fertility care before treatment begins
• No performance reduction with disposable trocars for contraceptive implants
• LURIC confirms <i>SORT1</i> link to dyslipidemia, CAD
• Colestimide reduces lipid levels without altering particle size
• Diabetes increases costs in patients hospitalized for CV events
• Myocardial insulin resistance causes differ in diabetes and LVD
• Large proportion of patients discontinue medication after MI
• Rapid revascularization supported in left main disease

Traffic-related air pollution associated with poor asthma scores Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Traffic-related air pollution is associated with a poor symptom-based asthma score, research shows.

Determinant of asthma control differ among ICS and non-ICS users Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Optimal asthma control remains poor in most patients with asthma, with less than half of all individuals having controlled asthma as defined by the current Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines, research shows.

Hyperglycemia predicts poor ventilation outcomes in COPD Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who develop decompensated ventilatory failure, those with hyperglycemia at baseline have the greatest risk for failure with non-invasive ventilation, research shows.

Tobacco use in pregnancy increases offspring psychotic symptom risk Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children born to mothers who smoke during pregnancy have an increased risk for non-clinical psychotic experiences, say UK scientists in findings that may help to highlight the effect of substances on cerebral development and function.

Psychoeducation in BD patients improves lithium knowledge, psychiatric trust Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Psychoeducation increases the knowledge about lithium and induces long-term changes in the locus of control that may reflect a higher trust in psychiatrists, thus improving therapeutic alliance and treatment adherence in euthymic bipolar patients, suggest study results.

Heparin-induced skin reaction frequency highlighted Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Heparin-induced skin lesions are more common than previously thought, report researchers who found the reaction associated with overweight, female gender, and longer duration of heparin therapy.

Herpes zoster attacks increase stroke risk Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT The risk for stroke rises after acute flare-ups of varicella zoster virus infection, a population-based follow-up study has found.

No single PSA cut-off acceptable for prostate cancer screening Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT There is no single cut-off value for prostate-specific antigen levels that would give the likelihood ratios required for its use as a screening test for prostate cancer, say European researchers who call for additional biomarkers.

Cryoablation versus EBRT: sexual function problems only QoL disadvantage Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men with prostate cancer who are concerned about retaining sexual function after treatment should be advised to choose external beam radiation therapy over cryoablation, according to Canadian research.

Short birth intervals increase breast cancer risk in grand multiparous women Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A short interval between first and second birth is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer in women who have given birth at least five times, Finnish study data show.

Impaired renal function in adults born to Type 1 diabetic mothers Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Fetal exposure to maternal diabetes is associated with impaired nephrogenesis and reduced global angiogenesis in adults, show French study findings.

Inadequate maternal asthma control increases asthma risk in offspring Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Expectant mothers who do not adequately control their asthma during pregnancy increase the risk for passing on the condition to their children, a study shows.

CBT effective treatment for menopausal symptoms Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that cognitive behavioral therapy is effective for treating menopausal symptoms in women who have undergone breast cancer treatment.

Osteoimmunity plays greater role than inflammation in postmenopausal osteoporosis Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT The osteoimmunity system plays a greater role than subclinical inflammation in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, suggest study findings.

Biopsy and LLETZ increase after effects after colposcopy Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women who have cervical punch biopsies and large loop excision of the transformation zone during colposcopy for low-grade cytology experience a high rate of after-effects, conclude investigators.

Abdominal radical trachelectomy fertility sparing for early cervical cancer Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Abdominal radical trachelectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy is fertility-sparing for selected early-stage cervical cancer patients, particularly in those with small tumors, although the conception rate is not high, say Japanese scientists.

Vitrification improves oocyte outcomes over slow-freezing Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Vitrification improves oocyte survival, fertilization, and embryonic development in vitro in comparison with slow freezing, which may be due to reduced damage to spindle integrity and chromosome alignment, say Chinese scientists.

Natural-cycle IVF effective in poor responders Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Natural-cycle IVF is an effective treatment for the approximately 10 percent of women who respond poorly to previous IVF, particularly in younger women, Italian study findings indicate.

Half of all subfertile couples discontinue fertility care before treatment begins Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT About half of all subfertile couples discontinue fertility care before any treatment is started and nearly two-thirds discontinue before IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection begins, show study results.

No performance reduction with disposable trocars for contraceptive implants Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Disposable tocars for the insertion of contraceptive implants reduces the need for sterilization while maintaining comparable performance to that of traditional reusable trocars, study findings suggest.

LURIC confirms <i>SORT1</i> link to dyslipidemia, CAD Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Analysis of data from the LURIC study has confirmed that mutations in the vicinity of the sortilin 1 gene significantly alter the metabolism of lipids and modulate the risk for coronary artery disease.

Colestimide reduces lipid levels without altering particle size Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Japanese researchers have shown that short-term therapy with the anion exchange resin, colestimide, can significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration without altering particle size in patients with hyperlipidemia.

Diabetes increases costs in patients hospitalized for CV events Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Retrospective analysis of a US health-care plan claims database reveals patients with diabetes hospitalized for a cardiovascular event incur higher costs and resource use than their counterparts without diabetes.

Myocardial insulin resistance causes differ in diabetes and LVD Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT The pathologic changes that lead to myocardial insulin resistance in Type 2 diabetes and left-ventricular dysfunction are distinctly different, report researchers in the European Heart Journal.

Large proportion of patients discontinue medication after MI Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT More than half of myocardial infarction patients have discontinued use of their cardioprotective medications 3 years after the index event, according to study findings reported in the American Journal of Medicine.

Rapid revascularization supported in left main disease Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome and unprotected left main coronary artery disease who undergo revascularization have much higher 6-month survival than patients with an initial strategy of no revascularization.

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