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• BHR common in non-atopic children with asthma and GERD
• Life support needed by many critically ill patients with swine flu
• Stricter hand hygiene in schools ‘a temporary measure for infection control’
• Restrictive healthcare usage common among bipolar disorder youths
• No cortical asymmetry differences in child-onset schizophrenia
• Two indices accurately, noninvasively assess UC disease activity
• PE risk highlighted in severely ill swine flu patients
• Minimally invasive prostate surgery: benefits and complications
• Improved patient-physician communication may increase breast reconstructive surgery rates
• Minimally invasive prostate surgery: benefits and complications
• Hemochromatosis mutations linked to hypertriglyceridemia
• Adipocytokines do not predict CHD in healthy men
• Increased pulse pressure predicts CVD in Type 2 diabetes
• TODAY trial evaluates pediatric family-based weight-loss lifestyle program
• Blocking novel phosphodiesterase pathway can prevent cardiac hypertrophy
• Over 50% of CVD trials do not report vital race data
• Improved patient-physician communication may increase breast reconstructive surgery rates
• MRI effective for detecting evasive anterior prostate cancer
• Many prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy die of other causes
• Mastectomy not overused for breast cancer treatment
• Aggressive IMRT and SIB well tolerated by prostate cancer patients
• Müllerian inhibiting substance linked to increased breast cancer 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

BHR common in non-atopic children with asthma and GERD Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bronchial hyperreactivity is common among non-atopic children with asthma who also suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease, study results show.

Life support needed by many critically ill patients with swine flu Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Many critically ill patients in Australia and New Zealand who were infected with the influenza H1N1 virus during the winter months of 2009 in the southern hemisphere needed prolonged life support treatment, study results show.

Stricter hand hygiene in schools ‘a temporary measure for infection control’ Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Strict hand-hygiene practices are difficult to maintain in primary schools and should only be used as a short-term measure for preventing the spread of influenza H1N1 and other infections, say researchers.

Restrictive healthcare usage common among bipolar disorder youths Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Almost half of bipolar disorder youths use restrictive healthcare services, reflecting a need for intensive, urgent medical care, conclude scientists who say regular outpatient services may reduce costs.

No cortical asymmetry differences in child-onset schizophrenia Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with child-onset schizophrenia do not have different patterns of cortical asymmetry from healthy individuals or differences in the timing of developmental asymmetry, study findings suggest.

Two indices accurately, noninvasively assess UC disease activity Posted: 15 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have identified two clinical indices that they say are "valid, reliable and responsive" ways to noninvasively assess disease activity in ulcerative colitis patients.

PE risk highlighted in severely ill swine flu patients Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Computed tomography scanning should be performed in patients severely affected by the swine-origin influenza A virus, say US researchers, who found such patients have an increased risk for pulmonary embolism.

Minimally invasive prostate surgery: benefits and complications Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men who undergo minimally invasive radical prostatectomy can expect shorter hospital stays and fewer respiratory and surgical complications than those who have open retropubic radical prostatectomy, study findings show.

Improved patient-physician communication may increase breast reconstructive surgery rates Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Improving patient empowerment and physician communication of information can reduce educational and cultural disparities in breast reconstruction rates for low-income patients with breast cancer, US research shows.

Minimally invasive prostate surgery: benefits and complications Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men who undergo minimally invasive radical prostatectomy can expect shorter hospital stays and fewer respiratory and surgical complications than those who have open retropubic radical prostatectomy, study findings show.

Hemochromatosis mutations linked to hypertriglyceridemia Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that individuals with hypertriglyceridemia are more likely than people without the lipid disorder to have a genetic predisposition for the iron storage disorder hemochromatosis.

Adipocytokines do not predict CHD in healthy men Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Circulating levels of adipocytokines are unrelated to the risk for coronary heart disease events in healthy middle-aged men, a European study has found.

Increased pulse pressure predicts CVD in Type 2 diabetes Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elevated pulse pressure is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease risk in patients with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

TODAY trial evaluates pediatric family-based weight-loss lifestyle program Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A large ongoing multicenter US study known as "TODAY" may help guide future strategies for promoting weight loss among severely overweight children with comorbid conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, say researchers.

Blocking novel phosphodiesterase pathway can prevent cardiac hypertrophy Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have demonstrated in laboratory experiments that cardiomyocyte hypertrophy can be prevented by treatment with a phosphodiesterase 1 inhibiting compound similar to sildenafil.

Over 50% of CVD trials do not report vital race data Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT More than half of all randomized trials in cardiovascular disease do not report vital information on the study participants' race or ethnicity, researchers have found.

Improved patient-physician communication may increase breast reconstructive surgery rates Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Improving patient empowerment and physician communication of information can reduce educational and cultural disparities in breast reconstruction rates for low-income patients with breast cancer, US research shows.

MRI effective for detecting evasive anterior prostate cancer Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men with persistently elevated prostate-specific antigen levels but negative or small volume biopsy results should undergo magnetic resonance imaging for hard-to-detect tumors, report researchers.

Many prostate cancer patients receiving hormone therapy die of other causes Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A large number of prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy as initial treatment die from non-cancer causes, according to a UK study.

Mastectomy not overused for breast cancer treatment Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A US study has shown that most surgeons appropriately recommend breast conserving surgery, as opposed to mastectomy, for patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Aggressive IMRT and SIB well tolerated by prostate cancer patients Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men with intermediate- to high-risk prostate cancer are generally able to tolerate a new and aggressive combination of radiotherapies, findings suggest.

Müllerian inhibiting substance linked to increased breast cancer risk Posted: 12 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women with elevated serum Müllerian inhibiting substance may have an increased risk for breast cancer, US research shows.

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.

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