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• Vertebral fractures common in COPD patients
• Hs-CRP a useful biomarker for inflammation in asthma patients
• Dairy food intake in pregnancy may reduce childhood wheeze risk
• Symptom remission in schizophrenia reduces future treatment needs
• Unipolar, bipolar I patients show different temperaments
• Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms are long-lasting and impair QoL
• Age, BMI, and oral contraceptives predict blood clotting factor activity
• CRP fails to predict stroke in Northern Manhattan Study
• Prostate-specific antigen velocity should not guide biopsy decision
• HPV present in breast cancer tissue
• Highly sensitive PSA assay can predict prostate cancer recurrence after RP
• Benefit of intensive LDL cholesterol reduction ‘the same in all age groups’
• Ad36 infection linked to high triglycerides in Korean school children
• Meta-analysis finds no increased cancer risk with insulin detemir
• High levels TGF-β1 increase risk for incident Type 2 diabetes
• Study casts doubt on coffee link with HF hospitalization, mortality
• Accelerated bone maturation in children marker of hypertension
• CRP fails to predict stroke in Northern Manhattan Study

Vertebral fractures common in COPD patients Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who present with acute exacerbations have a high prevalence of vertebral compression fractures, particularly those with a low body mass index, study results suggest.

Hs-CRP a useful biomarker for inflammation in asthma patients Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT High sensitivity C-reactive protein is a useful indicator of systemic inflammation in patients with asthma, say researchers.

Dairy food intake in pregnancy may reduce childhood wheeze risk Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A high intake of dairy foods, calcium, and vitamin D in pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for wheeze in young children, research suggests.

Symptom remission in schizophrenia reduces future treatment needs Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients who do not achieve remission of symptoms are more likely to require nursing home care, sheltered living, and healthcare interventions than those who do, show US researchers.

Unipolar, bipolar I patients show different temperaments Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that bipolar disorder I patients with manic/hypomanic polarity and depressive polarity show similar temperaments but are different from patients with unipolar major depression, thus supporting the "predominant polarity" concept for BD.

Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms are long-lasting and impair QoL Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms are prevalent in the community and are long lasting, say researchers.

Age, BMI, and oral contraceptives predict blood clotting factor activity Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Older age and greater body mass index predict the activity of blood clotting factors VIII, FIX, and FXI, while oral contraceptive use predicts FIX, FXI, and FXII activity, report German researchers.

CRP fails to predict stroke in Northern Manhattan Study Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of C-reactive protein are a risk factor for heart attack and death but not for stroke, a US population study has found.

Prostate-specific antigen velocity should not guide biopsy decision Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Knowing a patient's prostate specific antigen velocity or using standardized velocity cut points does not help to determine whether a prostate biopsy is necessary, report US researchers.

HPV present in breast cancer tissue Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Australian researchers have demonstrated the presence of human papilloma virus in the nuclei of cells in breast cancer tissue, which they say indicates a possible role for high-risk HPV in human breast cancer.

Highly sensitive PSA assay can predict prostate cancer recurrence after RP Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT An ultrasensitive gold nanoparticle bio-barcode assay that can detect prostate-specific antigen levels of less than 0.1 ng/ml and is over 300 times more sensitive than commercial immunoassays has been developed by US researchers.

Benefit of intensive LDL cholesterol reduction ‘the same in all age groups’ Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT High-risk men of all ages, including those over the age of 80 years, can benefit from intensive reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, a large retrospective study has found.

Ad36 infection linked to high triglycerides in Korean school children Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Infection with the human adenovirus 36 is associated with high triglycerides in Korean school children, report researchers.

Meta-analysis finds no increased cancer risk with insulin detemir Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results of a meta-analysis showed no increased risk for cancer among patients with diabetes taking insulin detemir compared with patients taking NPH insulin or insulin glargine.

High levels TGF-β1 increase risk for incident Type 2 diabetes Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Individuals with high levels of the cytokine transforming growth factor -β1 have an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, show study results.

Study casts doubt on coffee link with HF hospitalization, mortality Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report finding no evidence that high coffee consumption is associated with hospitalization or death from heart failure.

Accelerated bone maturation in children marker of hypertension Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children and adolescents whose bones are more mature than would be expected for their age have an increased likelihood of developing hypertension, a study suggests.

CRP fails to predict stroke in Northern Manhattan Study Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of C-reactive protein are a risk factor for heart attack and death but not for stroke, a US population study has found.

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