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• Birthweight and breastfeeding influence childhood asthma risk
• Air filtration/ventilation device reduces pediatric asthma symptoms
• Lung cross-sectional area predicts pulmonary hypertension in emphysema
• Caregiver psychoeducation improves BD outcome in early stages
• Auditory verbal hallucinations linked to left superior temporal gyrus function
• D-dimer testing valuable in renal dysfunction patients
• Canadian prehospital triage protocol boosts access to thrombolysis
• Primary tumor pathology predicts PSMs in prostate surgery patients
• FDG-PET/CT useful for initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer patients
• IUD is long-acting contraceptive of choice among Europeans
• Pushing for over 2 hours during delivery increases maternal, neonatal morbidity
• Menopausal hot flashes effectively treated with St John’s wort
• Parental views influence child’s view, acceptance of HPV vaccination
• Migraine episodes may be reduced with continuous OC regimens
• Fetal kick charts ‘of no value’ in assessing reduced fetal movement
• Menopausal night sweats reduce later mortality risk
• Epithelial ovarian cancer outcomes unrelated to extreme drug resistance
• Non-drug therapies prevalent, effective in hypercholesterolemia
• Metabolic syndrome increases risk for preterm birth
• HbA1c better predictor retinopathy than FPG in US population
• Self-titration of insulin effective for glycemic control in Type 2 diabetics
• OPCAB, arterial grafting to circumflex area ‘reasonable’ in isolated CABG
• NT-proBNP ‘major predictor’ of AF

Birthweight and breastfeeding influence childhood asthma risk Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Low birthweight is associated with an increased risk for childhood asthma that is not modified by breastfeeding, results of a US study show.

Air filtration/ventilation device reduces pediatric asthma symptoms Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Air cleaning combined with improved ventilation can reduce the symptoms of asthma in children with the condition, study findings published in the journal Building and Environment show.

Lung cross-sectional area predicts pulmonary hypertension in emphysema Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Measuring the cross-sectional area of small pulmonary vessels is an accurate and non-invasive method to estimate the degree of pulmonary hypertension in patients with emphysema, researchers report.

Caregiver psychoeducation improves BD outcome in early stages Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Study results suggest that providing psychoeducation to the caregivers of bipolar disorder patients improves long-term outcome in terms of time to recurrence in patients with early stage, but not advanced stage, illness.

Auditory verbal hallucinations linked to left superior temporal gyrus function Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Study results suggest that auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia may arise as a consequence of an attenuated deactivation in the left superior temporal gyrus, an area implicated in verbal self-monitoring processes.

D-dimer testing valuable in renal dysfunction patients Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST D-dimer testing is worthwhile in patients with mild or moderately impaired renal function and suspicion of pulmonary embolism, Dutch researchers say, even though the test has a significantly lower specificity than in patients with healthy kidneys.

Canadian prehospital triage protocol boosts access to thrombolysis Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The introduction of a prehospital triage protocol in Toronto, Canada, in 2005 led to a marked increase in the use of thrombolysis for ischemic stroke, research demonstrates.

Primary tumor pathology predicts PSMs in prostate surgery patients Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Tumor biology and aggressiveness are the most relevant predictors of positive surgical margins after prostate cancer surgery, according to Italian research.

FDG-PET/CT useful for initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer patients Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Eighteen-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging provides invaluable information regarding nodal status or distant metastases in inflammatory breast cancer patients and should be considered for initial staging, say researchers.

IUD is long-acting contraceptive of choice among Europeans Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The most popular long-acting reversible contraceptives among European women are the levonorgestrel-intrauterine system and the copper-intrauterine device, show results of a pan-European survey.

Pushing for over 2 hours during delivery increases maternal, neonatal morbidity Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Researchers question whether women experiencing an active second stage of labor of over 2 hours should continue with expulsive efforts, as the chance of a spontaneous vaginal delivery decreases and the risk for maternal morbidity significantly increases.

Menopausal hot flashes effectively treated with St John’s wort Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST St John's wort extract is effective for treating vasomotor symptoms in peri- and postmenopausal women, show study results.

Parental views influence child’s view, acceptance of HPV vaccination Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Parental support for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is crucial to the success of the vaccination program, show results of a UK survey of adolescent girls offered the vaccine.

Migraine episodes may be reduced with continuous OC regimens Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Most migraine headache episodes occur predominantly during or around the oral contraceptive hormone-free interval, show study results.

Fetal kick charts ‘of no value’ in assessing reduced fetal movement Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Fetal kick charts and movement counting should not form a part of fetal monitoring during pregnancy, recommend Irish clinicians who call for the development of good practice guidelines in assessing reduced fetal movements.

Menopausal night sweats reduce later mortality risk Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Women who report night sweats during the menopause have a reduced risk for death over the next 20 years, regardless of current or past use of postmenopausal estrogen therapy, study findings suggest.

Epithelial ovarian cancer outcomes unrelated to extreme drug resistance Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The survival outcomes of women with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian, and primary peritoneal cancers are not affected by extreme drug resistance (EDR) to multiple agents in vitro, conclude US scientists.

Non-drug therapies prevalent, effective in hypercholesterolemia Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Most people with high cholesterol levels use non-drug diet and lifestyle measures as advised by their doctors, a Spanish population survey shows.

Metabolic syndrome increases risk for preterm birth Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Pregnant women with the metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy have an increased risk for preterm birth, show study results.

HbA1c better predictor retinopathy than FPG in US population Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Study findings show that glycated hemoglobin is a better predictor of retinopathy prevalence in the general population than fasting plasma glucose, although high levels of both significantly increase the risk for retinopathy.

Self-titration of insulin effective for glycemic control in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Previously insulin-naïve Type 2 diabetes patients are can effectively control their glycated hemoglobin by self-titration of an insulin analog premix with minimal dietary counseling, report researchers.

OPCAB, arterial grafting to circumflex area ‘reasonable’ in isolated CABG Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Off-pump surgery and arterial grafting to the circumflex area are "reasonable" approaches in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery, researchers in Japan concluded from their study of over 3000 patients receiving a range of graft types.

NT-proBNP ‘major predictor’ of AF Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is a "remarkable" predictor of incident atrial fibrillation, say researchers.

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