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• Intercostal muscle mass linked to COPD exacerbation frequency
• Asthma increases hospitalization risk among children with swine flu
• Pollution and endotoxin exposure up risk for persistent childhood wheeze
• Schizophrenia patients can accurately assess memory capacity
• Brain emotion reactions differ in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
• High-risk STEMI angioplasty patients benefit from adjunctive GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors
• Risk for death increased for nonattendees of prostate screening programs
• EBRT plus HDR brachytherapy offers good prostate cancer control and survival rates
• Axillary reverse mapping unsuitable for patients with extensive nodal disease
• Major depressive episode risk increases during menopausal transition
• Ixabepilone shows promise for treating platinum, taxane resistant ovarian cancer
• Semi-invasive diagnostic test for mild endometriosis shows promise
• Viral testing prior to every fertility treatment now an EU requirement
• Complimentary therapies widely used by infertility patients
• COCs can be used by women with viral hepatitis
• Inflammatory responses during pregnancy exaggerated by depression
• CA-IX expression predicts high-risk, early cervical cancer outcomes
• No delays in breast cancer chemotherapy with fertility preservation
• Pain reduction interventions for IUD insertion ‘ineffective’
• Combined dyslipidemia and hypertension increase CVD risk in elderly
• Physical inactivity associated with abdominal obesity independent of BMI
• Combined dyslipidemia and hypertension increase CVD risk in elderly
• Resistin is independent risk factor for ischemic stroke
• Mitochondrial defects ‘drive beta-cell dysfunction in diabetes’
• Collaborative care improves recovery of patients with post-CABG depression
• Resistin is independent risk factor for ischemic stroke
• ‘Alarmingly high’ prevalence of PAD in elderly
• High-risk STEMI angioplasty patients benefit from adjunctive GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors

Intercostal muscle mass linked to COPD exacerbation frequency Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Reduced intercostal muscle mass is associated with an increased frequency of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research suggests.

Asthma increases hospitalization risk among children with swine flu Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Children with asthma face a significantly greater risk for hospitalization after infection with H1N1 influenza than after infection with seasonal influenza, research suggests.

Pollution and endotoxin exposure up risk for persistent childhood wheeze Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Exposure to both high levels of traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin significantly increases the risk for persistent wheezing in young children, study results show.

Schizophrenia patients can accurately assess memory capacity Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST While schizophrenia patients have memory impairments and reduced feeling of knowing ratings, they can rely on memory retrieval to accurately assess their awareness of what they know, say French scientists.

Brain emotion reactions differ in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients have different patterns of medial temporal lobe activation during an emotional memory task, researchers have found.

High-risk STEMI angioplasty patients benefit from adjunctive GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST High-risk ST elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary angioplasty have a reduced risk for death when given adjunctive glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy, indicate the results of a meta-analysis.

Risk for death increased for nonattendees of prostate screening programs Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Men who are part of a prostate cancer screening program but who do not attend appointments are more likely to die from the disease or from other causes, than men who do attend, report researchers.

EBRT plus HDR brachytherapy offers good prostate cancer control and survival rates Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Prostate cancer patients experience longer biochemical disease free and overall survival if they receive external beam radiotherapy combined with high-dose rate brachytherapy, according to a systematic review.

Axillary reverse mapping unsuitable for patients with extensive nodal disease Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Extensive nodal disease may impair axillary reverse mapping in patients with breast cancer, Italian researchers report.

Major depressive episode risk increases during menopausal transition Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The risk for a major depressive episode is increased nearly four-fold after the menopausal transition, and over two-fold during the menopause, show study results.

Ixabepilone shows promise for treating platinum, taxane resistant ovarian cancer Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Ixabepilone, a microtubule-stabilizing epothilone B analog with activity in taxane-resistant metastatic breast cancer, demonstrates antitumor activity and acceptable tolerance in patients with platinum- and taxane-resistant recurrent or persistent ovarian or primary peritoneal carcinoma, show US study results.

Semi-invasive diagnostic test for mild endometriosis shows promise Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST A semi-invasive diagnostic test based on neurotransmitter immunostaining is highly effective for diagnosing minimal to mild endometriosis, show researchers who found that women with endometriosis have significantly higher small nerve fiber density than do women with a normal pelvis.

Viral testing prior to every fertility treatment now an EU requirement Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST In a recent meeting, the European Commission decided that in terms of the European Union Tissues and Cells Directive, both patients and their partners must be tested for HIV, hepatitis, Human T-lymphotropic virus, and syphilis prior to each fertility treatment, which could amount to two or three times a year or even more often.

Complimentary therapies widely used by infertility patients Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Nearly 50 percent of women undergoing infertility treatment use complimentary medical therapies, show study results presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 65th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

COCs can be used by women with viral hepatitis Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Results from a systematic review suggest that combined oral contraceptives do not affect the course of acute hepatitis, and have minimal to no effect on chronic hepatitis and its sequelae.

Inflammatory responses during pregnancy exaggerated by depression Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Pregnant women with depressive symptoms have an exaggerated inflammatory response to influenza virus vaccination, indicating that depressive symptoms sensitize the immune system, say US scientists.

CA-IX expression predicts high-risk, early cervical cancer outcomes Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Both progression-free survival and overall survival in high-risk, early-stage cervical cancer is predicted by the expression of carbonic anhydrase-IX, results of a US study indicate.

No delays in breast cancer chemotherapy with fertility preservation Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Breast cancer patients who undergo fertility preservation procedures do not face delays in receiving chemotherapy to treat their disease, conclude US researchers.

Pain reduction interventions for IUD insertion ‘ineffective’ Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST None of the properly evaluated interventions to reduce pain during or after intrauterine device insertion are effective, conclude reviewers, although lidocaine requires further investigation.

Combined dyslipidemia and hypertension increase CVD risk in elderly Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST A combination of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level and high blood pressure increases cardiovascular disease risk in elderly individuals more than either factor alone, report researchers.

Physical inactivity associated with abdominal obesity independent of BMI Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Individuals who are physically inactive have significantly bigger waist circumferences at any body mass index than active individuals, report researchers.

Combined dyslipidemia and hypertension increase CVD risk in elderly Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST A combination of high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level and high blood pressure increases cardiovascular disease risk in elderly individuals more than either factor alone, report researchers.

Resistin is independent risk factor for ischemic stroke Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST High levels of resistin, an adipocyte-derived protein, may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke in the Japanese population, study findings show.

Mitochondrial defects ‘drive beta-cell dysfunction in diabetes’ Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Dysfunction of the pancreatic beta cells – the primary defect underlying insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes – is driven by abnormal mitochondrial function and morphology, Canadian researchers have discovered.

Collaborative care improves recovery of patients with post-CABG depression Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Patients with depressive symptoms after coronary artery bypass graft surgery who received telephone-delivered collaborative care showed better recovery than those receiving usual care, research indicates.

Resistin is independent risk factor for ischemic stroke Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST High levels of resistin, an adipocyte-derived protein, may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke in the Japanese population, study findings show.

‘Alarmingly high’ prevalence of PAD in elderly Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST A study of elderly individuals attending primary care practices has shown that asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease is relatively common and carries a high mortality risk.

High-risk STEMI angioplasty patients benefit from adjunctive GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST High-risk ST elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary angioplasty have a reduced risk for death when given adjunctive glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy, indicate the results of a meta-analysis.

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