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• Temperature affects exhaled breath condensate pH
• Summer use of controller medications reduces asthma attacks in the fall
• Ambient metals in air pollution linked to wheezing risk in infants
• Schizophrenia development after psychosis predicted by clinical factors
• Depressive mood structure ‘unstable across bipolar disorder episodes’
• Multiple tests needed for <i>H. pylori</i> detection in patients with AG or IM
• Intensive physical activity lowers stroke risk in men
• Anastrozole plus trastuzumab better than anastrozole alone for certain breast cancers
• Outcome favorable for low-risk prostate cancer patients with PSMs after surgery
• Dyslipidemia increases risk for heart failure
• Patients with the metabolic syndrome have high CV risk and severe CAD
• Worryingly high number of Type 2 diabetics are morbidly obese
• High GGT predicts incident diabetes in nonobese individuals
• Hypertension and CAD should be prime targets for heart failure
• Cognitive function better long term after OPCAB than stenting

Temperature affects exhaled breath condensate pH Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The pH value of exhaled breath condensate is significantly affected by ambient air temperature, researchers have found.

Summer use of controller medications reduces asthma attacks in the fall Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The continuous use of controller medications during the summer months is associated with a reduced risk for asthma-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions in the fall, US study results show.

Ambient metals in air pollution linked to wheezing risk in infants Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Exposure to ambient metals contained in pollution from heating oil combustion and traffic in early life is associated with an increased risk for respiratory symptoms in young children, study results show.

Schizophrenia development after psychosis predicted by clinical factors Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The development of schizophrenia after first-episode psychosis can be reliably predicted by a combination of three clinical factors, say Spanish investigators in findings that could help to improve the prognosis of patients.

Depressive mood structure ‘unstable across bipolar disorder episodes’ Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Suicidality, mood, psychomotor, and neurovegetative symptoms are stable across depressive episodes in bipolar disorder whereas the overall dimensional structure is not temporally stable, US researchers have discovered.

Multiple tests needed for <i>H. pylori</i> detection in patients with AG or IM Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Current biopsy-based tests and serology are all excellent for detecting Helicobacter pylori in individuals without atrophic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia, but a combination of at least two tests should be conducted for patients with either of these conditions, say South Korean researchers.

Intensive physical activity lowers stroke risk in men Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Men who regularly participate in moderate-to-heavy physical activity have a lower risk for stroke than their less-active counterparts, findings from the Northern Manhattan Study suggest.

Anastrozole plus trastuzumab better than anastrozole alone for certain breast cancers Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The addition of trastuzumab to anastrozole significantly improves outcomes for patients with combined human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive and hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer compared with anastrozole alone, study results show.

Outcome favorable for low-risk prostate cancer patients with PSMs after surgery Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Prostate cancer patients with low-risk disease can expect a favorable long-term outcome, even if they have positive surgical margins after radical prostatectomy, say researchers.

Dyslipidemia increases risk for heart failure Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST People with dyslipidemia have an increased risk for heart failure, report researchers from the US-based Framingham Heart Study.

Patients with the metabolic syndrome have high CV risk and severe CAD Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Combined results from three studies show that patients with the metabolic syndrome have a significantly more rapid progression of coronary stenosis and a greater cardiovascular event frequency than those without the condition.

Worryingly high number of Type 2 diabetics are morbidly obese Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST One in five adults with Type 2 diabetes is now morbidly obese, report researchers.

High GGT predicts incident diabetes in nonobese individuals Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Elevated gamma glutamyltransferase is the strongest predictor for incident Type 2 diabetes after hyperglycemia in individuals with a body mass index below 27 kg/m2, report researchers.

Hypertension and CAD should be prime targets for heart failure Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST The main risk factors for heart failure in the US population are hypertension in women and coronary artery disease in men, study findings show.

Cognitive function better long term after OPCAB than stenting Posted: 23 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Long-term cognitive and motor functions were better in patients who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass graft than those who received percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting in the Octopus study, researchers report.

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