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• Mortality rates higher for women than men with severe COPD
• Osteoporosis screening underused in COPD patients
• Ipratropium bromide increases risk for CV events in COPD patients
• Unique motor activity patterns in manic bipolar disorder patients
• Pituitary volume in FEP reduced by atypical antipsychotics
• Rod-shaped bacteria in proximal small intestine linked to childhood celiac disease
• CABG patient risk for pTTP highlighted
• BMI, age, and comorbidity predict non-prostate cancer-specific death after treatment
• Adjuvant therapy may not be justified for tubular carcinoma
• Late rectal toxicity after prostate radiation- a ‘dynamic process’
• <i>INSIG2</i> variants linked to age-related decline in HDL cholesterol
• ‘Metabolically healthy obese’ have elevated CV risk
• High animal protein consumption increases risk for Type 2 diabetes
• Cost of blood glucose test strips outweighs benefits for Type 2 diabetics
• High sensitive cardiac troponin I level useful prognostic marker in chronic HF
• CRP link to vascular disease clear, but causality remains doubtful

Mortality rates higher for women than men with severe COPD Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Women with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that requires long-term oxygen therapy have significantly higher overall and respiratory mortality rates than men with the same condition, researchers have found.

Osteoporosis screening underused in COPD patients Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Osteoporosis screening is underused in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, say Danish researchers who call for the introduction of guidelines regarding the screening, prevention, and treatment of the bone condition among such patients.

Ipratropium bromide increases risk for CV events in COPD patients Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Treatment with ipratropium bromide is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, results of a US study confirm.

Unique motor activity patterns in manic bipolar disorder patients Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients in the manic phase have a unique signature of motor activity compared with schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals, US researchers have discovered using a novel experiment.

Pituitary volume in FEP reduced by atypical antipsychotics Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Atypical antipsychotic medications appear to reduce pituitary gland volumes in first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients, which may help patients to cope with the stress associated with their disorder, say scientists.

Rod-shaped bacteria in proximal small intestine linked to childhood celiac disease Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers suggest that rod-shaped bacteria, of the species Clostridium, Prevotella, and Actinomyces, in the proximal small intestine could contribute to celiac disease in some children.

CABG patient risk for pTTP highlighted Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST US researchers highlight the importance of early diagnosis of postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

BMI, age, and comorbidity predict non-prostate cancer-specific death after treatment Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Obesity, old age, and having moderate-to-severe comorbidities are all associated with non-prostate cancer-specific death in men who experience a prostate-specific antigen recurrence after radiotherapy, report US researchers.

Adjuvant therapy may not be justified for tubular carcinoma Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with tubular carcinoma of the breast have a better prognosis than those with grade 1 ductal carcinoma and may not require adjuvant chemotherapy, UK research shows.

Late rectal toxicity after prostate radiation- a ‘dynamic process’ Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The development of late rectal toxicity after radiotherapy for prostate cancer is a "dynamic process," with different time courses for rectal bleeding and fecal incontinence, study findings show.

<i>INSIG2</i> variants linked to age-related decline in HDL cholesterol Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Two single nucleotide polymorphisms of the insulin-induced gene 2 are associated with age-related decline in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, report researchers.

‘Metabolically healthy obese’ have elevated CV risk Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Overweight and obesity are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality even in the absence of the metabolic syndrome, study findings show.

High animal protein consumption increases risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Study results show that diets with a high animal protein component are associated with an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes.

Cost of blood glucose test strips outweighs benefits for Type 2 diabetics Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The results of two Canadian studies suggest that the economic costs of self-monitoring of blood glucose by Type 2 diabetic patients using test strips outweighs any health benefits gained.

High sensitive cardiac troponin I level useful prognostic marker in chronic HF Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST High sensitive cardiac troponin I level is an independent and useful prognostic predictor of mortality in patients with chronic heart failure, a study suggests.

CRP link to vascular disease clear, but causality remains doubtful Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST C-reactive protein level is continuously associated with coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, and vascular mortality, as well as other chronic diseases, but the associations with ischemic vascular risk are largely explained by known risk factors, researchers report in The Lancet.

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