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• Lung function linked to arterial stiffness in asthma
• ICS use increases pneumonia risk in newly diagnosed COPD
• Immunotherapy reduces healthcare costs for children with allergic rhinitis
• A third of BD patients receive inadequate maintenance treatment
• Increased amygdala, hippocampal activation in schizophrenia patients with hallucinations
• Majority of peptic ulcer bleeding patients die of non-bleeding-related causes
• Pre-PCI clopidogrel response testing may reduce major bleeding risk
• Early worsening common in minor stroke patients
• Two-year cut-off determined for synchronous contralateral breast cancer
• Brachytherapy: long disease-free survival for intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients
• New PSA formula may improve prostate cancer detection in obese men
• Oxidized Lp(a) is risk marker in acute and stable heart disease
• Tailored statin treatment more effective for CAD prevention than treat-to-target
• Non-genetic risk factors are best for predicting Type 2 diabetes
• Pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction associated with HF in diabetics
• More PCI, fewer CABG recommendations made than guidelines indicate
• AF less frequent with ACE inhibitors, ARBs, beta blockers than with CCBs

Lung function linked to arterial stiffness in asthma Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Pulmonary function is associated with measures of arterial stiffness in asthmatics, indicating the presence of a common inflammatory pathway involving both the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, say researchers.

ICS use increases pneumonia risk in newly diagnosed COPD Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk for pneumonia in patients with newly diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

Immunotherapy reduces healthcare costs for children with allergic rhinitis Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Allergen immunotherapy reduces total healthcare costs by around a third and prescription costs by around 16% in children with allergic rhinitis (AR), say US researchers.

A third of BD patients receive inadequate maintenance treatment Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Over one-third of bipolar disorder patients do not receive adequate provision or continuity of maintenance treatment during their first follow-up maintenance phase, indicate study findings.

Increased amygdala, hippocampal activation in schizophrenia patients with hallucinations Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found that schizophrenia patients with hallucinations have greater activation in the amygdala and parahippocampal gyrus than patients without hallucinations and individuals without schizophrenia.

Majority of peptic ulcer bleeding patients die of non-bleeding-related causes Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found that nearly 80% of patients with peptic ulcer bleeding die of non-bleeding-related causes, with multiorgan failure, cardiopulmonary conditions, and terminal malignancy the most common causes for death.

Pre-PCI clopidogrel response testing may reduce major bleeding risk Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Testing platelet response to clopidogrel before percutaneous coronary intervention could help identify patients at risk for major bleeding, German researchers suggest.

Early worsening common in minor stroke patients Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST About 5% of patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke experience early clinical worsening, emphasizing the need for prompt and appropriate treatment, say researchers.

Two-year cut-off determined for synchronous contralateral breast cancer Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The risk for contralateral breast cancer is much higher within the first 2 years after primary breast cancer than later, suggesting this would be the optimal time to separate synchronous CBC from an independent CBC, say researchers.

Brachytherapy: long disease-free survival for intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST A high-quality brachytherapy implant used as monotherapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer can achieve rates of disease control comparable to high-quality surgery, study findings confirm.

New PSA formula may improve prostate cancer detection in obese men Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST A novel PSA–obesity formula could lessen the number of obese men whose prostate cancer goes undetected due to misleading low prostate-specific antigen measurements, report Egyptian researchers.

Oxidized Lp(a) is risk marker in acute and stable heart disease Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Plasma levels of oxidized lipoprotein(a) are strongly associated with the risk for acute coronary syndromes and stable coronary artery disease, show Chinese scientists.

Tailored statin treatment more effective for CAD prevention than treat-to-target Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST A tailored statin treatment strategy based on the individual patients needs is more effective for preventing coronary artery disease-related events than treating to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol targets, report researchers.

Non-genetic risk factors are best for predicting Type 2 diabetes Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a study comparing genetic with non-genetic risk scores show that use of genetic information does not improve risk prediction for Type 2 diabetes.

Pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction associated with HF in diabetics Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Pre-clinical diastolic dysfunction is common in patients with diabetes and increases the risk for subsequent heart failure, show study results.

More PCI, fewer CABG recommendations made than guidelines indicate Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with coronary artery disease receive more recommendations for percutaneous coronary intervention and fewer recommendations for coronary artery bypass graft surgery than indicated in US guidelines, analysis of a cardiac catheterization database reveals.

AF less frequent with ACE inhibitors, ARBs, beta blockers than with CCBs Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Long-term monotherapy with ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, or beta blockers in patients with hypertension is associated with reduced risk for atrial fibrillation compared with long-term calcium channel blocker monotherapy, report researchers.

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