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• Asthma rates high in homeless children
• Mild emphysema linked to hemodynamic changes
• ICU admission for swine flu linked to treatment delays
• Amygdala activity during emotion processing aids psychiatric diagnosis
• Maternal antenatal depression increases schizophrenia risk in vulnerable offspring
• Restorative proctocolectomy does not protect UC patients against osteoporosis
• Idiopathic PE linked to poor long-term survival
• Atherosclerosis may underpin infectious disease link to stroke risk
• Accuracy of prostate biopsy depends on prostate weight
• Prostate cancer screening should not be based on age alone
• Accuracy of prostate biopsy depends on prostate weight
• Prostate cancer screening should not be based on age alone
• Second solid cancers after breast cancer not linked to radiotherapy
• High serum selenium associated with elevated LDL and total cholesterol
• Thyromimetics ‘have potential value in dyslipidemia and obesity’
• Myocardial dysfunction prevalent in ‘heart-healthy’ diabetes patients
• Pre-diabetes prevalence high in Bronx area of New York
• Modest dietary salt reductions could slash US cardiovascular disease burden
• Stent coverage improved with biodegradable polymer
• Second solid cancers after breast cancer not linked to radiotherapy
• ERG-fusion biomarkers could be future targets for prostate cancer therapy
• Cognitively impaired elderly women receive unnecessary screening mammography
• Brachytherapy: long disease-free survival for intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients
• New PSA formula may improve prostate cancer detection in obese men
• Two-year cut-off determined for synchronous contralateral breast cancer
• EBRT for prostate cancer linked to increased rates of secondary malignancies
• Reflexology improves post-breast surgery quality of life

Asthma rates high in homeless children Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Homeless children are significantly more likely to have asthma than children in the general population, results of a US study suggest.

Mild emphysema linked to hemodynamic changes Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Increased emphysema extent and degree of airflow obstruction are associated with reduced left ventricular filling, stroke volume, and cardiac output, even in people without very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

ICU admission for swine flu linked to treatment delays Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The need for treatment in an intensive care unit among patients with H1N1 influenza is associated with longer intervals between symptom onset and treatment with antivirals and the presence of an underlying medical condition, results of a Canadian study show.

Amygdala activity during emotion processing aids psychiatric diagnosis Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Research findings suggest that there are unique neural mechanisms mediating face–emotion processing deficits in patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, and severe mood dysregulation.

Maternal antenatal depression increases schizophrenia risk in vulnerable offspring Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Maternal depression during pregnancy may additionally increase the risk for schizophrenia in offspring with a family history of psychosis, research suggests.

Restorative proctocolectomy does not protect UC patients against osteoporosis Posted: 21 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Ulcerative colitis patients who undergo restorative proctocolectomy are as likely to develop osteoporosis and osteopenia over the age of 50 years as those who have not had the procedure, researchers have found.

Idiopathic PE linked to poor long-term survival Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with idiopathic pulmonary embolism have a poorer outcome than patients with a provoked event, study findings suggest.

Atherosclerosis may underpin infectious disease link to stroke risk Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The extent of people's exposure to infectious diseases may contribute to their development of carotid plaque, show results from the Northern Manhattan Study.

Accuracy of prostate biopsy depends on prostate weight Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Extended prostate cancer biopsy protocols offer a more accurate diagnosis than sextant biopsies in men with prostates weighing more than 40 g, researchers report.

Prostate cancer screening should not be based on age alone Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Prostate cancer screening should not be recommended on age alone, but should also take into account patient comorbidity, write US researchers.

Accuracy of prostate biopsy depends on prostate weight Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Extended prostate cancer biopsy protocols offer a more accurate diagnosis than sextant biopsies in men with prostates weighing more than 40 g, researchers report.

Prostate cancer screening should not be based on age alone Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Prostate cancer screening should not be recommended on age alone, but should also take into account patient comorbidity, write US researchers.

Second solid cancers after breast cancer not linked to radiotherapy Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The majority of second solid cancers occurring in breast cancer survivors are not related to radiotherapy, indicate findings of a large population-based study in the USA.

High serum selenium associated with elevated LDL and total cholesterol Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST High levels of serum selenium are associated with elevated total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, report US researchers.

Thyromimetics ‘have potential value in dyslipidemia and obesity’ Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Diiodothyropropionic acid, an investigational thyromimetic drug, is effective for reducing body weight and improving lipid levels, but has an unacceptable safety profile, study findings suggest.

Myocardial dysfunction prevalent in ‘heart-healthy’ diabetes patients Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with diabetes mellitus exhibit impaired systolic and diastolic function even in the absence of coronary artery disease, Danish researchers have shown.

Pre-diabetes prevalence high in Bronx area of New York Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a prospective cohort study carried out at a hospital in the Bronx area of New York in the USA suggest that many patients without diagnosed diabetes have abnormally high glycated hemoglobin levels and are at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes.

Modest dietary salt reductions could slash US cardiovascular disease burden Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Modest reductions in dietary salt could substantially reduce cardiovascular events and medical costs in the USA and should be a public health target, report researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Stent coverage improved with biodegradable polymer Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Drug-eluting stents with a biodegradable polymer surface coating appear to offer improved stent tissue coverage 9 months after implantation compared with DES with durable polymer coating, results of an imaging study show.

Second solid cancers after breast cancer not linked to radiotherapy Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The majority of second solid cancers occurring in breast cancer survivors are not related to radiotherapy, indicate findings of a large population-based study in the USA.

ERG-fusion biomarkers could be future targets for prostate cancer therapy Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Expression of TMPRSS2–ERG gene fusion in prostate cancer patients is highly associated with biochemical recurrence, confirm researchers who also identified messenger RNAs with potential clinical application.

Cognitively impaired elderly women receive unnecessary screening mammography Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Nearly one-fifth of elderly US women who are severely cognitively impaired receive a screening mammography despite a lack of probable benefit due to their limited life expectancy, researchers report.

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.

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.

EBRT for prostate cancer linked to increased rates of secondary malignancies Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Men treated with external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer may have a higher risk for developing secondary bladder cancer, lung cancer, and renal cancer than their surgically treated counterparts, researchers report.

Reflexology improves post-breast surgery quality of life Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Reflexology and massage have significant positive effects on the quality of life of women who have undergone surgery for early breast cancer, UK researchers report.

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