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• Stroke risk reduced among recent immigrants
• Chorioamnionitis in pregnancy linked to increased asthma risk in preterm children
• Weight-change patterns not linked to asthma symptoms in children
• Mask use and hand hygiene reduce incidence of influenza‐like illness
• Death from natural causes high in patients with schizophrenia
• Excellent school performance warns of bipolar disorder risk
• Regular screening improves breast cancer life expectancy
• Robotic RP associated with low numbers of peri-operative complications
• Factors influencing Lp-PLA₂ elucidated
• Diabetic nephropathy can be delayed by tight ADA target control
• Mediterranean diet has ‘dose-response’ link with vascular risk
• Children of diabetic mothers have increased cardiometabolic risk factors
• Diabetic nephropathy can be delayed by tight ADA target control
• ENDEAVOR IV finds zotarolimus- has similar outcomes to paclitaxel-eluting stent
• Antihypertensive persistence, compliance factors identified
• <i>CYP2C19-17</i> linked to elevated clopidogrel bleeding risk

Stroke risk reduced among recent immigrants Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Recent immigrants to Canada have a lower risk for stroke than do long-term residents, report researchers.

Chorioamnionitis in pregnancy linked to increased asthma risk in preterm children Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Children born prematurely to women who suffered from chorioamnionitis during pregnancy face a significantly increased risk for developing asthma, US research suggests.

Weight-change patterns not linked to asthma symptoms in children Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Weight-change patterns in early life are not associated with asthma symptoms or lung function in young children, study findings suggest.

Mask use and hand hygiene reduce incidence of influenza‐like illness Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A combination of moderate face-mask use and hand hygiene can significantly reduce the incidence of influenza‐like illness (ILI) among people living in crowded conditions, say US researchers.

Death from natural causes high in patients with schizophrenia Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with schizophrenia continue to have a mortality risk that is two to three times that of the general population, findings from a 25-year mortality study show

Excellent school performance warns of bipolar disorder risk Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Students who gain higher than average grades at school are at increased risk for developing bipolar disorder, study findings suggest.

Regular screening improves breast cancer life expectancy Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Women with small sized invasive screen-detected breast cancer have the same life expectancy as the general population, a long-term follow-up study in The Netherlands reveals.

Robotic RP associated with low numbers of peri-operative complications Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Prostate cancer patients treated with robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy experience low rates of peri-operative complications, even when the procedure is carried out by surgeons new to the technique, report researchers.

Factors influencing Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> elucidated Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Results show that not smoking, use of hormone therapy, normal body mass index, and increased alcohol and protein consumption all favorably influence levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 activity.

Diabetic nephropathy can be delayed by tight ADA target control Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Achievement of multiple American Diabetes Association guideline targets can prevent or delay the onset of diabetic nephropathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

Mediterranean diet has ‘dose-response’ link with vascular risk Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with favorable changes in clinical and biologic markers of atherothrombotic risk, a US population study indicates.

Children of diabetic mothers have increased cardiometabolic risk factors Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Children of diabetic mothers have significantly increased levels of cardiometabolic risk factors by the age of 9.5 years, say researchers.

Diabetic nephropathy can be delayed by tight ADA target control Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Achievement of multiple American Diabetes Association guideline targets can prevent or delay the onset of diabetic nephropathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

ENDEAVOR IV finds zotarolimus- has similar outcomes to paclitaxel-eluting stent Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from the ENDEAVOR IV trial demonstrate that the second-generation zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES) has similar safety and efficacy to the paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) at 1 year of follow-up, report researchers in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Antihypertensive persistence, compliance factors identified Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Persistence and compliance with antihypertensive therapy have improved since the late 1990s among elderly patients residing in Ontario, Canada, show results of a study that also found the rates of each were highest when patients were initiated on an ACE inhibitor.

<i>CYP2C19-17</i> linked to elevated clopidogrel bleeding risk Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients carrying the cytochrome P450 2C19-17 variant have an enhanced response to clopidogrel treatment, increasing their risk for bleeding, caution German researchers.

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