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• Increasing oxygen flow has risks and benefits for COPD patients on LTOT
• Gender differences in attitudes to asthma identified
• High-fiber diet linked to reduced risk for COPD
• Euthymic bipolar patients show increased striatal DAT availability
• Diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk increased in schizophrenia
• Pre-operative clopidogrel use cautioned for cardiac patients
• Passive mobilization could cut post-stroke pneumonia risk
• Postoperative outcomes do not differ between open versus laparoscopic prostatectomy
• Food supplement hinders prostate cancer cell growth in low-risk patients
• BMD plus clinical factors capture more breast cancer patients with fracture risk
• Contraceptive counseling promotes use among older women
• Bupivacaine ineffective for reducing postoperative laparoscopic tubal ligation pain
• Collector bag after delivery does not impact severe postpartum hemorrhage rates
• Menopause linked to increased risk for gout
• Bivalent HPV vaccine effective in 18-25 year-old women
• FH lipid treatment improved, but could be better
• Ezetimibe has multiple effects beyond lipid-lowering
• Ezetimibe has multiple effects beyond lipid-lowering
• Avosentan reduces proteinuria, but has serious CV side effects
• High coffee consumption lowers risk for Type 2 diabetes
• Avosentan reduces proteinuria, but has serious CV side effects
• Lifestyle changes after ACS halve risk for CV events
• ACS major bleeding complications show decline

Increasing oxygen flow has risks and benefits for COPD patients on LTOT Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Increasing the nocturnal oxygen flow in hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients undergoing long-term oxygen therapy improves nocturnal oxygenation, but may also result in increased hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis in the morning, research suggests.

Gender differences in attitudes to asthma identified Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Women with asthma have a more positive attitude towards their medication, have higher levels of adherence, and use inhaled corticosteroids more often than men with the condition, research shows.

High-fiber diet linked to reduced risk for COPD Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A diet high in fiber, particularly from cereals, is associated with a reduced risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, researchers have found.

Euthymic bipolar patients show increased striatal DAT availability Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The availability of striatal dopamine transporter is increased in bipolar disorder patients compared with healthy individuals, even in patients in the euthymic state, the results of a Taiwanese study indicate.

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk increased in schizophrenia Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia increases the risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease in both genders, particularly at younger ages, say Canadian researchers who recommend that patients be monitored at the time of schizophrenia diagnosis.

Pre-operative clopidogrel use cautioned for cardiac patients Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings highlight the risk for bleeding complications in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery within a day of clopidogrel treatment.

Passive mobilization could cut post-stroke pneumonia risk Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Turning and passively mobilizing hospitalized stroke patients may reduce their risk for contracting pneumonia, research suggests.

Postoperative outcomes do not differ between open versus laparoscopic prostatectomy Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Postoperative rates of mortality, morbidity, and requirement for additional treatment are similar between patients who undergo open radical prostatectomy and laparoscopic prostatectomy, report US researchers.

Food supplement hinders prostate cancer cell growth in low-risk patients Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Australian researchers have developed a dietary supplement which interrupts growth-promoting signaling pathways in prostate cancer cells.

BMD plus clinical factors capture more breast cancer patients with fracture risk Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Combining bone mineral density with clinical risk factors improves the identification of women with breast cancer who are at risk for fracture, German researchers report.

Contraceptive counseling promotes use among older women Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Nearly 15 percent of women aged 35-44 years do not use any form of contraceptive method, show researchers who also found that contraceptive counseling decreased the risk for nonuse by 80 percent.

Bupivacaine ineffective for reducing postoperative laparoscopic tubal ligation pain Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings show that local injection of bupivacaine in the trocar ports does not reduce the level of postoperative pain in patients undergoing tubal ligation with electrocoagulation.

Collector bag after delivery does not impact severe postpartum hemorrhage rates Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found that the incidence of severe postpartum hemorrhage is not reduced by routine use of a collector bag to objectively measure postpartum blood loss after vaginal delivery.

Menopause linked to increased risk for gout Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that menopause is linked to an increased risk for gout, which is reduced through postmenopausal hormone therapy.

Bivalent HPV vaccine effective in 18-25 year-old women Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings show that women aged 18-25 years with no evidence of current human papilloma virus infection benefit from the bivalent HPV vaccine to a similar extent as young women aged 15-17 years.

FH lipid treatment improved, but could be better Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a Dutch study show that 2 years after diagnosis, most patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are using lipid lowering medication, but few have reached recommended targets for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Ezetimibe has multiple effects beyond lipid-lowering Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The lipid-lowering drug ezetimibe has a wide range of beneficial effects on metabolic, oxidative, inflammatory, and renal parameters, a Japanese study has demonstrated.

Ezetimibe has multiple effects beyond lipid-lowering Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The lipid-lowering drug ezetimibe has a wide range of beneficial effects on metabolic, oxidative, inflammatory, and renal parameters, a Japanese study has demonstrated.

Avosentan reduces proteinuria, but has serious CV side effects Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study results show that the endothelin antagonist avosentan reduces proteinuria in individuals with Type 2 diabetes, but is associated with serious cardiovascular side effects.

High coffee consumption lowers risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A high level of coffee consumption is associated with a significantly reduced risk for developing Type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals, report researchers.

Avosentan reduces proteinuria, but has serious CV side effects Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study results show that the endothelin antagonist avosentan reduces proteinuria in individuals with Type 2 diabetes, but is associated with serious cardiovascular side effects.

Lifestyle changes after ACS halve risk for CV events Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients who follow advice on diet, exercise, and smoking cessation as well as using secondary preventive medications after acute coronary syndrome substantially reduce their risk for subsequent major cardiovascular events, indicate results from a large, international study.

ACS major bleeding complications show decline Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Analysis of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events reveals that rates of major bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndrome declined over recent years, despite increasing use of intensive interventional and pharmacologic therapies.

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