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• Severe asthma management program reduced hospitalization rates
• Early-life respiratory infection linked to childhood asthma symptoms
• Food allergen avoidance during pregnancy may reduce risk for allergies, asthma in children
• Therapy targeting insight, self-awareness may improve schizophrenia CBT response
• Depressive episodes in BD linked to <i>BDNF</i> polymorphism, stressful live events
• Disease-specific questionnaire validated for PE patient QoL
• ICSS and CREST: Similar data, different conclusions
• Low disease burden predicts favorable PSA after cryoablation
• Axillary node micrometastases linked to worse breast cancer outcome
• Seminal AMH, inhibin B levels not predictive for successful TESE in men with NOA
• Cryopreservation duration does not impact sperm motility
• Four-fold increased risk for stillbirth among women conceiving via ART
• Ovarian tissue transplantation restores natural fertility
• Childhood body size inversely related to endometriosis risk
• Niacin has vascular benefits ‘beyond lipid lowering’
• Statin primary prevention efficacy ‘equivalent in women and men’
• New diagnostic criteria will increase GDM prevalence
• Exposure to environmental pollutants increases risk for diabetes
• Polyvascular atherosclerotic disease linked to increase total, CV mortality
• Targeted CV screening less costly than mass screening

Severe asthma management program reduced hospitalization rates Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers report a dramatic reduction in asthma-related hospitalization rates in a large Brazilian city after the introduction of a free intervention program to manage severe asthma.

Early-life respiratory infection linked to childhood asthma symptoms Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a Brazilian study suggest that respiratory infection in early life is associated with a significantly increased risk for childhood asthma symptoms.

Food allergen avoidance during pregnancy may reduce risk for allergies, asthma in children Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST Women whose children are at high risk for developing food allergies or asthma can reduce this risk by avoiding food allergens during pregnancies, researchers have found.

Therapy targeting insight, self-awareness may improve schizophrenia CBT response Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients who have a poor response to routine cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis may benefit from therapy targeting insight and self-monitoring skills, suggest researchers.

Depressive episodes in BD linked to <i>BDNF</i> polymorphism, stressful live events Posted: 01 Mar 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found an association between the worst depressive, but not manic, episode of bipolar disorder and both the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism and stressful life events .

Disease-specific questionnaire validated for PE patient QoL Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Dutch researchers have validated the Pulmonary Embolism Quality of Life questionnaire, finding it to give a reliable assessment of patients in the years after an acute episode.

ICSS and CREST: Similar data, different conclusions Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The International Carotid Stenting Study and the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs Stenting Trial both show a higher risk for stroke associated with carotid stenting than with endarterectomy, but the investigators reach conflicting conclusions.

Low disease burden predicts favorable PSA after cryoablation Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Low disease burden prior to primary prostate cryoablation is highly prognostic for having an initial post-cryoablation PSA below 0.6 ng/ml, researchers report.

Axillary node micrometastases linked to worse breast cancer outcome Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The presence of micrometastases in axillary lymph nodes is associated with poor disease-free and overall survival in patients with breast cancer, according to the findings of a large systematic review.

Seminal AMH, inhibin B levels not predictive for successful TESE in men with NOA Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found that seminal plasma levels of anti-Müllerian hormone and inhibin B are not predictive for successful testicular sperm extraction in men with nonobstructive azoospermia.

Cryopreservation duration does not impact sperm motility Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Cryopreserving sperm in liquid nitrogen for up to 14 years does not affect fertilization potency, suggest researchers who found no effect of long-term cryopreservation on sperm progressive motility concentration.

Four-fold increased risk for stillbirth among women conceiving via ART Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found a four-fold increased risk for stillbirth among women who conceive using assisted reproduction technology compared with women who conceive naturally.

Ovarian tissue transplantation restores natural fertility Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Transplantation of cyropreserved ovarian tissue is a successful and feasible procedure for young women facing gonadotoxic treatment, suggest researchers who report two successful pregnancies in a woman whose fertility was restored after cancer treatment using this method.

Childhood body size inversely related to endometriosis risk Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Body size during childhood and early adulthood may be inversely related to the risk for developing endometriosis, independent of adult body mass index and menstrual cycle characteristics, show study findings.

Niacin has vascular benefits ‘beyond lipid lowering’ Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Niacin inhibits vascular inflammation and improves endothelial function, independently of its lipid-lowering effects, a study in rabbits has found.

Statin primary prevention efficacy ‘equivalent in women and men’ Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Statins are effective for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease events in women, shows a gender-specific analysis of the JUPITER trial and an updated meta-analysis of relevant trials.

New diagnostic criteria will increase GDM prevalence Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST New International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group recommendations, based largely on results from the HAPO study, suggest that diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus should be stricter and that more women should be tested.

Exposure to environmental pollutants increases risk for diabetes Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Slovakian researchers report that exposure to persistent environmental pollutants increases an individual's risk for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes in a dose-dependent manner.

Polyvascular atherosclerotic disease linked to increase total, CV mortality Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with peripheral arterial disease who have multiple affected vascular beds are at increased long-term risk for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, research shows.

Targeted CV screening less costly than mass screening Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Mass screening to identify people at high risk for cardiovascular disease in the general population may not be justified, say researchers who report that targeted screening strategies are less costly and can identify up to 84% of high-risk individuals.

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