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• Mild asthma in overweight women ‘a distinct phenotype’
• Chronic renal failure common in COPD patients
• Worsening disability linked to depression risk in COPD
• Affect recognition impacts on overall function in schizophrenia
• Self-stigma common in schizophrenia, linked to empowerment
• HFIUS confirmed as valid technique for studying esophageal motility
• One in four MR pulmonary angiography PE results ‘technically inadequate’
• Stroke risk rises with increasing parity
• Study confirms link between XMRV and prostate cancer
• Zoledronic acid may help reduce the spread of breast cancer
• Levels of key cholesterol transport lipid significantly reduced in diabetes
• B-cell depletion therapy improves lipid profile in SLE patients
• Extreme obesity on the rise in US infants and children
• Arterial stiffness worse in children with Type 2 than Type 1 diabetes
• Levels of key cholesterol transport lipid significantly reduced in diabetes
• AF independently associated with dementia
• Dyspnea improves rapidly with conventional therapy for acute HF

Mild asthma in overweight women ‘a distinct phenotype’ Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Mild asthma in overweight women may be a distinct phenotype of the respiratory condition, say Pascal Chanez and colleagues.

Chronic renal failure common in COPD patients Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Chronic renal failure is highly prevalent but under-recognized in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, say Italian researchers.

Worsening disability linked to depression risk in COPD Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Increases in disability levels are significantly associated with the development of depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

Affect recognition impacts on overall function in schizophrenia Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A subgroup of patients with schizophrenia and relatively preserved affect recognition show better functional outcomes than their peers with defective AR, study results show.

Self-stigma common in schizophrenia, linked to empowerment Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Around 40% of patients with schizophrenia or psychosis report moderate or high self-stigma, according to a European survey of mental-health service users.

HFIUS confirmed as valid technique for studying esophageal motility Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT High-frequency intraluminal ultrasound assessment is an effective technique for measuring esophageal muscle wall thickening and predicting esophageal shortening, and longitudinal muscle contraction, show study results.

One in four MR pulmonary angiography PE results ‘technically inadequate’ Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Magnetic resonance pulmonary angiography should be used for pulmonary embolism diagnosis only in centers that routinely perform the technique, researchers suggest in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Stroke risk rises with increasing parity Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT The more children a woman gives birth to, the greater her risk for hemorrhagic stroke, suggests research.

Study confirms link between XMRV and prostate cancer Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have developed a novel serologic assay to detect previous infection with xenotrophic murine leukemia virus-related virus retrovirus among prostate cancer patients.

Zoledronic acid may help reduce the spread of breast cancer Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have found that administration of zoledronic acid alongside chemotherapy for breast cancer results in a decreased proportion of patients with disseminated tumor cells detected in the bone marrow after 3 months of treatment.

Levels of key cholesterol transport lipid significantly reduced in diabetes Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Levels of preβ-1 high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are reduced by up to 50% in diabetes patients, even in the early stages of the condition, with levels further decreased following niacin therapy, researchers have found.

B-cell depletion therapy improves lipid profile in SLE patients Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT B-cell depletion therapy has a favorable long-term effect on lipid levels in patients with refractory systemic lupus erythematosus, study findings suggest.

Extreme obesity on the rise in US infants and children Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with nearly 12% of teenagers in some ethnic groups having a body mass index above 35 kg/m2, a US survey suggests.

Arterial stiffness worse in children with Type 2 than Type 1 diabetes Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Arterial stiffness, a measure of cardiovascular disease risk, is typically worse in young individuals with Type 2 diabetes than in those with Type 1 diabetes, analysis of data from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study suggest.

Levels of key cholesterol transport lipid significantly reduced in diabetes Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Levels of preβ-1 high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are reduced by up to 50% in diabetes patients, even in the early stages of the condition, with levels further decreased following niacin therapy, researchers have found.

AF independently associated with dementia Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with all forms of dementia, with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease seen among those aged 70 years or younger, show results from the Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study.

Dyspnea improves rapidly with conventional therapy for acute HF Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Dyspnea in the sitting position among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure improves rapidly with conventional treatment, although many patients remain orthopneic, show results of the URGENT Dyspnoea study.

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