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• Early wheezing linked to cognitive deficits in young children
• Obesity not linked to acute asthma severity in children
• Community violence linked to childhood asthma
• Treatment-related weight gain prevalent in pediatric bipolar disorder
• Cellular immunity impaired in schizophrenia
• Meta-analysis confirms thrombophilia impact on childhood stroke risk
• Meta-analysis confirms thrombophilia impact on childhood stroke risk
• Men of low socioeconomic status less likely to receive radical prostate treatment
• Lipid measures unrelated to left ventricular structure
• <i>CETP</i> gene variant may modulate heart disease risk in subgroups
• Liraglutide superior to sitagliptin for reducing HbA1c
• FPG variability increases risk for diabetic retinopathy
• Cardiac deaths prevalent among ‘noncardiac’ chest pain patients
• Targeting high-risk ‘more cost effective’ than universal CVD screening

Early wheezing linked to cognitive deficits in young children Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Early wheezing, particularly persistent wheezing, is associated with cognitive deficits in young children, researchers have found.

Obesity not linked to acute asthma severity in children Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Obesity is common among children with acute asthma exacerbations attending hospital emergency departments, but the severity of attacks is not associated with body mass index, research shows.

Community violence linked to childhood asthma Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Exposure to violence in the community in associated with an increased risk for asthma in children, study results show.

Treatment-related weight gain prevalent in pediatric bipolar disorder Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children and adolescents with bipolar disorder experience metabolic problems as early as 3 months after starting treatment with second-generation antipsychotics, study results show.

Cellular immunity impaired in schizophrenia Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia show a significant reduction in interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α gene expression compared with mentally healthy controls, indicative of compromised Type 1 cellular immunity, research shows.

Meta-analysis confirms thrombophilia impact on childhood stroke risk Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT The presence of thrombophilias is associated with first stroke in infants and children, results of a meta-analysis suggest.

Meta-analysis confirms thrombophilia impact on childhood stroke risk Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT The presence of thrombophilias is associated with first stroke in infants and children, results of a meta-analysis suggest.

Men of low socioeconomic status less likely to receive radical prostate treatment Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Men who live in deprived areas are less likely to be given radical treatment for prostate cancer than men who live in affluent areas, according to UK research.

Lipid measures unrelated to left ventricular structure Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Lipid levels are not independently associated with left ventricular structure in middle-aged people without heart disease, US researchers say.

<i>CETP</i> gene variant may modulate heart disease risk in subgroups Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A common variant in the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene modulates the risk for coronary heart disease in certain individuals, Spanish scientists say.

Liraglutide superior to sitagliptin for reducing HbA1c Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Liraglutide is superior to sitagliptin for reducing glycated hemoglobin in people with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers who add that it was well tolerated with minimal hypoglycemia risk.

FPG variability increases risk for diabetic retinopathy Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Long-term fasting plasma glucose variability increases the risk for diabetic retinopathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes, regardless of average FPG or glycated hemoglobin, report researchers.

Cardiac deaths prevalent among ‘noncardiac’ chest pain patients Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A US study indicates that a substantial number of cardiac deaths occur among patients dismissed from hospital with noncardiac chest pain.

Targeting high-risk ‘more cost effective’ than universal CVD screening Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Using electronic patient records to select high-risk individuals to be screened for cardiovascular disease would be just as effective but cheaper to run than the UK government's current plan to invite all untreated adults aged 40–74 years for screening, suggests a study published in the British Medical Journal.

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