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• Rhinitis common in persulfate-associated occupational asthma
• Asthma Life Impact Scale is ‘reliable and valid’
• Macrophage receptor gene variant influences COPD susceptibility
• Schizophrenia with comorbid OCD marked by set-shifting deficits
• Psychosocial therapy reduces relapse risk in bipolar disorder
• Silent PE common in patients with DVT
• Effects of hyperglycemia treatment in acute stroke remain unclear
• Apical cores increase prostate cancer detection at initial biopsy
• Reduced prostate radiotherapy margins improve morbidity outcomes
• Isolated RNF rare after breast conserving therapy
• Sperm DNA fragmentation linked to failure of ART
• Day 2 embryo supernatant does not improve IVF pregnancy rates
• IVF/ICSI unaffected by adenomyosis
• ‘Substantial minority’ of infertile couples use CAM
• Only age affects embryo implantation success in donated, autologous oocytes
• Cholesterol metabolism ‘perturbed’ with abnormal glucose handling
• Exact effect of triglycerides on CHD risk remains elusive
• Coffee drinking post-ACS linked to reduced systolic dysfunction risk
• Insulin pumps suitable for visually impaired people needed
• High plasma copeptin increases risk for Type 2 diabetes
• Cholesterol metabolism ‘perturbed’ with abnormal glucose handling
• Coffee drinking post-ACS linked to reduced systolic dysfunction risk
• Everolimus-eluting stent reduces target lesion failure

Rhinitis common in persulfate-associated occupational asthma Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Half of patients with occupational asthma caused by exposure to ammonium persulfate also have occupational rhinitis, an Italian study found.

Asthma Life Impact Scale is ‘reliable and valid’ Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The newly developed 22-item Asthma Life Impact Scale appears to be a reliable and valid tool for comprehensively assessing the holistic impact of asthma from the patient's perspective, say researchers.

Macrophage receptor gene variant influences COPD susceptibility Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT A single nucleotide polymorphism in the macrophage scavenger receptor-1 gene is associated with susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a US study has found.

Schizophrenia with comorbid OCD marked by set-shifting deficits Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with comorbid schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder show more severe deficits in attentional set-shifting than patients with schizophrenia only, research shows.

Psychosocial therapy reduces relapse risk in bipolar disorder Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Adjunctive, group-based psychosocial intervention in patients with bipolar disorder reduces the frequency and duration of relapses compared with usual treatment, study results show.

Silent PE common in patients with DVT Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Silent pulmonary embolism occurs in approximately one third of patients with deep vein thrombosis and is more common in proximal than in distal DVT, researchers report.

Effects of hyperglycemia treatment in acute stroke remain unclear Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from an imaging study show that treating hyperglycemia does not reduce infarct growth in patients with acute stroke.

Apical cores increase prostate cancer detection at initial biopsy Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The inclusion of an apical core, particularly an extreme apical core, in initial trans-rectal ultrasound-guided biopsy increases the detection of prostate cancer, say US researchers.

Reduced prostate radiotherapy margins improve morbidity outcomes Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Reducing planning target volume margins while using real-time tumor tracking decreases morbidity in prostate radiotherapy patients compared with radiotherapy using standard margins, show US research results.

Isolated RNF rare after breast conserving therapy Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Isolated regional nodal failure is a rare occurrence after breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy for invasive breast cancer, but rates vary according to biological subtype, US researchers report.

Sperm DNA fragmentation linked to failure of ART Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The presence of sperm DNA fragmentation is linked with failed IVF outcomes, say researchers.

Day 2 embryo supernatant does not improve IVF pregnancy rates Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Injecting day 2 embryo culture supernatant into the uterine cavity of women undergoing IVF treatment does not improve pregnancy rates, say Chinese researchers.

IVF/ICSI unaffected by adenomyosis Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The presence of adenomyosis has no effect on the outcomes of IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection in women with endometriosis who are pre-treated with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-agonist, say researchers.

‘Substantial minority’ of infertile couples use CAM Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Study results indicate that as many as 29 percent of couples presenting for infertility evaluation use complementary and alternative medicine.

Only age affects embryo implantation success in donated, autologous oocytes Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The success of autologous and donated oocytes at establishing pregnancy does not differ, except among older women, South American researchers report.

Cholesterol metabolism ‘perturbed’ with abnormal glucose handling Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cholesterol metabolism is dsyregulated in men with impaired fasting glucose, shows research, with upregulated cholesterol synthesis being significantly associated with peripheral insulin resistance.

Exact effect of triglycerides on CHD risk remains elusive Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT People with raised triglyceride levels are at increased risk for coronary heart disease, but this may be mostly due to the impact of excess triglycerides on other lipids, shows research published in The Lancet.

Coffee drinking post-ACS linked to reduced systolic dysfunction risk Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Moderate coffee drinking may benefit patients after acute coronary syndrome, according to research presented at the EuroPRevent 2010 conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Insulin pumps suitable for visually impaired people needed Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Insulin pumps used by people with Type 1 diabetes are currently unsuitable for patients with severe visual impairment, show results of a brief report.

High plasma copeptin increases risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT High levels of plasma copeptin, a stable fragment of the arginine vasopressin prohormone that is elevated during myocardial infarction, are associated with increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

Cholesterol metabolism ‘perturbed’ with abnormal glucose handling Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cholesterol metabolism is dsyregulated in men with impaired fasting glucose, shows research, with upregulated cholesterol synthesis being significantly associated with peripheral insulin resistance.

Coffee drinking post-ACS linked to reduced systolic dysfunction risk Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Moderate coffee drinking may benefit patients after acute coronary syndrome, according to research presented at the EuroPRevent 2010 conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

Everolimus-eluting stent reduces target lesion failure Posted: 09 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT SPIRIT IV results show that coronary stenting with the second-generation everolimus-eluting stent results in improved clinical outcomes at 1 year compared with use of the paclitaxel-eluting stent.

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