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• Premenopausal MI patients show high platelet reactivity
• Time of the essence in stroke thrombolysis
• Biologics may be cost effective long term in high-need psoriasis patients
• Patient expectations of prostate cancer treatment generally right
• Adolescent body size inversely associated with future breast cancer risk
• Patient expectations of prostate cancer treatment generally right
• Exercise speeds LDL cholesterol removal in hypercholesterolemia
• Ileum important in transporter-mediated lipid uptake in digestive tract
• Long term metformin therapy increases risk for vitamin B12 deficiency
• Efficacy of HBOT therapy for diabetic foot ulcer is dose dependent
• Benefit from endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm short-lived
• No-reflow after PCI predicts mortality in STEMI patients
• Adolescent body size inversely associated with future breast cancer risk

Premenopausal MI patients show high platelet reactivity Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Young women with high platelet reactivity may be at increased risk for myocardial infarction, Dutch researchers have found.

Time of the essence in stroke thrombolysis Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The benefits of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator treatment in patients with stroke declines with time from onset, and may be outweighed by the risks after 4.5 hours, confirms a pooled analysis of clinical trials.

Biologics may be cost effective long term in high-need psoriasis patients Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The high costs of biologic therapies may be off-set by reducing long hospitalizations in high-need psoriasis patients, shows a study comparing direct costs before and after biologics were introduced.

Patient expectations of prostate cancer treatment generally right Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The majority of men with localized prostate cancer have accurate expectations of their treatment choice and its potential side effects, according to US study findings.

Adolescent body size inversely associated with future breast cancer risk Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Large body size during childhood and adolescence is independently associated with a reduced risk for breast cancer throughout life, US researchers report.

Patient expectations of prostate cancer treatment generally right Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The majority of men with localized prostate cancer have accurate expectations of their treatment choice and its potential side effects, according to US study findings.

Exercise speeds LDL cholesterol removal in hypercholesterolemia Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Exercise accelerates the removal of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from plasma in previously sedentary people with moderate hypercholesterolemia, a study has shown.

Ileum important in transporter-mediated lipid uptake in digestive tract Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The ileum of the human digestive tract may play an important role in the uptake of cholesterol and long-chain fatty acids mediated by transporter proteins, research suggests.

Long term metformin therapy increases risk for vitamin B12 deficiency Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Long term treatment with metformin can increase the risk for vitamin B-12 deficiency, which raises homocysteine levels and may therefore increase cardiovascular risk, suggest study results.

Efficacy of HBOT therapy for diabetic foot ulcer is dose dependent Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy significantly improves healing of diabetic foot ulcers in a dose dependent manner, report researchers.

Benefit from endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm short-lived Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Endovascular repair seems to offer no long-term advantage over open surgery in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and is associated with significantly more reinterventions and complications and higher costs, indicate results from the EVAR 1 and DREAM trials published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

No-reflow after PCI predicts mortality in STEMI patients Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT No-reflow phenomenon in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention is a strong predictor of 5-year mortality, research shows.

Adolescent body size inversely associated with future breast cancer risk Posted: 20 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Large body size during childhood and adolescence is independently associated with a reduced risk for breast cancer throughout life, US researchers report.

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