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• Respiratory symptoms fall significantly after smoking cessation
• Increased socioeconomic status linked to increased asthma risk
• Gender differences in susceptibility to smoking-related lung damage
• Manic and hypomanic episodes linked to increased CVD risk
• Early and late stages of information processing linked in schizophrenia patients
• Hypofractionated radiotherapy beneficial for favorable-risk prostate cancer
• Serum bone markers could predict prostate cancer metastasis and survival
• Psychological intervention benefits women with recurrent breast cancer
• CV risk factors linked with right-ventricular remodeling
• CIMT reference data published for Andean-Hispanics
• Aspirin recommended for diabetes patients at high CVD risk
• Ranolazine helps lower FPG and HbA1c in patients with diabetes and CVD
• Low level second-hand smoke exposure does not increase CVD risk in elderly
• NSAID use in healthy people linked to increased CVD risk
• Aspirin recommended for diabetes patients at high CVD risk

Respiratory symptoms fall significantly after smoking cessation Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Most smokers report a significant reduction in respiratory symptoms after quitting the habit, results of an internet-based survey show.

Increased socioeconomic status linked to increased asthma risk Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from an Israeli study support an association between increased socioeconomic status and an increased prevalence of asthma.

Gender differences in susceptibility to smoking-related lung damage Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women may be more susceptible than men to smoking-related lung damage, results from a US study suggest.

Manic and hypomanic episodes linked to increased CVD risk Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT People with a history of manic or hypomanic episodes have an increased risk for incident cardiovascular disease, study findings suggest.

Early and late stages of information processing linked in schizophrenia patients Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report inter-relationships between the ability to inhibit incoming redundant sensory input and the ability to respond when stimulus changes in schizophrenia patients.

Hypofractionated radiotherapy beneficial for favorable-risk prostate cancer Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Hypofractionated radiotherapy delivering a high biologically equivalent dose offers excellent biochemical control and an acceptable rate of late toxicity in patients with favorable-risk prostate cancer, Canadian study findings indicate.

Serum bone markers could predict prostate cancer metastasis and survival Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Japanese research results show that serum bone formation and resorption markers could be used to detect bone metastatic spread and predict survival probability in affected prostate cancer patients.

Psychological intervention benefits women with recurrent breast cancer Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A stress-reducing psychological intervention improves survival rates in women with recurrent breast cancer, US researchers report.

CV risk factors linked with right-ventricular remodeling Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cardiovascular risk factors such as raised cholesterol and blood pressure are associated with subclinical changes in right-ventricular mass and volume, researchers from the US National Institutes of Health report.

CIMT reference data published for Andean-Hispanics Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have defined ethnic-specific cutoffs of carotid artery intima-media thickness and correlates of subclinical atherosclerosis in an Andean-Hispanic population.

Aspirin recommended for diabetes patients at high CVD risk Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A joint scientific statement released by the American College of Cardiology, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association, recommends that diabetic men over 50 and women over 60 years who have at least one additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease should be considered for low-dose aspirin therapy.

Ranolazine helps lower FPG and HbA1c in patients with diabetes and CVD Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The anti-anginal drug ranolazine significantly reduces both fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin when added to antidiabetic therapy in patients with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes, analysis of MERLIN-TIMI 36 data indicate.

Low level second-hand smoke exposure does not increase CVD risk in elderly Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Exposure to second-hand smoke at low levels does not increase the risk for coronary heart disease and stroke among British adults aged 60 years or older, UK researchers report.

NSAID use in healthy people linked to increased CVD risk Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Research from Denmark indicates that use of certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk even among healthy people.

Aspirin recommended for diabetes patients at high CVD risk Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A joint scientific statement released by the American College of Cardiology, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association, recommends that diabetic men over 50 and women over 60 years who have at least one additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease should be considered for low-dose aspirin therapy.

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