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• Universal health insurance coverage may not eliminate racial health disparities
• Internet application may improve asthma control
• Conjugated linoleic acid benefits overweight mild asthmatics
• Seasonality of mania exists in tropics
• Improvements in insight predict favorable schizophrenia outcomes
• MiR-31 dysregulation linked to IBD neoplasia
• High VTE risk reported for COPD exacerbation patients
• Age confounds guideline secondary prevention prescribing
• Stage IV prostate cancer diagnosis in younger patients increasing
• Stage IV prostate cancer diagnosis in younger patients increasing
• Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy as good as whole breast irradiation
• Artery diameter linked to metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women
• <i>CETP</i> polymorphism could contribute to pro-atherogenic HDL
• High levels of sRAGE are associated with incident CVD in Type 1 diabetics
• HbA1c and fasting insulin have increased in nondiabetics over last 10 years
• Early STR after PCI predicts subsequent mortality in STEMI patients
• Short stature linked to increased CHD risk
• Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy as good as whole breast irradiation
• 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
• SNPs identified which could help identify early-onset prostate cancer
• D-dimer may predict outcome in hormone receptor-negative breast cancer
• Molecular imaging agent detects metastatic prostate cancer
• Saline hydrodissection is promising addition to prostate cancer cryotherapy
• γ-glutamyl transferase levels linked to breast cancer risk

Universal health insurance coverage may not eliminate racial health disparities Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found significant racial disparities in asthma prevalence, treatment, and outcomes among children in the US Military Health System, which provides universal health insurance coverage.

Internet application may improve asthma control Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Dutch study show that an online weekly monitoring tool with medication adjustment advice can significantly improve disease control in patients with partly or uncontrolled asthma.

Conjugated linoleic acid benefits overweight mild asthmatics Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Dietary supplementation with conjugated linoleic acid is associated with reductions in airway hyper-responsiveness and body mass index in patients with mild asthma who are overweight, results from a Canadian study suggest.

Seasonality of mania exists in tropics Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The effect of seasons and climate on the course of bipolar disorder extends to tropical and subtropical regions, research suggests.

Improvements in insight predict favorable schizophrenia outcomes Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients whose insight into their illness improves in the early stages of the disease are likely to have good outcomes, research from India shows.

MiR-31 dysregulation linked to IBD neoplasia Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Dysregulation of micro RNA-31 is associated with progression from chronic inflammation to dysplasia, a precancerous indication, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, suggest study results.

High VTE risk reported for COPD exacerbation patients Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Turkish study findings highlight the risk for venous thromboembolism among patients who are hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Age confounds guideline secondary prevention prescribing Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Very elderly stroke patients are the least likely to receive guideline-compliant secondary prevention, shows a Swedish study.

Stage IV prostate cancer diagnosis in younger patients increasing Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Men with stage IV prostate cancer are increasingly being diagnosed at a younger age and survival rates for advanced disease are improving, say US scientists who found that tumor grade and radical prostatectomy are strong prognostic factors.

Stage IV prostate cancer diagnosis in younger patients increasing Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Men with stage IV prostate cancer are increasingly being diagnosed at a younger age and survival rates for advanced disease are improving, say US scientists who found that tumor grade and radical prostatectomy are strong prognostic factors.

Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy as good as whole breast irradiation Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy for breast cancer is as good as a prolonged course of whole breast radiotherapy at reducing breast cancer recurrence, study findings indicate.

Artery diameter linked to metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Postmenopausal women with the metabolic syndrome have an increased brachial artery diameter, Italian researchers have found.

<i>CETP</i> polymorphism could contribute to pro-atherogenic HDL Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity may contribute to the increased vascular risk associated with elevated levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and C-reactive protein, shows research in myocardial infarction survivors.

High levels of sRAGE are associated with incident CVD in Type 1 diabetics Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Elevated plasma levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts are associated with incident fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in patients with Type 1 diabetes, report researchers.

HbA1c and fasting insulin have increased in nondiabetics over last 10 years Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Levels of fasting insulin and glycated hemoglobin have increased in nondiabetics over the past decade, although fasting plasma glucose has not changed significantly over this period, say US researchers.

Early STR after PCI predicts subsequent mortality in STEMI patients Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The long-term prognosis of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients can be accurately predicted based on their early ST-segment recovery after primary percutaneous coronary intervention, researchers report.

Short stature linked to increased CHD risk Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Short stature is associated with an increased risk for coronary heart disease, a Finnish study shows.

Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy as good as whole breast irradiation Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy for breast cancer is as good as a prolonged course of whole breast radiotherapy at reducing breast cancer recurrence, study findings indicate.

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.

SNPs identified which could help identify early-onset prostate cancer Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have found that men diagnosed with early-onset prostate cancer carry more genetic risk alleles for the disease compared with men without the disease, and those diagnosed later in life.

D-dimer may predict outcome in hormone receptor-negative breast cancer Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Brazilian researchers have shown that plasma D-dimer levels are raised in women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer, particularly in those with a poor short-term outcome.

Molecular imaging agent detects metastatic prostate cancer Posted: 06 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Clinical trial results show that a novel molecular imaging agent used in the restaging of recurrent prostate cancer can accurately differentiate between recurrence within the prostate and cancer that has metastasized elsewhere in the body.

Saline hydrodissection is promising addition to prostate cancer cryotherapy Posted: 06 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers report that using active hydrodissection – a technique involving a saline injection to the prostate and rectum during cryoablation for prostate cancer – helps reach lethal prostate temperatures, while simultaneously protecting the rectal wall.

γ-glutamyl transferase levels linked to breast cancer risk Posted: 06 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Premenopausal women with high serum γ-glutamyl transferase levels have an increased risk for breast cancer, UK researchers report.

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