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• Eating fish in early life may protect against childhood allergic rhinitis
• Study supports protective effect of farming environment on allergies
• Domestic violence and poor housing linked to increased childhood asthma risk
• Early improvement criteria defined in first-episode schizophrenia
• Dysregulation of cardenolide steroids shown in bipolar disorder
• Origins of GERD revealed by molecular imaging
• CT angiography unnecessary to rule out PE in low-risk patients
• Imaging essential to distinguish hemorrhagic, ischemic stroke
• Size of boost field may need re-evaluating in breast conservation therapy
• Statins may lower PSA levels, but not by a clinically significant amount
• Mushroom supplement reduces prostate cancer patients anxiety, but not PSA
• Upping refined carbohydrate intake raises MI risk
• Childhood lipid treatment guidelines ‘not evidence-based’
• NICE recommends liraglutide for treating some people with Type 2 diabetes
• Eating brown rice instead of white may reduce Type 2 diabetes risk
• Afternoon PCI procedures linked to poor outcomes
• Guidelines-recommended CVD medication linked to increased HF survival

Eating fish in early life may protect against childhood allergic rhinitis Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Eating fish in the first 9 months of life is associated with a reduced risk for allergic rhinitis symptoms in children, results from a Swedish study suggest.

Study supports protective effect of farming environment on allergies Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Study results confirm that regular exposure to a farming environment in childhood is associated with a reduced risk for asthma and allergies, even among children who do not live on a farm.

Domestic violence and poor housing linked to increased childhood asthma risk Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study suggest that maternal intimate partner violence and poor housing conditions are associated with an increased risk for asthma in children.

Early improvement criteria defined in first-episode schizophrenia Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with a first episode of schizophrenia who achieve at least a 30% improvement in symptom score after 2 weeks are more likely to show treatment response or remission at 8 weeks than their peers who show no such improvement, study results show.

Dysregulation of cardenolide steroids shown in bipolar disorder Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder show abnormal concentrations of the cardenolide steroid ouabain-like immunoreactive factor, which is thought to regulate sodium ion pump activity, researchers report.

Origins of GERD revealed by molecular imaging Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Lack of tone or motility in the esophageal muscles may be at least partly responsible for the onset of gastroesophageal reflux disease, report researchers.

CT angiography unnecessary to rule out PE in low-risk patients Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients should undergo pretest screening for venous thromboembolism before undergoing computed tomographic angiography for pulmonary embolism, US researchers recommend.

Imaging essential to distinguish hemorrhagic, ischemic stroke Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Several clinical factors can help to gauge whether patients have ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, but no combination is definitively diagnostic in all patients, say the authors of a systematic review.

Size of boost field may need re-evaluating in breast conservation therapy Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients who receive chemotherapy before whole-breast radiation receive radiotherapy to a smaller volume of tissue than those who do not due to contraction of the lumpectomy cavity, research suggests.

Statins may lower PSA levels, but not by a clinically significant amount Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Statin use is associated with lower prostate-specific antigen levels, but the clinical impact of this may be limited, say researchers.

Mushroom supplement reduces prostate cancer patients anxiety, but not PSA Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Mushroom mycelium extract is ineffective for reducing prostate-specific antigen levels in early-stage prostate cancer patients, report researchers.

Upping refined carbohydrate intake raises MI risk Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Substituting dietary saturated fatty acids for carbohydrates with a high glycemic index value could do more harm than good, indicate results from a large prospective study.

Childhood lipid treatment guidelines ‘not evidence-based’ Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Guideline recommendations for lowering lipid levels in children with familial hypercholesterolemia are not based on clear evidence, say the authors of a systematic review.

NICE recommends liraglutide for treating some people with Type 2 diabetes Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK has recommended treatment with the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide for some patients with Type 2 diabetes in a preliminary draft guidance document.

Eating brown rice instead of white may reduce Type 2 diabetes risk Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from three large cohort studies suggest that eating two or more servings of brown rice per week may significantly reduce a person's risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

Afternoon PCI procedures linked to poor outcomes Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Non-urgent percutaneous coronary intervention procedures performed after noon on working days are associated with higher procedural failure and death rates than those performed in the morning, Canadian research suggests.

Guidelines-recommended CVD medication linked to increased HF survival Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Heart failure patients' adherence to guidelines for the use of cardiovascular disease medication appears to increase over time, and this increase is linked to improved patient survival regardless of age or gender, researchers suggest.

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