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• Long-term NIPPV benefits COPD patients with post-exacerbation ventilation failure
• Mild COPD not linked to survival in elderly
• Synbiotics may help prevent asthma-like symptoms in infants with atopic dermatitis
• Dietary factors may protect against psychotic-like symptoms
• <i>MTHFR</i> gene not linked to bipolar disorder
• Trauma history increases IBS risk in women veterans
• Intestinal bacteria may predict warfarin dose requirements
• Limited stroke unit access underlies poor rural patient outcomes
• Cost of continuing prostate cancer care highlights potentially unnecessary excess
• Cost of continuing prostate cancer care highlights potentially unnecessary excess
• HDL cholesterol–cancer link bolstered
• HDL cholesterol–cancer link bolstered
• Intensive statin therapy ‘stabilizes coronary plaques’
• Oxidative stress gene variants implicated in diabetic MI
• Age and fasting blood glucose can help identify Type 2 diabetes
• High tea, moderate coffee consumption linked to reduced CHD mortality
• New NICE guidelines recommend further reductions in food salt, fat content
• Environmental estrogens increase risk for prostate cancer
• Statins may prevent development of prostate cancer
• Ultrasound-guided optical tomography may reduce unnecessary breast biopsies
• Surveillance is best option for low-risk prostate cancer patients
• Tamoxifen plus angiogenesis inhibitor could maximize therapeutic efficacy
• Favorable disease-free survival for stage T3 radical prostatectomy patients
• Significantly less risk for prostate cancer in diabetes patients
• Clotting mutation linked to increased TE risk among tamoxifen users

Long-term NIPPV benefits COPD patients with post-exacerbation ventilation failure Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Long-term non-invasive positive pressure ventilation improves breathing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with ventilatory failure after an exacerbation, UK research shows.

Mild COPD not linked to survival in elderly Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The presence of mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not associated with reduced life expectancy among individuals aged over 65 years, researchers have found.

Synbiotics may help prevent asthma-like symptoms in infants with atopic dermatitis Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Treatment with synbiotics may help reduce the risk for asthma-like symptoms in young children with atopic dermatitis, study findings suggest.

Dietary factors may protect against psychotic-like symptoms Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women with a high intake of fish, omega-3 or omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and vitamin D may have a lower risk for psychotic-like symptoms, suggests research.

<i>MTHFR</i> gene not linked to bipolar disorder Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A variant of the 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene, which results in the production of a mildly dysfunctional thermolabile enzyme, is not associated with clinically significant bipolar disorder, study findings confirm.

Trauma history increases IBS risk in women veterans Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women veterans who have a history of physical and emotional trauma have an increased risk for developing irritable bowel syndrome, report researchers.

Intestinal bacteria may predict warfarin dose requirements Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT An excess of bacteria in the small intestine may increase the amount of warfarin necessary to achieve a therapeutic anticoagulant effect, Italian researchers believe.

Limited stroke unit access underlies poor rural patient outcomes Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Disparities in stroke outcomes between rural and urban patients with stroke are partly driven by access to stroke units, say Australian researchers.

Cost of continuing prostate cancer care highlights potentially unnecessary excess Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Although the initial phase of treatment for prostate cancer represents the greatest financial cost in overall prostate cancer care, the continuing care phase has the most variation in expenditure, report US researchers.

Cost of continuing prostate cancer care highlights potentially unnecessary excess Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Although the initial phase of treatment for prostate cancer represents the greatest financial cost in overall prostate cancer care, the continuing care phase has the most variation in expenditure, report US researchers.

HDL cholesterol–cancer link bolstered Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Meta-analysis findings support a possible effect of low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on the risk for cancer.

HDL cholesterol–cancer link bolstered Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Meta-analysis findings support a possible effect of low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on the risk for cancer.

Intensive statin therapy ‘stabilizes coronary plaques’ Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The composition and burden of non-calcified coronary atherosclerotic lesions is influenced by statin therapy, study findings suggest.

Oxidative stress gene variants implicated in diabetic MI Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The accumulation of genetic polymorphisms relating to oxidative stress could be associated with the prevalence of myocardial infarction in patients with Type 2 diabetes, Japanese study findings suggest.

Age and fasting blood glucose can help identify Type 2 diabetes Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Assessing the age and fasting blood glucose of cardiac patients can help to reduce the need for oral glucose tolerance tests to detect undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes, researchers suggest.

High tea, moderate coffee consumption linked to reduced CHD mortality Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Moderate-to-high consumption of tea and moderate consumption of coffee are associated with reduced risk for coronary heart disease mortality, a Dutch study suggests.

New NICE guidelines recommend further reductions in food salt, fat content Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the UK has launched new guidelines calling for the elimination of all industrially produced trans fatty acids and a further reduction of the salt and saturated fat levels in UK food products.

Environmental estrogens increase risk for prostate cancer Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Exposure to chlordecone, an insecticide with estrogenic properties, increases a man's risk for prostate cancer, according to a study involving West Indian men.

Statins may prevent development of prostate cancer Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Statins may protect against the development of prostate cancer, say US researchers.

Ultrasound-guided optical tomography may reduce unnecessary breast biopsies Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography provides additional tumor angiogenesis information that allows physicians to differentiate early-stage breast cancers from benign lesions, study findings indicate.

Surveillance is best option for low-risk prostate cancer patients Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Active surveillance may be the best treatment option for low-risk prostate cancer patients as their risk for death from the disease is less than 3% after 10 years of follow-up, report Swedish researchers.

Tamoxifen plus angiogenesis inhibitor could maximize therapeutic efficacy Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Combining tamoxifen with a low-dose angiogenesis inhibitor is as effective at controlling tumor growth as less tolerable doses of either drug used alone, US research shows.

Favorable disease-free survival for stage T3 radical prostatectomy patients Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Treating clinical disease stage T3 prostate cancer patients with radical prostatectomy results in favorable cancer-specific survival and freedom from biochemical progression-free survival rates, say researchers.

Significantly less risk for prostate cancer in diabetes patients Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Prostate cancer is significantly less prevalent among men with diabetes compared with men without the condition, UK study results show.

Clotting mutation linked to increased TE risk among tamoxifen users Posted: 20 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women who experience a thromboembolic event while taking tamoxifen for early breast cancer are nearly five times more likely to carry the Factor V Leiden gene mutation than women who do not develop a thromboembolism, US researchers report.

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