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• Home care feasible for almost half of PE patients
• Hyperglycemia effect on tPA outcomes unclear
• Topical treatment gives early boost to adalimumab efficacy
• After prostate treatment, physicians mostly agree with patients on adverse events
• SRT a viable treatment option for recurrent localized prostate cancer
• Lymphovascular invasion predicts outcome in node-positive breast cancer
• After prostate treatment, physicians mostly agree with patients on adverse events
• SRT a viable treatment option for recurrent localized prostate cancer
• Vascular risk rises with CRP level
• Menopause transition causes lipid disruption
• Diabetes assessment tool may have depressive screening value
• Oral insulin has fast action of short duration
• Coronary microvascular reactivity aids prediction of adverse ischemia outcomes
• Clinical ICD shocks, not induced shocks, herald poor prognosis
• Lymphovascular invasion predicts outcome in node-positive breast cancer

Home care feasible for almost half of PE patients Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Almost half of pulmonary embolism patients can be treated outside of hospital, say Dutch researchers who selected individuals for home care on the basis of their N-terminal-pro brain natriuretic peptide level.

Hyperglycemia effect on tPA outcomes unclear Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT It remains unclear to what extent hyperglycemia effects outcomes of patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke, say US researchers.

Topical treatment gives early boost to adalimumab efficacy Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The addition of calcipotriol/betamethasone topical ointment to the biologic adalimumab appears to be associated with higher efficacy for treating moderate-to-severe psoriasis than adalimumab alone, but it may not persist long term, research suggests.

After prostate treatment, physicians mostly agree with patients on adverse events Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT In a study of men treated with external beam radiotherapy and total androgen blockade for prostate cancer, the pelvis-related adverse events recorded by physicians were in acceptable agreement with patient reports, say researchers.

SRT a viable treatment option for recurrent localized prostate cancer Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Salvage radiotherapy following high-intensity focused ultrasound provides satisfactory rates of progression-free survival in patients with recurrent localized prostate cancer, suggest results published in the journal European Urology.

Lymphovascular invasion predicts outcome in node-positive breast cancer Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Lymphovascular invasion is an independent predictor for poor outcome in lymph node-positive breast cancer patients, and merits further investigation as a decision tool in the adjuvant chemotherapy setting, according to French researchers.

After prostate treatment, physicians mostly agree with patients on adverse events Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT In a study of men treated with external beam radiotherapy and total androgen blockade for prostate cancer, the pelvis-related adverse events recorded by physicians were in acceptable agreement with patient reports, say researchers.

SRT a viable treatment option for recurrent localized prostate cancer Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Salvage radiotherapy following high-intensity focused ultrasound provides satisfactory rates of progression-free survival in patients with recurrent localized prostate cancer, suggest results published in the journal European Urology.

Vascular risk rises with CRP level Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) level is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events in patients at high vascular risk, shows an analysis of the JUPITER trial.

Menopause transition causes lipid disruption Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The menopausal transition, but not the menopause per se, is associated with changes in lipid levels, shows a study in Chinese women.

Diabetes assessment tool may have depressive screening value Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Brazilian researchers say an assessment tool that measures quality of life related to diabetes can be valuable for screening depressive symptoms.

Oral insulin has fast action of short duration Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A pilot study has shown that absorption of oral insulin is possible in fasting conditions and that it has a fast onset and short duration of action in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Coronary microvascular reactivity aids prediction of adverse ischemia outcomes Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT In women with suspected ischemia, coronary microvascular reactivity to adenosine better predicts major adverse outcomes, compared with angiographic assessment of coronary artery disease severity and CAD risk factor assessment, researchers suggest.

Clinical ICD shocks, not induced shocks, herald poor prognosis Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Implantable cardioverter–defibrillator shocks are associated with an increased risk for mortality and morbidity only if they are delivered for clinical rather than induced arrhythmias, say US researchers.

Lymphovascular invasion predicts outcome in node-positive breast cancer Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Lymphovascular invasion is an independent predictor for poor outcome in lymph node-positive breast cancer patients, and merits further investigation as a decision tool in the adjuvant chemotherapy setting, according to French researchers.

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