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• Caregivers of asthmatic children at increased risk for depression
• Specific pattern of inflammatory responses linked to airways obstruction in asthma
• Choline may benefit asthma patients
• Cognitive rehabilitation improves symptoms, function in schizophrenia
• Migraine prevalent and problematic in bipolar disorder
• Counseling can increase mammography rates in hard-to-reach populations
• Prostate enlargement in obesity may confound hemodilution of PSA levels
• Nonoptimal HDL levels ‘highly prevalent’ among ACS patients
• Polypills improve adherence, cut CV event rates
• School-based intervention improves some diabetes risk factors
• Repaglinide linked to IPC elimination in Type 2 diabetes patients with CAD
• Pattern of situational BP change differs between children and adults
• Lowering blood pressure in CKD patients may not be justified

Caregivers of asthmatic children at increased risk for depression Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Caregivers of asthmatic children are more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression than the general population, but no more likely to suffer from such symptoms than the caregivers of children with other chronic diseases, study results show.

Specific pattern of inflammatory responses linked to airways obstruction in asthma Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Chronic airways obstruction is associated with decreased activation of T-helper 1-like/cytotoxic and interferon pathways in children who have suffered an asthma attack.

Choline may benefit asthma patients Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from an Indian study suggest that treatment with the lipotropic agent choline may help reduce inflammation and oxidative stress in patients with asthma.

Cognitive rehabilitation improves symptoms, function in schizophrenia Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Integrated psychological therapy achieves significant improvements compared with usual care in schizophrenia patients in terms of symptom scores, neuropsychologic tests, and functional outcome, study results show.

Migraine prevalent and problematic in bipolar disorder Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A quarter of patients with bipolar disorder experience migraines, and those who do have an increased rate of suicidal behavior, anxiety disorders, and obsessive compulsive disorder, study results show.

Counseling can increase mammography rates in hard-to-reach populations Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Counseling by community outreach workers triples the likelihood of a patient attending mammography screening in a target population of hard-to-reach, low-income, insured women, US research shows.

Prostate enlargement in obesity may confound hemodilution of PSA levels Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The threshold of prostate-specific antigen for prostate cancer screening should not be lowered based on hemodilution in obese men, as body mass index-related prostate enlargement can raise levels, say South Korean researchers.

Nonoptimal HDL levels ‘highly prevalent’ among ACS patients Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT High-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are "nonoptimal" in the vast majority of patients with acute coronary syndromes, including those with well-controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, say US researchers.

Polypills improve adherence, cut CV event rates Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT So-called "polypills" that deliver hypertension and dyslipidemia therapy in a single tablet are associated with improved compliance and a reduced risk for cardiovascular events, study findings suggest.

School-based intervention improves some diabetes risk factors Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A multicomponent school-based intervention has demonstrated partial success in reducing adiposity and diabetes risk in high-risk sixth-grade students.

Repaglinide linked to IPC elimination in Type 2 diabetes patients with CAD Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Vildagliptin may be a better treatment option than repaglinide for Type 2 diabetes in patients who also have symptomatic coronary artery disease, research suggests.

Pattern of situational BP change differs between children and adults Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The relationship between office, home, and ambulatory blood pressure thresholds in children and adolescents differs from that seen in adults, Greek researchers report.

Lowering blood pressure in CKD patients may not be justified Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Lowering target blood pressure levels in patients with chronic kidney disease may not be as beneficial as current guidelines suggest, reports a US researcher.

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