Monday, July 5, 2010

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Medical News

Urban air pollution linked to asthma, pollen sensitization in children

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Long-term exposure to increased levels of urban air pollution is significantly associated with an increased risk for asthma and sensitization to pollen in children, research shows.

Vitamin D levels not linked to lung function decline in COPD

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency are common in smokers with mild or moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but do not predict rapid lung function decline in these patients, research shows.

Increased use of ICSs among young adult asthmatics in Denmark

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

There has been a significant increase in the use of inhaled corticosteroids among young Danish adults with asthma over the past decade, study results show.

Modest cognitive benefit with antipsychotics in schizophrenia

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Schizophrenia patients treated with antipsychotics over a 2-year period show modest improvement in cognitive test performance, study results show.

Atypical bipolar disorder features predict reduced treatment response

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Bipolar disorder patients with atypical features of illness, such as psychotic symptoms and rapid cycling, are more likely than other patients to relapse while on long-term treatment with mood stabilizers, study results show.

Antiplatelet use linked to SAH risk

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Long-term dipyridamole use and new use of low-dose aspirin may increase people's risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage, suggest findings from a population-based case–control study.

Undetectable ultrasensitive PSA predicts recurrence-free survival in RP patients

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Men with an undetectable ultrasensitive prostate-specific antigen nadir after undergoing radical prostatectomy have significantly better 3-year biochemical recurrence-free survival rates than those with detectable nadirs, report researchers.

Heterocyclic amines not linked to prostate cancer across ethnicities

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Despite hypothesizing to the contrary, researchers have found no significant association between the heterocyclic aromatic amines found in well-done meat and an increased risk for prostate cancer.

Endometriosis significantly affects women’s work productivity

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Women with endometriosis are significantly less productive at work compared with women without the disease, say UK-based researchers.

Single embryo transfer best for healthy babies, until late motherhood

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

If having a healthy baby is the primary aim of fertility treatment, single embryo transfer is more successful than double embryo transfer, until older age, say Australian researchers.

‘Double vitrification’ has no adverse effect on pregnancy rates

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Study results show that pregnancy rates for women who undergo IVF after "double vitrification" are comparable with those for women who have undergone IVF cycles using fresh embryos or oocytes.

Obesity risks miscarriage after IVF

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Women who are overweight or obese are twice as likely to miscarry after IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection as their normal-weight counterparts, say UK-based researchers.

ART pregnancy rates as good using vitrified oocytes as fresh

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Cycles of assisted reproductive technology that involve embryos derived from vitrified oocytes are just as likely to result in ongoing pregnancy as cycles involving fresh oocytes, say Spanish researchers.

Calculated LDL values ‘not equivalent’ to directly measured LDL

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Calculated values for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol are not "clinically equivalent" to directly measured values, a US study has shown.

Statins effect on mortality in primary prevention in doubt

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Statins may not reduce all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention patients, a meta-analysis involving over 65,000 individuals has found.

Dark chocolate may reduce hypertension

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

An Australian study confirms reports that eating dark chocolate may reduce systolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension and diastolic blood pressure in patients with pre-hypertension.

Inhaled insulin combination shows promise

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Study findings presented at the American Diabetes Association 2010 Scientific Sessions demonstrate that Technosphere inhaled prandial insulin combined with bedtime insulin glargine is noninferior to conventional twice daily biaspart insulin in patients with Type 2 diabetes and poor glycemic control.

Skin microvascularization may explain ethnic disparities in neuropathy

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

The much lower prevalence of diabetic neuropathy seen in Indian Asians compared with Europeans may be due to differences in skin microvascularization, researchers believe.

Migraine and childhood maltreatment linked to increased CVD risk

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Migraine sufferers with a history of childhood maltreatment may have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease compared with migraine sufferers without a history of childhood maltreatment, US researchers suggest.

Dark chocolate may reduce hypertension

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT

An Australian study confirms reports that eating dark chocolate may reduce systolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension and diastolic blood pressure in patients with pre-hypertension.
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