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• Wide variation in patient survival among US lung transplantation centers
• Flu vaccination and risk perception ‘very poor’ among travelers
• Telephone coaching improves QoL in parents of asthmatic children
• Abnormal emotional cue responses inherent in bipolar disorder
• Specialized early intervention programs for psychosis show long-term benefits
• Modulating miR-145 could destroy prostate cancer cells
• Bone metastasis occurs in post-surgery prostate patients, even at low PSA
• Breast cancer chemotherapy linked to cognitive dysfunction
• Healthy fats could help explain ‘Spanish paradox’ in heart disease
• Cutting CVD risk uniformly in diabetics ‘can cause unnecessary harm’
• Laparoscopy reduces complications in diverticular disease surgery
• Vitamins C, E do not reduce pre-eclampsia rates in Type 1 diabetic women
• National diabetes prevention program identifies at-risk individuals
• Cutting CVD risk uniformly in diabetics ‘can cause unnecessary harm’
• Causal link between CRP and mortality further questioned
• Anxiety disorders may raise CVD death risk

Wide variation in patient survival among US lung transplantation centers Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT There are significant variations in patient survival rates among lung transplantation centers in the USA, researchers have found.

Flu vaccination and risk perception ‘very poor’ among travelers Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT European travelers to resource-limited destinations have very poor risk perception and vaccination coverage regarding seasonal and pandemic influenza, survey results show.

Telephone coaching improves QoL in parents of asthmatic children Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT A telephone coaching program can improve the quality of life of parents with asthmatic children by helping to improve disease management at home, US research suggests.

Abnormal emotional cue responses inherent in bipolar disorder Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Exaggerated response to emotional signals in cortico-limbic brain regions may represent heritable functional abnormalities underlying the development of bipolar disorder, neuroimaging study findings indicate.

Specialized early intervention programs for psychosis show long-term benefits Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Specialized early intervention programs for patients with a first episode of psychosis appear to have a long-term beneficial effect in terms of symptomatic remission and social/vocational outcomes, findings from the prospective follow-up EPPIC study show.

Modulating miR-145 could destroy prostate cancer cells Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have shown that modulation of microRNA-145 in prostate cancer cells leads to up-regulation of the pro-apoptotic gene TNFSF10, and thus could be an important therapeutic approach in the management of prostate cancer.

Bone metastasis occurs in post-surgery prostate patients, even at low PSA Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Bone metastasis in surgically treated prostate cancer patients can occur even when their prostate-specific antigen levels are low, show US study results.

Breast cancer chemotherapy linked to cognitive dysfunction Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers report that chemotherapy for breast cancer is associated with both acute and late onset cognitive dysfunction, with learning and memory, executive function, and processing speed the worst affected domains.

Healthy fats could help explain ‘Spanish paradox’ in heart disease Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT A high intake of healthy fats could partly explain the low rates of ischemic heart disease in Spaniards despite the high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, researchers suggest.

Cutting CVD risk uniformly in diabetics ‘can cause unnecessary harm’ Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT The benefits of intensively modifying risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) vary widely in people with diabetes, researchers claim.

Laparoscopy reduces complications in diverticular disease surgery Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT The use of laparoscopy for diverticular disease results in fewer postoperative complications than open surgery in patients for whom there are no absolute contraindications for the procedure, say US researchers.

Vitamins C, E do not reduce pre-eclampsia rates in Type 1 diabetic women Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Supplementation with vitamins C and E does not prevent pre-eclampsia in the majority of pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes, say researchers.

National diabetes prevention program identifies at-risk individuals Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT The first large-scale national program to prevent diabetes in Finland identified more than 10,000 people at high risk for the condition, researchers report.

Cutting CVD risk uniformly in diabetics ‘can cause unnecessary harm’ Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT The benefits of intensively modifying risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) vary widely in people with diabetes, researchers claim.

Causal link between CRP and mortality further questioned Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Danish researchers report that elevated C-reactive protein levels do not directly increase all-cause or cardiovascular mortality risk but instead may be a marker of hidden inflammatory disease processes that in turn increase these risks.

Anxiety disorders may raise CVD death risk Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Generalized anxiety disorders may increase the risk for cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease, Dutch researchers suggest.

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