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• Low-dose CT best for identifying sinus lesions in asthmatic patients with rhinitis
• High blood pressure not linked to asthma in teens
• Half of UK swine flu deaths in otherwise healthy individuals
• Cognitive therapy preserves gray matter in early schizophrenia
• OCD increases illness burden in bipolar disorder
• Patients with chronic heart failure have distinct fibrin clots
• Telephone hotline speeds stroke referrals
• Lymph node metastasis, HER2-status predict recurrence after breast cancer response
• Brachytherapy more efficient than EBRT for prostate cancer
• <i>apoCI</i> genotype influences triglycerides, CRP levels
• Access to medical care influences receipt of dyslipidemia therapy
• Exenatide effective in ‘real world’ patients uncontrolled on standard therapy
• Diabetes, dysglycemia are independent risk factors for vascular disease
• Two-year FAME follow-up: FFR-guided PCI advantageous
• Obesity paradox in AF outcomes

Low-dose CT best for identifying sinus lesions in asthmatic patients with rhinitis Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Low-dose computed tomography identifies more severe paranasal sinus lesions than does X-ray scanning in asthma patients with rhinitis, research shows.

High blood pressure not linked to asthma in teens Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Adolescents with asthma are not at increased risk for high blood pressure, research suggests.

Half of UK swine flu deaths in otherwise healthy individuals Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Over half of hospital admissions for swine flu in the UK and 59% of all in-hospital deaths due to the infection between May and September 2009 occurred in generally healthy individuals, first-wave data reveal.

Cognitive therapy preserves gray matter in early schizophrenia Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cognitive enhancement therapy protects against gray matter loss in schizophrenia and may even support gray matter growth in medial temporal areas of the brain, study results demonstrate.

OCD increases illness burden in bipolar disorder Posted: 13 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder and comorbid obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) are more likely to have a history of suicide attempts, rapid cycling, and alcohol dependence compared with their peers without anxiety comorbidities, study results show.

Patients with chronic heart failure have distinct fibrin clots Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with chronic heart failure with sinus rhythm are characterized by faster formation of compact plasma fibrin clots, which might predispose to thromboembolic complications, Polish researchers report.

Telephone hotline speeds stroke referrals Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Installing a telephone hotline for general practitioners to contact stroke consultants leads to markedly faster referral of patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack, shows UK research.

Lymph node metastasis, HER2-status predict recurrence after breast cancer response Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Axillary lymph node metastasis and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive disease are independent predictors for disease recurrence in patients with a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, Japanese researchers report.

Brachytherapy more efficient than EBRT for prostate cancer Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Prostate-specific antigen kinetics differ following different radiotherapy methods, with brachytherapy having a higher radiobiological efficiency than external-beam radiotherapy, suggest German researchers.

<i>apoCI</i> genotype influences triglycerides, CRP levels Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT A functional polymorphism in the apolipoprotein C-I gene is associated with blood levels of triglycerides and C-reactive protein, European researchers have shown.

Access to medical care influences receipt of dyslipidemia therapy Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT People who do not have a regular source of medical care are at increased risk for untreated dyslipidemia or hypertension, even if they have health insurance, US data suggest.

Exenatide effective in ‘real world’ patients uncontrolled on standard therapy Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Treatment with the diabetes drug exenatide leads to improved glycemic control and weight loss in patients who are poorly controlled on metformin and sulphonylurea, a "real-world" study shows.

Diabetes, dysglycemia are independent risk factors for vascular disease Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Diabetes confers around a two-fold increased risk for vascular disease, independently of other conventional risk factors, a major meta-analysis shows.

Two-year FAME follow-up: FFR-guided PCI advantageous Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, the use of fractional flow reserve to guide stent placement lowers myocardial infarction and mortality rates compared with angiography, a 2-year follow-up of the FAME study confirms.

Obesity paradox in AF outcomes Posted: 12 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT A US study suggests that obesity improves the long-term outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation compared with non-obese patients.

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