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• Intense religious experiences unlikely to result in chronic mental illness
• Eating disorders common in bipolar patients
• Lipid levels have gender-specific depression risk in the elderly
• Impact of high LDL on atherosclerosis influenced by family history
• Fecal calprotectin testing predicts need for endoscopy in suspected IBD patients
• FXIII activation peptide potential biomarker for ischemic stroke
• Low-dose alteplase benefits in Japanese stroke patients confirmed
• Breast MRI can improve management of breast cancer patients
• Inhibiting <i>FASN </i> gene may reduce prostate cancer mortality in overweight men
• Low HDL cholesterol ‘highly prevalent’ in ACS patients
• Very high lipids in children often normalize without treatment
• Switching to biphasic insulin analog ‘may improve arterial stiffness’
• Raised blood pressure predicts diabetes development
• Early repolarization pattern may increase cardiac mortality risk
• Outpatient performance intervention improves HF care

Intense religious experiences unlikely to result in chronic mental illness Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Intense religious experiences may result in brief episodes of psychosis, but are unlikely to lead to chronic mental illness, UK research suggests.

Eating disorders common in bipolar patients Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Eating disorders affect around one in seven patients with bipolar disorder, are more common in women, and are associated with an earlier age of onset and a more severe course of illness, US study results suggest.

Lipid levels have gender-specific depression risk in the elderly Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT The risk for depression is increased with low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in elderly women but with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in men, research suggests.

Impact of high LDL on atherosclerosis influenced by family history Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT A family history of cardiovascular disease increases risk for subclinical atherosclerosis only in people with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, research demonstrates.

Fecal calprotectin testing predicts need for endoscopy in suspected IBD patients Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Fecal calprotectin testing is a useful technique for detecting patients who are most likely to require endoscopy for suspected inflammatory bowel disease, with greater discriminative power in adults than in children, show results from a meta-analysis.

FXIII activation peptide potential biomarker for ischemic stroke Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Factor XIII activation and concomitant release of FXIII activation peptide may be associated with an unfavorable short-term clinical outcome in patients with ischemic stroke, Swiss researchers report.

Low-dose alteplase benefits in Japanese stroke patients confirmed Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Use of alteplase 0.6 mg/kg in Japanese stroke patients results in similar outcomes to the standard dose used in European patients, shows the J-MARS study.

Breast MRI can improve management of breast cancer patients Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Magnetic resonance imaging alters the clinical management of nearly one-third of patients with breast cancer, with the majority of changes being favorable, according to US researchers.

Inhibiting <i>FASN </i> gene may reduce prostate cancer mortality in overweight men Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT US study results indicate that the poor outcomes often experienced by overweight men with prostate cancer may be mediated by the fatty acid synthase gene.

Low HDL cholesterol ‘highly prevalent’ in ACS patients Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT More than half of patients with acute coronary syndromes have low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, a Spanish study has found.

Very high lipids in children often normalize without treatment Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children who are found to have very high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol should undergo repeat testing before receiving any intervention, a US team says.

Switching to biphasic insulin analog ‘may improve arterial stiffness’ Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT A biphasic insulin analog containing ultrarapid-acting insulin is associated with improvements in arterial stiffness and postprandial hyperglycemia, Japanese researchers report.

Raised blood pressure predicts diabetes development Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Raised blood pressure in mid-life is a strong predictor for subsequent Type 2 diabetes, US researchers report.

Early repolarization pattern may increase cardiac mortality risk Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT An early repolarization pattern on electrocardiogram monitoring may increase the risk for cardiac death among men aged 35 to 54 years, according to German researchers.

Outpatient performance intervention improves HF care Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT The use of a new practice-specific performance intervention improves physician adherence to guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure in an outpatient setting, a US study suggests.

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