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• Elevated symptoms of mania may not indicate BPSD in children
• Psychiatric disorders increase risk for near-lethal suicide attempts in male prisoners
• Rectal bleeding signals earlier stage bowel cancer
• Rectal bleeding signals earlier stage bowel cancer
• Left atrial volume identifies MS patients at risk for thromboembolism
• Half of Americans lack timely access to acute stroke services
• Research reveals novel tissue and urinary marker for prostate cancer
• PCA3 assists prostate biopsy decision in low-PSA patients
• Research reveals novel tissue and urinary marker for prostate cancer
• PCA3 assists prostate biopsy decision in low-PSA patients
• Researchers identify mechanism that links breast cancer with HRT, the pill
• Program with free meals helps women lose weight
• PCSK9 regulation ‘contributes to preservation of LDL levels’
• Metabolic risk factors predict GDM before pregnancy
• Obesity confers no benefit in patients with HF and diabetes
• ‘Enormous variability’ in US hospital transfusion rates after CABG
• Long-term outcomes similar with PCI and CABG in ASAN-MAIN study
• Researchers identify mechanism that links breast cancer with HRT, the pill
• Low-risk prostate cancer patients undergo unnecessary imaging
• New drug shows promise for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
• NSAIDs do not reduce the risk for prostate cancer
• Hospice care rising among prostate cancer patients, but is ‘too brief’
• Racial differences in breast cancer care ‘unaffected by insurance and social status’
• Bowel toxicity after prostate IMRT linked to unplanned dose received
• Regular alcohol consumption increases breast cancer recurrence risk

Elevated symptoms of mania may not indicate BPSD in children Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Elevated symptoms of mania in children do not necessarily indicate the presence of a bipolar spectrum disorder, say US researchers.

Psychiatric disorders increase risk for near-lethal suicide attempts in male prisoners Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Most psychiatric disorders are associated with an increased risk for near-lethal suicide attempts in male prisoners, with major depression and psychoses posing the greatest risks, UK study results show.

Rectal bleeding signals earlier stage bowel cancer Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Rectal bleeding is a sign of earlier stage bowel cancer with better survival prospects than change in bowel habit or abdominal pain, report researchers.

Rectal bleeding signals earlier stage bowel cancer Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Rectal bleeding is a sign of earlier stage bowel cancer with better survival prospects than change in bowel habit or abdominal pain, report researchers.

Left atrial volume identifies MS patients at risk for thromboembolism Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Left atrial volume predicts thromboembolic risk among mitral stenosis patients in sinus rhythm more accurately than left atrial diameter, French researchers report.

Half of Americans lack timely access to acute stroke services Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Only a little over half of the US population can reach a primary stroke center within an hour, shows the ACCESS study.

Research reveals novel tissue and urinary marker for prostate cancer Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that tissue and urine levels of microseminoprotein-beta in men with a particular genotype could be used in prostate cancer screening.

PCA3 assists prostate biopsy decision in low-PSA patients Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT The inclusion of prostate cancer antigen 3 measurements in prostate biopsy prediction models gives a good degree of accuracy, especially in patients whose prostate-specific antigen levels fall in the "grey area" below 10 ng/ml, report researchers.

Research reveals novel tissue and urinary marker for prostate cancer Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that tissue and urine levels of microseminoprotein-beta in men with a particular genotype could be used in prostate cancer screening.

PCA3 assists prostate biopsy decision in low-PSA patients Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT The inclusion of prostate cancer antigen 3 measurements in prostate biopsy prediction models gives a good degree of accuracy, especially in patients whose prostate-specific antigen levels fall in the "grey area" below 10 ng/ml, report researchers.

Researchers identify mechanism that links breast cancer with HRT, the pill Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have identified a key mechanism that could explain how taking the contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy can be associated with breast cancer.

Program with free meals helps women lose weight Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT A structured dietary program that promotes greater weight loss in obese and overweight women, compared with usual care, has produced positive results in a US trial.

PCSK9 regulation ‘contributes to preservation of LDL levels’ Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Circulating levels of proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 vary throughout the day in line with cholesterol synthesis and fasting status, Swedish researchers have shown.

Metabolic risk factors predict GDM before pregnancy Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT High levels of fasting glucose or insulin and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with an increased risk for gestational diabetes mellitus, report researchers.

Obesity confers no benefit in patients with HF and diabetes Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who also have Type 2 diabetes gain no apparent survival benefit from being obese, show study results.

‘Enormous variability’ in US hospital transfusion rates after CABG Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Rates of allogeneic red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery range from 7.8% to 92.8% in US hospitals nationwide, research shows.

Long-term outcomes similar with PCI and CABG in ASAN-MAIN study Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Percutaneous coronary intervention achieves similar long-term mortality rates and safety outcomes as coronary artery bypass grafting for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease, results of ASAN-MAIN show.

Researchers identify mechanism that links breast cancer with HRT, the pill Posted: 13 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have identified a key mechanism that could explain how taking the contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy can be associated with breast cancer.

Low-risk prostate cancer patients undergo unnecessary imaging Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Many urologists continue to refer low-risk prostate cancer patients for imaging to stage their disease before treatment, against the advice of international guidelines, show the results of a US study.

New drug shows promise for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT A new type of targeted therapy for breast cancer has shown encouraging results in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic disease, researchers report.

NSAIDs do not reduce the risk for prostate cancer Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs do not reduce a man's risk for prostate cancer, show the results of a US study.

Hospice care rising among prostate cancer patients, but is ‘too brief’ Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT More than half of end-of-life prostate cancer patients enroll in hospices, but these men are often referred too late to receive maximum benefits of care, shows a US study.

Racial differences in breast cancer care ‘unaffected by insurance and social status’ Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Racial differences exist in breast cancer care, even after taking into account patient insurance and socioeconomic status, conclude US investigators who call for efforts to improve outcomes in women with potentially curable disease.

Bowel toxicity after prostate IMRT linked to unplanned dose received Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT The likelihood that post-radical prostatectomy patients will experience acute bowel toxicity after additional whole pelvis intensity-modulated radiotherapy is significantly associated with the amount of unplanned radiation they receive, say Italian researchers.

Regular alcohol consumption increases breast cancer recurrence risk Posted: 10 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Consuming three to four alcoholic drinks per week may increase the risk for breast cancer recurrence and death among women previously diagnosed with early-stage disease, US research shows.

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