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• Antibiotics of little benefit in poorly controlled asthma
• Schizophrenia with obsessive compulsive symptoms ‘a distinct subtype’
• Altered fronto-temporal connectivity in pediatric bipolar disorder
• Invasive dental procedures may briefly increase vascular risk
• Stressful life events delay recovery from mania
• EEG power and negative symptoms predict transition to psychosis
• Type 2 diabetes increases risk for high-grade prostate cancer finding
• WHI results: Combined HRT linked to increased breast cancer mortality
• Testosterone levels predict response to anti-androgen treatment of CRPC
• Age and cholesterol increase atherosclerotic risk in FH patients
• LPO underlies link between Mediterranean diet and CVD risk in young women
• Metformin therapy lowers mortality in diabetic patients with HF
• Elderly Type 2 diabetics have limited joint mobility
• Invasive dental procedures may briefly increase vascular risk
• AMI outcomes vary ‘strikingly’ by ethnicity

Antibiotics of little benefit in poorly controlled asthma Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Antibiotic treatment does not improve disease control in adults with mild-to-moderate asthma who have failed to respond to low-dose inhaled corticosteroids alone, study results suggest.

Schizophrenia with obsessive compulsive symptoms ‘a distinct subtype’ Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Japanese study suggest that schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive symptoms may represent a subtype of the disorder that is associated with early onset and increased severity of psychotic symptoms.

Altered fronto-temporal connectivity in pediatric bipolar disorder Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children with bipolar disorder have altered task-independent functional connectivity in fronto-temporal brain regions associated with working memory and learning, research suggests.

Invasive dental procedures may briefly increase vascular risk Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Invasive dental treatment may be associated with a transient increase in the risk for cardiovascular events, but this is likely to be outweighed by the long-term benefits of such treatment, UK researchers believe.

Stressful life events delay recovery from mania Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Stressful life events are associated with delays in functional recovery among bipolar disorder patients who have been treated for an episode of mania, US researchers have found.

EEG power and negative symptoms predict transition to psychosis Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Swiss study suggest that negative symptom levels combined with data on electroencephalogram power in delta, theta, and beta bands predict transition to psychosis in at-risk individuals.

Type 2 diabetes increases risk for high-grade prostate cancer finding Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy are more likely to have high-grade disease at final pathology if they also have Type 2 diabetes mellitus, study results show.

WHI results: Combined HRT linked to increased breast cancer mortality Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Long-term follow-up results from the Women's Health Initiative trial show that women taking combined estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy are more likely to die from breast cancer and other causes than women taking placebo.

Testosterone levels predict response to anti-androgen treatment of CRPC Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Serum testosterone levels in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients can predict whether they are likely to respond to second-line anti-androgen treatment, report Japanese researchers.

Age and cholesterol increase atherosclerotic risk in FH patients Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers say that patients with familial hypercholesterolemia have an increased burden of coronary atherosclerosis, with factors such as age and cholesterol contributing to the development of coronary plaques.

LPO underlies link between Mediterranean diet and CVD risk in young women Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT A Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease in premenopausal women as a result of decreased lipid peroxidation, researchers have found.

Metformin therapy lowers mortality in diabetic patients with HF Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report that treatment with metformin appears to reduce mortality rates in patients with heart failure and diabetes.

Elderly Type 2 diabetics have limited joint mobility Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Elderly Type 2 diabetes patients have limited joint mobility compared with their nondiabetic peers, show study findings.

Invasive dental procedures may briefly increase vascular risk Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Invasive dental treatment may be associated with a transient increase in the risk for cardiovascular events, but this is likely to be outweighed by the long-term benefits of such treatment, UK researchers believe.

AMI outcomes vary ‘strikingly’ by ethnicity Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Outcomes after acute myocardial infarction show striking variations by ethnicity, with mortality being lower in South Asians and higher in Chinese patients as compared with Whites.

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