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• Brain imaging distinguishes pediatric bipolar disorder from ADHD
• Schizophrenia patients often experience sleep initiation problems
• Patients with refractory Crohn’s disease benefit from autologous bmMSCs
• Self monitoring does not improve warfarin clinical outcomes
• Thrombosis more common than expected in CMV patients
• Self monitoring does not improve warfarin clinical outcomes
• Prostatectomy offers best survival rates, except in elderly
• Prostatectomy offers best survival rates, except in elderly
• A 2 mm tumor free margin minimizes residual disease after BCT
• Liver fat content influences cholesterol metabolism
• Low-fat diet fails to improve insulin sensitivity in metabolic syndrome
• Risk for high-grade prostate cancer increased with Type 2 diabetes
• Physical activity linked to improved HbA1c in Type 2 diabetics
• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation viable in some patients
• Steroids may help prevent post-ablation AF recurrence
• A 2 mm tumor free margin minimizes residual disease after BCT
• Type 2 diabetes increases risk for high-grade prostate cancer finding
• Testosterone levels predict response to anti-androgen treatment of CRPC
• WHI results: Combined HRT linked to increased breast cancer mortality
• Prioritize prostate cancer patients for colonoscopy screening
• Soy isoflavones may reduce breast cancer recurrence risk in some patients
• MRI spectroscopy could predict biochemical relapse after prostatectomy
• Ductal more aggressive than acinar prostate carcinoma
• Gene could help predict tamoxifen resistance

Brain imaging distinguishes pediatric bipolar disorder from ADHD Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study suggest that functional magnetic resonance imaging of working memory circuits in the brain may help distinguish children with bipolar disorder from those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Schizophrenia patients often experience sleep initiation problems Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia report taking significantly longer to fall asleep at night than mentally healthy individuals, Canadian research have found.

Patients with refractory Crohn’s disease benefit from autologous bmMSCs Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with refractory Crohn's disease may benefit from administration of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells, say researchers who found that the treatment was well tolerated.

Self monitoring does not improve warfarin clinical outcomes Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Allowing warfarin users to self-test their international normalized ratio every week at home results in a small increase in the time spent within a therapeutic range relative to monthly clinic testing, but does not delay the onset of major clinical events, show the results of THINRS.

Thrombosis more common than expected in CMV patients Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from Israel have found that cytomegalovirus infection is an independent risk factor for thrombosis and is not as rare as previously thought.

Self monitoring does not improve warfarin clinical outcomes Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Allowing warfarin users to self-test their international normalized ratio every week at home results in a small increase in the time spent within a therapeutic range relative to monthly clinic testing, but does not delay the onset of major clinical events, show the results of THINRS.

Prostatectomy offers best survival rates, except in elderly Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Radical prostatectomy offers prostate cancer patients better overall and cancer-specific survival rates than does treatment with radiotherapy or observation, study results show.

Prostatectomy offers best survival rates, except in elderly Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Radical prostatectomy offers prostate cancer patients better overall and cancer-specific survival rates than does treatment with radiotherapy or observation, study results show.

A 2 mm tumor free margin minimizes residual disease after BCT Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT A cancer-free margin of 2 mm from the area of invasive breast cancer is adequate to minimize residual disease in 98% of patients undergoing breast-conserving therapy, UK researchers report.

Liver fat content influences cholesterol metabolism Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers in Finland have found a strong association between cholesterol synthesis and absorption and liver fat content, independent of body weight, in nondiabetic adults.

Low-fat diet fails to improve insulin sensitivity in metabolic syndrome Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Reducing dietary intake of saturated fatty acids does not appear to influence insulin sensitivity in obese people with the metabolic syndrome, a randomized trial has shown.

Risk for high-grade prostate cancer increased with Type 2 diabetes Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Type 2 diabetes patients with prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy are more likely to have advanced grade disease at final pathology than nondiabetics, say researchers.

Physical activity linked to improved HbA1c in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers demonstrate that improved cardiorespiratory fitness, achieved though aerobic and resistance exercise training, is associated with significant reductions in glycated hemoglobin in individuals with Type 2 diabetes.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation viable in some patients Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is a feasible non-invasive strategy for the treatment of aortic stenosis, results of the PARTNER trial suggest.

Steroids may help prevent post-ablation AF recurrence Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Short-term, low-dose corticosteroid therapy may be a useful adjunct to catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, offering a reduction in both short- and medium-term AF recurrence, a clinical study suggests.

A 2 mm tumor free margin minimizes residual disease after BCT Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT A cancer-free margin of 2 mm from the area of invasive breast cancer is adequate to minimize residual disease in 98% of patients undergoing breast-conserving therapy, UK researchers report.

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.

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.

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.

Prioritize prostate cancer patients for colonoscopy screening Posted: 18 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that men with prostate cancer are significantly more likely to have abnormal colon polyps and advanced adenomas than men without the disease.

Soy isoflavones may reduce breast cancer recurrence risk in some patients Posted: 18 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT A high dietary intake of soy isoflavones is associated with a reduced risk for breast cancer recurrence among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive disease treated with anastrozole, Chinese researchers report.

MRI spectroscopy could predict biochemical relapse after prostatectomy Posted: 17 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Preoperative endorectal magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging could predict whether patients are likely to experience biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy, say US researchers.

Ductal more aggressive than acinar prostate carcinoma Posted: 17 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT Ductal carcinoma is an aggressive form of prostate cancer that predicts worse overall patient survival than the more common acinar tumor, show US study results.

Gene could help predict tamoxifen resistance Posted: 17 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT The breast cancer anti-estrogen resistance 4 gene could help predict whether a patient with breast cancer will respond to treatment with tamoxifen, Dutch researchers report.

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