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• Inhaled corticosteroids linked to diabetes risk
• Childhood sexual abuse linked to schizophrenia risk
• Suicide risk high in veterans with bipolar disorder or substance abuse
• Primary and secondary bilateral breast cancers share common features
• Mixed QoL effects after non-hormonal prostate cancer treatment
• AIDS linked with reduced prostate cancer risk
• Statins may reduce mortality in heart failure patients
• Lp(a) screening recommended in intermediate and high CV risk groups
• Population screening for Type 2 diabetes leads to survival benefit
• SPECT predicts CV events and death in asymptomatic Type 2 diabetics
• Exercise beneficial for sedentary seniors but does not improve LV compliance
• One-fifth of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors have non-shockable rhythm

Inhaled corticosteroids linked to diabetes risk Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Canadian study suggest that treatment with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids is associated with a modestly increased risk for Type 2 diabetes or progression of existing diabetes in patients with respiratory disease.

Childhood sexual abuse linked to schizophrenia risk Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Individuals who experience sexual abuse in childhood face an increased risk for developing psychotic disorders in later life, results from an Australian study suggest.

Suicide risk high in veterans with bipolar disorder or substance abuse Posted: 03 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Of all psychiatric diagnoses in military veterans, bipolar disorder is associated with greatest risk for suicide in men and substance use disorder is associated with the greatest risk in women, US research shows.

Primary and secondary bilateral breast cancers share common features Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have demonstrated that hormone receptor status, tumor grade, and histological type are strongly concordant between primary and secondary bilateral breast cancers.

Mixed QoL effects after non-hormonal prostate cancer treatment Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Sexual dysfunction and urinary problems are common after radical prostatectomy, external beam radiotherapy, and brachytherapy, say researchers who reviewed how non-hormonal prostate cancer treatments impact patient quality of life.

AIDS linked with reduced prostate cancer risk Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT US study findings show that men with AIDS have a reduced risk for prostate cancer compared with men in the general population, which the researchers suggest could be a result of reduced prostate-specific antigen screening among HIV-infected men.

Statins may reduce mortality in heart failure patients Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers say that statin use is associated with decreased all-cause mortality in elderly patients following diagnosis of heart failure.

Lp(a) screening recommended in intermediate and high CV risk groups Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT The European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel is recommending that patients at intermediate or high risk for cardiovascular disease should be screened for elevated levels of lipoprotein (Lp)(a).

Population screening for Type 2 diabetes leads to survival benefit Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a population-based cohort study suggest that individuals who are screened for Type 2 diabetes have lower long-term mortality than those who are not.

SPECT predicts CV events and death in asymptomatic Type 2 diabetics Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Type 2 diabetes patients with gated myocardial perfusion single-photon computed tomography imaging abnormalities who are otherwise asymptomatic are at high risk for cardiovascular events and death, say researchers.

Exercise beneficial for sedentary seniors but does not improve LV compliance Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that previously sedentary adults aged over 65 years cannot reverse the cardiac stiffening of years of inactivity by adopting a progressively vigorous 1-year exercise program.

One-fifth of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors have non-shockable rhythm Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Swedish study indicate that 20% of patients surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have a non-shockable rhythm at first contact.

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