Medical News

---

• Airway monitoring improves asthma control in cold and flu season
• Borderline personality disorder prevalent in schizophrenia
• Remitted bipolar I and II disorder patients show significant functional impairments
• MR imaging tracks lifestyle change effects in patients at high risk for Type 2 diabetes
• HDL anti-oxidant activity linked to risk for adverse CV events
• EST followed by LBD has least complications for bile duct stone removal
• MR imaging tracks lifestyle change effects in patients at high risk for Type 2 diabetes
• CLOSURE I: PFO closure fails to improve outcomes in cryptogenic stroke
• Physical disorders linked to suicide risk in mood disorder patients
• Schizophrenia symptom severity influenced by menstrual cycle
• Educated women are less likely to die from breast cancer
• PSA still correlates with prostate tumor volume in contemporary patients
• Future pregnancy after gestational diabetes does not increase diabetes risk
• Sebacic acid reduces postprandial glucose levels
• Future pregnancy after gestational diabetes does not increase diabetes risk
• ASCEND-HF: Nesiritide well tolerated, but little effect on HF symptoms or mortality
• RAFT demonstrates benefit of ICD-CRT in mild-to-moderate HF

Airway monitoring improves asthma control in cold and flu season Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a US study suggest that airway monitoring during the cold and flu season improves disease control in patients with asthma.

Borderline personality disorder prevalent in schizophrenia Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is common in patients with schizophrenia and has a negative effect on disease course and outcomes, study results show.

Remitted bipolar I and II disorder patients show significant functional impairments Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with bipolar I and II disorder who are in remission show significant and similar levels of functional impairment, researchers have found.

MR imaging tracks lifestyle change effects in patients at high risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST A lifestyle intervention with optimized nutrition and controlled physical activity significantly reduces visceral adipose tissue and hepatic lipids in patients at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, research shows.

HDL anti-oxidant activity linked to risk for adverse CV events Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST The anti-oxidant activity of high-density lipoproteins can be used to predict risk for adverse cardiovascular events in patients with systolic heart failure, says a US research team.

EST followed by LBD has least complications for bile duct stone removal Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Endoscopic sphincterotomy followed by large balloon dilation is equally effective, but results in fewer complications, than EST followed by mechanical lithotripsy for the removal of large bile duct stones, show study results.

MR imaging tracks lifestyle change effects in patients at high risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST A lifestyle intervention with optimized nutrition and controlled physical activity significantly reduces visceral adipose tissue and hepatic lipids in patients at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, research shows.

CLOSURE I: PFO closure fails to improve outcomes in cryptogenic stroke Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Closure of patent foramen ovale using the STARFlex® device plus medical therapy is ineffective for improving outcomes in cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack patients when compared with medical therapy alone, show results from CLOSURE I.

Physical disorders linked to suicide risk in mood disorder patients Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Respiratory illness, hypertension, and number of physical conditions are significantly associated with suicidal behavior in patients with a history of mood disorders, researchers have found.

Schizophrenia symptom severity influenced by menstrual cycle Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Symptom severity fluctuates over the menstrual cycle in women with schizophrenia, say researchers who also found that increased levels of the hormone oxytocin are associated with reduced schizophrenia symptom severity in both genders.

Educated women are less likely to die from breast cancer Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Women are more likely to die after a breast cancer diagnosis if they have low individual socio-economic status or live in a community with low socio-economic status, study findings indicate.

PSA still correlates with prostate tumor volume in contemporary patients Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Prostate-specific antigen correlates significantly with prostate size only in the largest prostate glands, but it is strongly associated with tumor volume in small, medium, or large prostates, show US study results.

Future pregnancy after gestational diabetes does not increase diabetes risk Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Subsequent pregnancy alone may not increase the risk for diabetes development among women who experience gestational diabetes during their first pregnancy, Canadian researchers report.

Sebacic acid reduces postprandial glucose levels Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Orally administered sebacic acid reduces postprandial blood glucose levels among patients with Type 2 diabetes and healthy individuals, researchers report.

Future pregnancy after gestational diabetes does not increase diabetes risk Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Subsequent pregnancy alone may not increase the risk for diabetes development among women who experience gestational diabetes during their first pregnancy, Canadian researchers report.

ASCEND-HF: Nesiritide well tolerated, but little effect on HF symptoms or mortality Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Treatment with the vasodilator nesiritide does not increase adverse outcomes in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, but dyspnea and mortality benefits are limited, say researchers from the ASCEND-HF trial.

RAFT demonstrates benefit of ICD-CRT in mild-to-moderate HF Posted: 15 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Adding cardiac resynchronization therapy to an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and optimal medical therapy significantly reduces the risk for death and hospitalization for heart failure in patients with mild-to-moderate HF and a wide QRS complex, results of the RAFT trial demonstrate.

You are subscribed to email updates from MedWire Medical News Combined Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610