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• Cardiometabolic risk remains high, but stable with long-term antipsychotic treatment
• Low birth weight linked to affective disorders, schizophrenia
• Medical VTE risk factors common to both inpatients, outpatients
• Call to remove thrombolysis age limit
• Immediate, not salvage RT improves prostate cancer survival
• Research confirms four-part predictive model for prostate cancer
• Lifetime breast cancer risks vary by subtype, race/ethnicity
• First-borns have greater metabolic and obesity risk
• Statins beneficial in patients with abnormal liver tests
• Low-dose sulfonylureas may not delay diabetes in IFG patients
• Glucose regulation impacts on ranibizumab efficacy in diabetic macular edema
• CT angiography trumps exercise ECG for low-risk CAD diagnosis
• AF prediction tool valid across different cohorts

Cardiometabolic risk remains high, but stable with long-term antipsychotic treatment Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients established on long-term antipsychotic treatment show fewer metabolic changes than in the early stages of treatment, but they continue to have a high burden of cardiovascular risk.

Low birth weight linked to affective disorders, schizophrenia Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a Danish study suggest that individuals born prematurely and those with a low birth weight face increased risk for affective disorders and schizophrenia in later life.

Medical VTE risk factors common to both inpatients, outpatients Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Outpatients reporting venous thrombotic events to general practitioners in Italy have a high prevalence of the same medical diseases associated with VTE among patients treated in hospital, research shows.

Call to remove thrombolysis age limit Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Stroke patients older than 80 years receive as much benefit from thrombolysis as do their younger counterparts, shows a major collaborative study.

Immediate, not salvage RT improves prostate cancer survival Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Immediate adjuvant radiotherapy improves biochemical disease-free survival in prostate cancer patients with an adverse pathology at radical prostatectomy, compared with delaying radiotherapy until prostate-specific antigen relapse, say Belgian researchers.

Research confirms four-part predictive model for prostate cancer Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Research results confirm that a statistical model based on biomarkers related to prostate-specific antigen can predict the presence of prostate cancer before biopsy, while reducing the number of biopsies undertaken without missing significant disease.

Lifetime breast cancer risks vary by subtype, race/ethnicity Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Women have a higher lifetime risk for developing luminal breast cancer than any other subtype, but the risk varies significantly by race/ethnicity, US study data show.

First-borns have greater metabolic and obesity risk Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Research suggests that birth order is associated with body mass, adiposity, and metabolic risk in young adult Brazilian men.

Statins beneficial in patients with abnormal liver tests Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Findings from the Greek Atorvastatin and Coronary Heart Disease Evaluation study suggest that statin therapy reduces cardiovascular events and improves liver function in patients with moderately abnormal liver tests.

Low-dose sulfonylureas may not delay diabetes in IFG patients Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST A Swedish trial suggests that adding a low-dose sulfonylurea to lifestyle changes does not delay the development of diabetes among individuals with impaired fasting glucose levels.

Glucose regulation impacts on ranibizumab efficacy in diabetic macular edema Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Glucose control influences the outcome of ranibizumab treatment for diabetic macular edema, researchers report.

CT angiography trumps exercise ECG for low-risk CAD diagnosis Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST Computed tomography coronary angiography detects coronary artery disease more accurately than exercise electrocardiography in chest pain patients with a low-to-intermediate risk for the condition, researchers suggest.

AF prediction tool valid across different cohorts Posted: 28 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST An algorithm developed in the Framingham Heart Study to identify people at high risk for incident atrial fibrillation is valid in two other geographically and racially diverse cohorts, say researchers.

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