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• Asthma may affect reading achievement in young children
• Long-term suicide risk remains elevated after first episode of psychosis
• Women with bipolar I disorder have increased levels of sexual interest
• Wireless capsule endoscopy shines light on pediatric small bowel CD lesions
• Novel VTE risk score may aid appropriate use of thromboprophyaxis
• Thrombolysis urged in patients with concomitant diabetes, prior stroke
• Some intermediate-risk patients eligible for prostate cancer surveillance
• Erythropoietin treatment may be linked to trastuzumab resistance
• Lifestyle ‘tool-kit’ well-received by ADT-treated prostate cancer patients
• SNPs in <i>LPA</i> gene region linked to carotid artery disease risk
• Low glycemic diet reduces risk for the metabolic syndrome
• Azelnidipine shows cardioprotective promise in diabetic rats
• MI risk rises soon after RA diagnosis
• Post-MI AF rate higher than previously anticipated

Asthma may affect reading achievement in young children Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Children with asthma score lower on measures of reading achievement than nonasthmatic children 12 months after starting school, New Zealand researchers have found.

Long-term suicide risk remains elevated after first episode of psychosis Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The risk for suicide among patients with a first episode of psychosis remains significantly elevated for at least 10 years after initial presentation, UK research shows.

Women with bipolar I disorder have increased levels of sexual interest Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Women with bipolar I disorder have higher levels of sexual interest than those with bipolar II disorder and mentally healthy women, research suggests.

Wireless capsule endoscopy shines light on pediatric small bowel CD lesions Posted: 07 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Wireless capsule endoscopy not only reveals small bowel lesions in children with a previous Crohn's disease diagnosis, but also may assist in unclassified and suspected pediatric inflammatory bowel disease cases, say Italian researchers.

Novel VTE risk score may aid appropriate use of thromboprophyaxis Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A risk-assessment model developed by Italian scientists has proven accurate for distinguishing between medical patients at high- versus low-risk for venous thromboembolism.

Thrombolysis urged in patients with concomitant diabetes, prior stroke Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Stroke patients can benefit from thrombolysis even if they have concomitant diabetes or a prior stroke, shows an analysis of VISTA.

Some intermediate-risk patients eligible for prostate cancer surveillance Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Using careful risk stratification, more men diagnosed with prostate cancer could be eligible for at least a trial of active surveillance, says a US research team.

Erythropoietin treatment may be linked to trastuzumab resistance Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The erythropoietin receptor is coexpressed with the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in a large proportion of women with breast cancer, say researchers who found that treatment with erythropoietin may confer resistance to trastuzumab treatment in women who overexpress both receptors.

Lifestyle ‘tool-kit’ well-received by ADT-treated prostate cancer patients Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST An educational "tool-kit" designed to improve the well-being of prostate cancer patients being treated with androgen deprivation therapy is received well by both patients and their clinicians, report the kit's French creators.

SNPs in <i>LPA</i> gene region linked to carotid artery disease risk Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the lipoprotein (Lp)(a) gene region are associated with an increased risk for carotid artery disease, via significant effects on Lp(a) levels, US researchers report.

Low glycemic diet reduces risk for the metabolic syndrome Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A lifestyle that includes a low glycemic diet may improve cardiometabolic risk profiles, US research suggests.

Azelnidipine shows cardioprotective promise in diabetic rats Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Treatment with azelnidipine, a long-acting dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, lowers the risk for hyperglycemia and may have cardioprotective properties, a study in rats suggests.

MI risk rises soon after RA diagnosis Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The risk for myocardial infarction increases by 60% by 1 year after a patient is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, results of a large-scale Swedish study suggest.

Post-MI AF rate higher than previously anticipated Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A substudy of the CARISMA trial indicates that new-onset atrial fibrillation after myocardial infarction may occur at a rate four times higher than that suggested by previous studies.

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