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• Overweight babies may have decreased risk for asthma
• Stigma, empowerment, social network influence QoL in schizophrenia
• Psychological disability presents early in affective disorders
• Electronic medical records could help identify patients at risk for prostate cancer
• Rare <i>LPL</i> gene variants common in hypertriglyceridemia
• Risks of low cholesterol highlighted
• Polymorphism in <i>PSCA</i> increases risk for non-cardia gastric cancer
• Exercise improves HF survival by reducing depression
• Milk consumption may reduce CVD risk
• Pre-emptive warfarin dose adjustment can adversely affect INR
• Recurrence warning for young stroke patients
• Risk factor stratification indicates outcome in prostate surveillance patients
• Weight lifting does not increase breast cancer-related lymphedema
• High BED prostate brachytherapy yields excellent long-term outcomes
• Omega-3 Index reflects diet, vascular risk in adolescents
• Weight has U-shaped association with AMI mortality
• Atherogenic dyslipidemia ratio can assess residual cardiometabolic risk
• Nephropathy progression in hypertensive Type 2 diabetes common
• Invasive therapy benefits elderly AMI patients
• CV mortality in elderly unaffected by vitamin D, PTH

Overweight babies may have decreased risk for asthma Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Being overweight during infancy appears to reduce the risk for asthma in genetically susceptible individuals, research suggests.

Stigma, empowerment, social network influence QoL in schizophrenia Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients with a poor social network experience stigma and a lack of empowerment that results in depression and, in turn, in poor quality of life, study results show.

Psychological disability presents early in affective disorders Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Functional disability is already pronounced in young people in the early stages of affective and anxiety disorders, and deteriorates with advancing clinical stage, study results show.

Electronic medical records could help identify patients at risk for prostate cancer Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Electronic medical records could improve the identification of men at risk for developing prostate cancer by triggering an evaluation in patients with identifiable risk factors, study result show.

Rare <i>LPL</i> gene variants common in hypertriglyceridemia Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Rare variants in the lipoprotein lipase gene are highly prevalent in people with hypertriglyceridemia but uncommon in Type III hyperlipidemia, a German team has found.

Risks of low cholesterol highlighted Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Low cholesterol may be a more important health indicator than high cholesterol in communities where vascular disease is uncommon, say Japanese researchers.

Polymorphism in <i>PSCA</i> increases risk for non-cardia gastric cancer Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Caucasian individuals with a variation at the rs2294008 polymorphism of the prostate stem cell antigen gene have an increased risk for developing non-cardia gastric cancer and its precursors, suggest study findings.

Exercise improves HF survival by reducing depression Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Structured exercise training may reduce long-term mortality risk among heart failure patients by alleviating depressive symptoms, US researchers report.

Milk consumption may reduce CVD risk Posted: 21 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Individuals who consume milk may have a lower risk for cardiovascular disease than those who do not, results of a large meta-analysis suggest.

Pre-emptive warfarin dose adjustment can adversely affect INR Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Pre-emptive warfarin dose-reduction among patients initiating prednisone therapy increases the likelihood of a subtherapeutic international normalized ratio compared with reactive warfarin dose adjustment, US researchers report.

Recurrence warning for young stroke patients Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Nearly one in 10 young stroke patients will suffer a recurrence within 5 years, research shows.

Risk factor stratification indicates outcome in prostate surveillance patients Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Risk factor stratification, incorporating clinical factors available at diagnostic and follow-up biopsies, can indicate the likelihood of disease progression in prostate cancer patients treated with active surveillance, say researchers.

Weight lifting does not increase breast cancer-related lymphedema Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A program of slowly progressive weight lifting does not increase the incidence of lymphedema among breast cancer survivors, US study findings indicate.

High BED prostate brachytherapy yields excellent long-term outcomes Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Receiving a high biologically effective dose during treatment for prostate cancer with brachytherapy results in excellent long-term survival, show findings of a 12-year study.

Omega-3 Index reflects diet, vascular risk in adolescents Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The amount of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in erythrocyte membranes is associated with diet and cardiovascular risk in adolescents, study findings show.

Weight has U-shaped association with AMI mortality Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Body weight is associated with mortality following acute myocardial infarction, with both underweight and overweight conferring an increased risk, reports an Israeli team.

Atherogenic dyslipidemia ratio can assess residual cardiometabolic risk Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST A lipoprotein ratio that estimates atherogenic dyslipidemia can be used to assess residual cardiometabolic risk and glucose homeostasis in men with Type 2 diabetes, researchers claim.

Nephropathy progression in hypertensive Type 2 diabetes common Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST The risk for progression of nephropathy among patients with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension may be higher than previously believed, research suggests.

Invasive therapy benefits elderly AMI patients Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a large Polish study indicate that invasive treatment of acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock in patients aged 75 years or older reduces 6-month mortality risk compared with noninvasive treatment.

CV mortality in elderly unaffected by vitamin D, PTH Posted: 20 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Serum levels of 25D, 1,252D, and intact parathyroid hormone may not influence cardiovascular mortality risk in patients aged 60 years or older, US researchers report.

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