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• Asthma treatment increases with socioeconomic status
• Three age at onset groupings identified in bipolar patients
• Violence common in untreated patients with first-episode psychosis
• Hip fracture linked to increased stroke risk
• Mitotic activity index superior to other breast cancer prediction tools
• Unbalanced maternal lipid profiles increase children’s risk for congenital heart disease
• HDL cholesterol and CV risk association not affected by statins
• Concomitant diabetes and depression increases mortality in women
• Blood pressure extremes increase CVD event risk in diabetic patients
• Concomitant diabetes and depression increases mortality in women
• Over one-fifth of US patients with ICDs lack suitable indication
• Dabigatran suitable alternative to warfarin in elective cardioversion

Asthma treatment increases with socioeconomic status Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Asthma patients of high socioeconomic status are up to 50% more likely than those of low SES to take inhaled corticosteroids, a study has shown.

Three age at onset groupings identified in bipolar patients Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients can be divided into three groups based on age-at-onset distributions, with patients in the earliest AAO group at greatest risk for suicide attempts, research shows.

Violence common in untreated patients with first-episode psychosis Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST A significant proportion of patients with first-episode psychosis commit acts of violence before presenting for treatment, results of a systematic review and meta-analysis show.

Hip fracture linked to increased stroke risk Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with hip fracture have an increased risk for stroke in the year following injury, researchers report.

Mitotic activity index superior to other breast cancer prediction tools Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The mitotic activity index is prognostically superior to both Adjuvant! and the Norwegian Breast Cancer Group guidelines when used to predict survival in patients with lymph node-negative breast cancer younger than 55 years of age, study findings indicate.

Unbalanced maternal lipid profiles increase children’s risk for congenital heart disease Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Unbalanced maternal lipid levels are associated with increased risk for congenital heart disease in children, results of the Haven study suggest.

HDL cholesterol and CV risk association not affected by statins Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Statin therapy does not alter associations between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and cardiovascular outcomes, results of a large meta-analysis suggest.

Concomitant diabetes and depression increases mortality in women Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality are significantly higher in women with diabetes and depression than those with one or neither condition, show results from the Nurses' Health Study.

Blood pressure extremes increase CVD event risk in diabetic patients Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST High systolic and low diastolic blood pressure increase the risk for cardiovascular disease events in patients with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers from the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial.

Concomitant diabetes and depression increases mortality in women Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality are significantly higher in women with diabetes and depression than those with one or neither condition, show results from the Nurses' Health Study.

Over one-fifth of US patients with ICDs lack suitable indication Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST More than 20% of US patients recently fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator received the device for a non-evidence-based indication, study findings show.

Dabigatran suitable alternative to warfarin in elective cardioversion Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from the RE-LY study show that the oral direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran has similar safety and efficacy to warfarin in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing cardioversion.

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