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• Distinctive characteristics distinguish bipolar disorder II from I
• Obesity ‘does not predict CHD risk in patients on atypical antipsychotics’
• Abdominal fat best obesity indicator for erosive esophagitis
• Warfarin-associated bleeding has considerable clinical impact
• Point-of-care lab halves time to thrombolysis
• Bevacizumab may increase heart failure risk in breast cancer patients
• Lowering carbohydrate intake may decrease cardiometabolic risk in normal-weight females
• Lifestyle changes in youth may prevent dyslipidemia later in life
• Overweight alone raises diabetes risk in absence of the metabolic syndrome
• Diabetics have high mortality and complications after CABG surgery
• ACS outcome better if due to coronary spasm not obstruction
• Hyperemic velocity may predict future CV risk in healthy men
• Bevacizumab may increase heart failure risk in breast cancer patients
• Mitotic activity index superior to other breast cancer prediction tools
• DCIS outcome may depend on treating surgeon

Distinctive characteristics distinguish bipolar disorder II from I Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST A distinct set of characteristics distinguishes bipolar II disorder from bipolar I disorder, and can be adopted for differential diagnosis in clinical practice, say Korean researchers.

Obesity ‘does not predict CHD risk in patients on atypical antipsychotics’ Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Obesity is not an independent predictor for the 10-year risk for coronary heart disease events in patients without the metabolic syndrome who are taking atypical antipsychotics, study findings suggest.

Abdominal fat best obesity indicator for erosive esophagitis Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Abdominal obesity, rather than obesity per se, is a good indicator of the likelihood of people having erosive esophagitis, say researchers.

Warfarin-associated bleeding has considerable clinical impact Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Nearly half of patients with warfarin-associated bleeding require surgical intervention, and one in ten with major bleeds die, study findings indicate.

Point-of-care lab halves time to thrombolysis Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Performing laboratory measurements on stroke patients at the site of computed tomography reduces time from admission to thrombolysis decision by about half, report researchers.

Bevacizumab may increase heart failure risk in breast cancer patients Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Bevacizumab is associated with an increased risk for heart failure in patients with metastatic breast cancer, a review of randomized trials shows.

Lowering carbohydrate intake may decrease cardiometabolic risk in normal-weight females Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Research suggests that reducing carbohydrate intake can decrease cardiometabolic risk in women of a normal weight.

Lifestyle changes in youth may prevent dyslipidemia later in life Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Lifestyle changes between youth and adulthood may have an effect on blood lipid and lipoprotein levels later in life, results from an Australian study suggest.

Overweight alone raises diabetes risk in absence of the metabolic syndrome Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Overweight or obesity in the absence of the metabolic syndrome can significantly raise a man's risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, show study findings.

Diabetics have high mortality and complications after CABG surgery Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis show that patients with Type 2 diabetes who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery have significantly increased mortality and peri- and postoperative complications compared with nondiabetics.

ACS outcome better if due to coronary spasm not obstruction Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Acute coronary syndrome patients with proven coronary artery spasm but no obstructive lesion have a much higher 3-year survival rate than those with coronary artery obstruction, findings from a German study indicate.

Hyperemic velocity may predict future CV risk in healthy men Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Hyperemic velocity measurements may improve the predictive accuracy of cardiovascular risk assessment tools in healthy men at low-to-intermediate risk for cardiovascular disease, study results suggest.

Bevacizumab may increase heart failure risk in breast cancer patients Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Bevacizumab is associated with an increased risk for heart failure in patients with metastatic breast cancer, a review of randomized trials shows.

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.

DCIS outcome may depend on treating surgeon Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Surgical treatment, receipt of radiation therapy, and margin status vary considerably among patients with ductal carcinoma in situ depending on the treating surgeon, US research shows.

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