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• COPD significantly reduces health-related quality of life
• Siblings of nonaffective psychosis patients at increased risk for movement disorders
• Certain toxic trace elements may be elevated in bipolar disorder
• Active Crohn’s disease complicates pregnancy and childbirth
• Pharmacogenetic algorithms most accurately predict warfarin dose
• Hepatic vein thrombosis linked to PE in liver surgery patients
• Pharmacogenetic algorithms most accurately predict warfarin dose
• Low-dose ionizing radiation after heart attack increases cancer risk
• HDL outperforms apoliproteins in CAC prediction
• Abdominal fat linked to adverse cardiometabolic risk profile
• Pay-for-performance exclusion increases diabetes care disparities
• <i>ACE</i> genotype predicts risk for severe hypoglycemia in Type 2 diabetics
• Women have faster functional decline from PAD than men
• Low adverse outcome rates occur with sirolimus-eluting stents
• Low-dose ionizing radiation after heart attack increases cancer risk

COPD significantly reduces health-related quality of life Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with significant reductions in health-related quality of life, even among patients with mild airway obstruction, European research confirms.

Siblings of nonaffective psychosis patients at increased risk for movement disorders Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a Dutch study show that the unaffected siblings of patients with nonaffective psychosis are at increased risk for movement disorders.

Certain toxic trace elements may be elevated in bipolar disorder Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a Spanish study suggest that patients with bipolar disorder have elevated levels of some toxic trace elements.

Active Crohn’s disease complicates pregnancy and childbirth Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Women with active Crohn's disease, particularly of the perianal region, are more likely to require a cesarean section than women with inactive CD, say researchers.

Pharmacogenetic algorithms most accurately predict warfarin dose Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Formal pharmacogenetic algorithms are the most accurate available method for predicting warfarin dose, although genetic tables such as the one recently added to the warfarin product label are more accurate than empiric dosing, a US study finds.

Hepatic vein thrombosis linked to PE in liver surgery patients Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Local injury during or after liver resection may increase the risk for pulmonary embolism arising from hepatic vein thrombosis, according to a French case report.

Pharmacogenetic algorithms most accurately predict warfarin dose Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Formal pharmacogenetic algorithms are the most accurate available method for predicting warfarin dose, although genetic tables such as the one recently added to the warfarin product label are more accurate than empiric dosing, a US study finds.

Low-dose ionizing radiation after heart attack increases cancer risk Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Heart attack patients who undergo cardiac imaging and other therapeutic procedures that expose them to low-dose ionizing radiation are at increased risk for developing cancer, report Canadian researchers.

HDL outperforms apoliproteins in CAC prediction Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol outperform apolipoprotein A-I and A-II in predicting the extent of coronary artery calcification in patients with and without Type 2 diabetes, study findings suggest.

Abdominal fat linked to adverse cardiometabolic risk profile Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue is associated with adverse cardiometabolic risk profiles in Caucasian and African–American adults, say researchers.

Pay-for-performance exclusion increases diabetes care disparities Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Allowing UK physicians to exclude patients from pay-for-performance programs may worsen disparities in diabetes care, say researchers.

<i>ACE</i> genotype predicts risk for severe hypoglycemia in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Research shows that patients with Type 2 diabetes who are homozygous for the D allele of a common polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme gene have more than double the risk for severe hypoglycemia than those with other genotypes.

Women have faster functional decline from PAD than men Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Women with peripheral arterial disease experience loss of function and mobility at a faster rate than men with the same condition, according to results from a US study.

Low adverse outcome rates occur with sirolimus-eluting stents Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The use of sirolimus-eluting stents during percutaneous coronary intervention in unselected coronary artery disease patients is associated with acceptably low 2-year rates of adverse cardiac outcomes, US study findings suggest.

Low-dose ionizing radiation after heart attack increases cancer risk Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Heart attack patients who undergo cardiac imaging and other therapeutic procedures that expose them to low-dose ionizing radiation are at increased risk for developing cancer, report Canadian researchers.

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