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• Osteoporosis education program improves care for asthma patients
• with schizophrenia have deactivation failure in DMN when judging emotion
• Mixed-mood states increase suicide risk in fathers postpartum
• ALND not always warranted in breast cancer patients
• Measures of IMT and apoB/apoA-I may identify patients at high CV risk
• High blood pressure and cholesterol levels in USA are ‘out of control’
• Best insulin analog for reaching HbA1c target in Type 2 diabetes determined
• HbA1c cut-off identified for increased sight-threatening retinopathy risk
• Lack of sleep may raise CV disease risk
• Cardiac resynchronization with defibrillator more effective in women than men

Osteoporosis education program improves care for asthma patients Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a US study show that an educational program designed specifically for pulmonary specialists improves adherence to osteoporosis management guidelines for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

with schizophrenia have deactivation failure in DMN when judging emotion Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with schizophrenia exhibit a failure of deactivation in the default mode network (DMN) when viewing facial expressions of emotion, researchers report.

Mixed-mood states increase suicide risk in fathers postpartum Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Mixed-mood episodes in fathers during the postpartum period are associated with a significant increased risk for suicide, Brazilian researchers have found.

ALND not always warranted in breast cancer patients Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Certain women with breast cancer who undergo sentinel lymph node dissection do not benefit from the addition of axillary lymph node dissection to their treatment plan, results of a phase III clinical trial show.

Measures of IMT and apoB/apoA-I may identify patients at high CV risk Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Measures of carotid intima-media thickness are significantly higher in hypercholesterolemic patients who carry a defective low-density lipoprotein-receptor gene compared with their peers without the defect, shows study findings.

High blood pressure and cholesterol levels in USA are ‘out of control’ Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST High blood pressure and cholesterol are "out of control" in the USA, with many adults not receiving effective treatment for their condition, suggests findings in the latest Vital Signs report.

Best insulin analog for reaching HbA1c target in Type 2 diabetes determined Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST A larger proportion of Type 2 diabetes patients can achieve a glycated hemoglobin target of less than 7% if they are treated with biphasic or prandial rather than basal insulin, report researchers.

HbA1c cut-off identified for increased sight-threatening retinopathy risk Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Having a glycated hemoglobin value above 8.0% significantly increases the risk for sight-threatening retinopathy in patients with diabetes, show Indian study findings.

Lack of sleep may raise CV disease risk Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The results of a large meta-analysis indicate that individuals who routinely sleep for less than 6 hours per night may have an increased risk for stroke and coronary heart disease-related mortality.

Cardiac resynchronization with defibrillator more effective in women than men Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a subanalysis of the MADIT-CRT trial indicate that women who receive cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator to prevent heart failure have a significantly lower risk for death or heart failure than men with the same device.

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