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• BD II patients exhibit distinct cognitive deficits
• Arousal to aversive stimuli decreased in schizophrenia patients
• Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genotypes increase gastric cancer risk
• Anti-PF4/heparin antibodies linked to DVT after orthopedic surgery
• AHA releases first statement on CVT
• AHA releases first statement on CVT
• Patients with schizophrenia have deactivation failure in DMN when judging emotion
• Patients with diabetes have increased risk for kidney cancer
• MicroRNA-126 overexpression predicts poor survival in lung cancer patients
• Lipid-lowering therapy continues to reduce mortality after trial discontinuation
• Addition of Etidronate to statins reduces plaques in hypercholesterolemic patients
• DURATION-5: Once-weekly superior to twice-daily exenatide
• Patients with diabetes have increased risk for kidney cancer
• Cardiac enzyme elevation after CABG predicts increased mortality risk
• Troponin I levels linked to adverse cardiac event risk in AF patients
• ALND not always warranted in breast cancer patients

BD II patients exhibit distinct cognitive deficits Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with bipolar II disorder exhibit cognitive deficits in working and verbal memory, and inhibitory control, results from a review and meta-analysis of published studies suggest.

Arousal to aversive stimuli decreased in schizophrenia patients Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients have reduced arousal when viewing aversive pictures compared with bipolar disorder patients and mentally healthy individuals, researchers have found.

Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genotypes increase gastric cancer risk Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA s1/m1 gene variants are associated with increased risk for advanced gastric preneoplastic lesions that are likely to progress, say researchers.

Anti-PF4/heparin antibodies linked to DVT after orthopedic surgery Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients who develop immunoglobulin G antibodies to the platelet factor 4/heparin complex following total knee or hip arthroplasty have an increased risk for deep vein thrombosis, Japanese researchers report.

AHA releases first statement on CVT Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The American Heart Association outlines a diagnostic and management pathway for patients with cerebral venous thrombosis, in its first statement on the condition.

AHA releases first statement on CVT Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The American Heart Association outlines a diagnostic and management pathway for patients with cerebral venous thrombosis, in its first statement on the condition.

Patients 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 when viewing facial expressions of emotion, researchers report.

Patients with diabetes have increased risk for kidney cancer Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with diabetes have a significantly increased risk for developing kidney cancer compared with nondiabetics, suggest results from a meta-analysis.

MicroRNA-126 overexpression predicts poor survival in lung cancer patients Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Overexpression of microRNA-126 independently predicts shorter survival among patients with surgically resected nonsmall cell lung cancer, study findings indicate.

Lipid-lowering therapy continues to reduce mortality after trial discontinuation Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Rates of all-cause and coronary heart disease-specific mortality continue to fall in patients receiving lipid-lowering therapy after discontinuation of randomized treatment, shows a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Addition of Etidronate to statins reduces plaques in hypercholesterolemic patients Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Findings of a Japanese study suggest that a combination of atorvastatin and etidronate could be a potential treatment method for reducing thoracic and abdominal aortic plaques in patients with hypercholesterolemia.

DURATION-5: Once-weekly superior to twice-daily exenatide Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Treatment of Type 2 diabetes patients with once-weekly rather than twice-daily exenatide results in superior glycemic control and reduced side-effects, show results from the DURATION-5 trial.

Patients with diabetes have increased risk for kidney cancer Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with diabetes have a significantly increased risk for developing kidney cancer compared with nondiabetics, suggest results from a meta-analysis.

Cardiac enzyme elevation after CABG predicts increased mortality risk Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients who experience any degree of cardiac muscle damage during coronary artery bypass graft surgery may have an increased intermediate- and long-term risk for death, study findings suggest.

Troponin I levels linked to adverse cardiac event risk in AF patients Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients who have slightly elevated troponin I levels on hospital admission for atrial fibrillation may be at increased risk for death from any cause and major adverse cardiac events, study results indicate.

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.

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