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• Bipolar patients at high risk for the metabolic syndrome
• Deep TMS may reduce auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
• Obesity and weak muscles increase VTE risk
• Delirium warns of poor stroke outcomes
• ICS rescue may offer effective step-down treatment in mild asthma
• Early male baldness linked to prostate cancer risk
• Dietary protein intake linked to female fertility
• Sperm quality declines with age in infertile men
• Better pregnancy outcomes with natural FET cycles
• Uterine health more important for infant outcome than egg quality
• Laughter may be the best medicine to achieve pregnancy after IVF
• Obesity independently associated with fatal CHD
• Measures of anterior carotid IMT may identify patients at risk for CHD
• Low adiponectin raises Type 2 diabetes risk in insulin-resistant individuals
• Balaglitazone shows promise for treatment of Type 2 diabetes
• Obesity independently associated with fatal CHD
• Hypothermia improves neurological outcomes only after shockable cardiac arrest

Bipolar patients at high risk for the metabolic syndrome Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients have a high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, say Italian researchers who suggest that such patients should undergo regular risk factor assessments.

Deep TMS may reduce auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a small, preliminary Israeli study suggest that deep transcranial magnetic stimulation may help reduce chronic auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia.

Obesity and weak muscles increase VTE risk Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Obesity, particularly in combination with poor muscle strength, is an independent risk factor for new and recurrent venous thromboembolism among older men and women, data from the InCHIANTI study show.

Delirium warns of poor stroke outcomes Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Delirium affects nearly one in every eight patients with acute stroke and is a marker of poor outcomes, say researchers.

ICS rescue may offer effective step-down treatment in mild asthma Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a US study suggest that children with mild persistent asthma may benefit from inhaled corticosteroids as rescue medication with a bronchodilator as an effective step-down strategy from daily corticosteroid use.

Early male baldness linked to prostate cancer risk Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Men with prostate cancer are twice as likely to have started losing their hair by the age of 20 years compared with men without the disease, reports a French research team.

Dietary protein intake linked to female fertility Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Women with protein-deficient diets may be lowering their fertility, suggest study findings showing that expression of estrogen receptors in the liver critical for maintaining fertility is regulated by dietary amino acids.

Sperm quality declines with age in infertile men Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that infertile men show an increase in sperm concentration and diploidy, as well as a decline in semen volume and sperm vitality with increasing age.

Better pregnancy outcomes with natural FET cycles Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Women who undergo vitrification-thawed blastocyst transfer with a natural cycle have significantly better outcomes than those who undergo artificial cycles, suggest study findings.

Uterine health more important for infant outcome than egg quality Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The birthweight and gestational age of babies born via IVF is affected more by uterine health than oocyte quality, study results suggest.

Laughter may be the best medicine to achieve pregnancy after IVF Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Spending just 12-15 minutes with a professional medical clown could improve pregnancy rates for women undergoing IVF, show the results of an Israeli study.

Obesity independently associated with fatal CHD Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Obesity is associated with fatal coronary heart disease, independent of traditional risk factors and deprivation, say researchers.

Measures of anterior carotid IMT may identify patients at risk for CHD Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Researchers suggest that measures of anterior carotid intima media thickness could identify patients at risk for coronary heart disease.

Low adiponectin raises Type 2 diabetes risk in insulin-resistant individuals Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Study results suggest that the previously demonstrated link between low adiponectin levels and increased Type 2 diabetes risk is only significant in individuals who are insulin resistant.

Balaglitazone shows promise for treatment of Type 2 diabetes Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Balaglitazone 10 mg/day is less potent, but has a better side-effect profile, than pioglitazone 45 mg/day for treatment of patients with Type 2 diabetes, say researchers.

Obesity independently associated with fatal CHD Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Obesity is associated with fatal coronary heart disease, independent of traditional risk factors and deprivation, say researchers.

Hypothermia improves neurological outcomes only after shockable cardiac arrest Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The neurological outcomes of patients with ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia can be improved by administering therapeutic mild hypothermia after resuscitation, French researchers report.

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