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• DHA levels in pregnancy linked to schizophrenia risk in offspring
• One in five mood disorder patients suffer self-stigma
• Patients with hereditary gallstones overexpress Sterol Carrier Protein 2
• Cerebral oxygen saturation could aid cardiac surgery risk stratification
• Fixed operating teams cut turnover time
• Ultrasound reduces local anesthetic needs
• Anesthesiologists’ hands implicated in patient infections
• Thrombosis risk doubled in IBD patients
• Triglycerides best lipid risk marker for ischemic stroke
• COPD patients at increased risk for shingles
• Gender-specific risks for psychosis inheritance identified
• Seasonality linked to premenstrual symptoms in bipolar disorder
• NICE approves new kidney cancer treatment
• Low BMI linked to increased mortality in Asian people
• Hypertriglyceridemia and waist circumference linked to inflammation
• Triglycerides best lipid risk marker for ischemic stroke
• Thrombosis risk doubled in IBD patients
• Reducing abdominal obesity improves carotid IMT in Type 2 diabetics
• Leptin predicts bone mineral density in men with Type 2 diabetes
• NTproBNP levels may predict timing of AF onset
• Systolic BP below 140 mmHg benefits uncomplicated hypertensives
• <i>LPA</i> variants linked to vascular disease not stroke
• Complete response more important than node status after head, neck CRT
• <i>LPA</i> variants linked to vascular disease not stroke
• Cardiorespiratory fitness independently determines visceral fat accumulation
• Low socio-economic position increases risk for Type 2 diabetes
• Children with Type 1 diabetes have low cardiorespiratory fitness
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy beneficial in heart failure
• Adherence therapy improves BP control in hypertensives
• Older women have worse breast cancer survival than their younger peers
• Early male baldness linked to prostate cancer risk

DHA levels in pregnancy linked to schizophrenia risk in offspring Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Individuals born to mothers with elevated docosahexaenoic acid levels during pregnancy are at increased risk for developing schizophrenia spectrum disorders, research suggests.

One in five mood disorder patients suffer self-stigma Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a European study suggest that around a fifth of patients with bipolar disorder or depression suffer from self-stigma.

Patients with hereditary gallstones overexpress Sterol Carrier Protein 2 Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with hereditary gallstones display significant overexpression of Sterol Carrier Protein 2 compared with individuals with non-hereditary gallstones, show study results.

Cerebral oxygen saturation could aid cardiac surgery risk stratification Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with low cerebral oxygen saturation prior to on-pump cardiac surgery are at increased risk for dying after the operation, research reveals.

Fixed operating teams cut turnover time Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Conducting consecutive similar surgical cases with a fixed team of clinicians reduces turnover time, particularly for straightforward operations, Dutch researchers have found.

Ultrasound reduces local anesthetic needs Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Using ultrasound to guide local anesthetic injection in interscalene brachial plexus block reduces the required number of needle passes and volume of local anesthetic compared with using peripheral nerve stimulation, report researchers.

Anesthesiologists’ hands implicated in patient infections Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Many bacterial contaminations of anesthesia equipment during surgery originate from the hands of anesthesia providers, US research shows.

Thrombosis risk doubled in IBD patients Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are twice as likely as people who have not been diagnosed with to develop venous thromboembolism, study findings indicate.

Triglycerides best lipid risk marker for ischemic stroke Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Nonfasting triglyceride levels are strongly associated with risk for ischemic stroke, whereas total cholesterol levels are not, shows an analysis of the Copenhagen City Heart Study.

COPD patients at increased risk for shingles Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a Taiwanese study suggest that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk for herpes zoster.

Gender-specific risks for psychosis inheritance identified Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The daughters of fathers with psychosis are more likely to develop the condition than sons, while the sons of affected mothers are at greater risk than daughters, research suggests.

Seasonality linked to premenstrual symptoms in bipolar disorder Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Seasonality is significantly associated with premenstrual syndrome in women with bipolar disorder, particularly those with bipolar II disorder, researchers report.

NICE approves new kidney cancer treatment Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The UK National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence has published guidance for the National Health Service approving the use of a new drug, Pazopanib, for the treatment of kidney cancer.

Low BMI linked to increased mortality in Asian people Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that a low body mass index is associated with increased risk for death in all Asian populations.

Hypertriglyceridemia and waist circumference linked to inflammation Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Hypertriglyceridemic individuals with abdominal obesity tend to exhibit greater endothelial inflammation than healthy controls, study findings suggest.

Triglycerides best lipid risk marker for ischemic stroke Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Nonfasting triglyceride levels are strongly associated with risk for ischemic stroke, whereas total cholesterol levels are not, shows an analysis of the Copenhagen City Heart Study.

Thrombosis risk doubled in IBD patients Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are twice as likely as people who have not been diagnosed with to develop venous thromboembolism, study findings indicate.

Reducing abdominal obesity improves carotid IMT in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Reducing abdominal obesity can slow the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in Type 2 diabetics, suggest study results.

Leptin predicts bone mineral density in men with Type 2 diabetes Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Increased levels of leptin are associated with raised bone mineral density in men with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

NTproBNP levels may predict timing of AF onset Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Measuring N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients with atrial fibrillation of unknown onset may help to determine the age of the arrhythmia, according to Greek researchers.

Systolic BP below 140 mmHg benefits uncomplicated hypertensives Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from the FEVER study indicate that a target systolic blood pressure of less than 140 mmHg, as recommended by the European Society of Cardiology, improves the outcomes of all hypertensive patients, including those with a very low risk for adverse cardiovascular events.

<i>LPA</i> variants linked to vascular disease not stroke Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Genetic variation in the lipoprotein (Lp)(a) gene is associated with coronary heart disease and peripheral vascular disease, but not with stroke, show study results.

Complete response more important than node status after head, neck CRT Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Lymph node-positive patients who respond completely to concomitant chemoradiotherapy for head-and-neck-squamous cell carcinoma have a low rate of regional recurrence, without the need for neck dissection, show study results.

<i>LPA</i> variants linked to vascular disease not stroke Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Genetic variation in the lipoprotein (Lp)(a) gene is associated with coronary heart disease and peripheral vascular disease, but not with stroke, show study results.

Cardiorespiratory fitness independently determines visceral fat accumulation Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Cardiorespiratory fitness is an important determinant of visceral fat accumulation, independent of physical activity, say researchers.

Low socio-economic position increases risk for Type 2 diabetes Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that having a low socio-economic position increases a person's risk for Type 2 diabetes.

Children with Type 1 diabetes have low cardiorespiratory fitness Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Children with Type 1 diabetes have lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness than their nondiabetic peers, suggest study findings.

Cardiac resynchronization therapy beneficial in heart failure Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves symptoms, exercise capacity, and quality of life when added to optimal pharmacological therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe heart failure and a normal QRS complex, study results suggest.

Adherence therapy improves BP control in hypertensives Posted: 22 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST A course of adherence therapy may improve blood pressure control in hypertensive patients who are noncompliant with antihypertensive medication, findings from a UK study indicate.

Older women have worse breast cancer survival than their younger peers Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Women over 70 years of age have worse breast cancer relative survival – which compares survival rates among breast cancer patients with expected rates for the whole population – than women younger than age 70 years, UK researchers report.

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.

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