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• Tobacco craving increased in smokers with schizophrenia
• Fertility reduced in bipolar I disorder patients
• Pediatric anticoagulation control underestimated by current method
• Telestroke allows round-the-clock thrombolysis
• Statin plus beta-blocker may together protect against stroke after CABG
• Link between obesity and prostate cancer remains ambiguous
• Blastocyst culture could increase incidence of monozygotic twinning
• Stress of fertility treatment does not affect its success
• Frozen blastocyst transfer more successful than fresh transfer
• Elevated PCB levels reduce the chance of IVF success
• Insulin-like growth factor does not predict IVF outcome
• Call for physician education in genetic lipid disorders
• Statin plus beta-blocker may together protect against stroke after CABG
• Diabetic glycemic excursions linked with CAD presence, severity
• GFR may be underestimated in obese patients with diabetes
• CABG-treated MI patients benefit from postoperative clopidogrel
• Psoriasis ‘not independent CVD risk factor’

Tobacco craving increased in smokers with schizophrenia Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Smokers with schizophrenia have significantly higher levels of tobacco craving than smokers without the mental health condition, even when levels of nicotine dependence are similar, study results show.

Fertility reduced in bipolar I disorder patients Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Fertility rates are lower among patients with mood disorders than the general population, study results show.

Pediatric anticoagulation control underestimated by current method Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Reporting anticoagulation response to warfarin as the percentage of International Normalized Ratio values within target therapeutic range may underestimate the quality of anticoagulant control in children, UK research suggests.

Telestroke allows round-the-clock thrombolysis Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Use of telestroke to support hospitals without 24-hour neurology coverage can help to ensure high rates of thrombolysis, shows a Finnish study.

Statin plus beta-blocker may together protect against stroke after CABG Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Combining a statin with a beta blocker may reduce the risk for stroke after coronary artery bypass surgery, research suggests.

Link between obesity and prostate cancer remains ambiguous Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The link between obesity and prostate cancer remains unclear, as study results show that an elevated body mass index could marginally reduce the incidence of low-grade disease, but that measures of central adiposity have no association with overall incidence or particular disease grade.

Blastocyst culture could increase incidence of monozygotic twinning Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Culturing embryos to the blastocyst stage before uterine implantation could increase the risk for monozygotic twinning, show the results of an analysis of a large Japanese IVF cohort.

Stress of fertility treatment does not affect its success Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The feelings of tension, nervousness, and worry that women often report during fertility treatment do not affect their chances of becoming pregnant, show the results of a meta-analysis.

Frozen blastocyst transfer more successful than fresh transfer Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Vitrifying all available blastocysts created during IVF and transferring them during subsequent cycles could improve the chances of achieving a clinical pregnancy, show study findings.

Elevated PCB levels reduce the chance of IVF success Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Elevated serum polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations increase the likelihood for failed embryo implantation during IVF, show study results.

Insulin-like growth factor does not predict IVF outcome Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Follicular fluid levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 do not predict clinical outcomes after IVF, report researchers.

Call for physician education in genetic lipid disorders Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Physicians need educating in order to improve the treatment of genetic lipid disorders, say Norwegian clinicians.

Statin plus beta-blocker may together protect against stroke after CABG Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Combining a statin with a beta blocker may reduce the risk for stroke after coronary artery bypass surgery, research suggests.

Diabetic glycemic excursions linked with CAD presence, severity Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Diurnal fluctuations in glycemia are associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes, research suggests.

GFR may be underestimated in obese patients with diabetes Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST A widely used formula for measuring glomerular filtration rate significantly underestimates this variable in obese individuals with Type 2 diabetes, UK researchers have shown.

CABG-treated MI patients benefit from postoperative clopidogrel Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The outcomes of myocardial infarction patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery may be improved if they take clopidogrel postoperatively, Danish researchers suggest.

Psoriasis ‘not independent CVD risk factor’ Posted: 30 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis without cardiovascular disease or its traditional risk factors have normal endothelial function, a UK study shows.

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