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• Link between serious mental illness and violence supported
• SAD and symptom seasonality common in BAD patients
• Novel colorectal cancer risk index needs improvement
• VTE may not affect long-term survival
• ARB treatment fails to benefit AF patients
• Smoking rates elevated in Japanese schizophrenia patients
• Toenails can predict lung cancer risk
• Lipid parameters associated with measures of arterial stiffness
• HDL cholesterol linked to reactive hyperemia in peripheral arteries
• HbA1c levels above 5% ‘are risk factor for incident diabetes’
• Ultra-long-acting insulin shows promise in phase II trial
• US coronary revascularization rates decline over last 5 years
• NICE opens consultation on time-saving MI test
• ARB treatment fails to benefit AF patients
• Eribulin prolongs advanced breast cancer survival
• Link between obesity and prostate cancer remains ambiguous
• Psoriasis ‘not independent CVD risk factor’

Link between serious mental illness and violence supported Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a US study support a significant, but modest, association between severe mental illness and violent behaviour.

SAD and symptom seasonality common in BAD patients Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with bipolar affective disorder are significantly more likely to have seasonal affective disorder and display symptom seasonality than other patients in primary care, research shows.

Novel colorectal cancer risk index needs improvement Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST US study results indicate that a risk prediction tool based on age, gender, and colonoscopy findings does not discriminate between individuals at low or intermediate risk for advanced proximal colorectal neoplasia with clinically acceptable accuracy.

VTE may not affect long-term survival Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The long-term survival of patients with venous thromboembolism, without cancer, does not differ significantly from that of the general population once the patients pass the critical period shortly after diagnosis, Austrian researchers report.

ARB treatment fails to benefit AF patients Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Treating atrial fibrillation patients with an angiotensin-receptor blocker does not significantly reduce their risk for stroke and other vascular events, show the results of ACTIVE I.

Smoking rates elevated in Japanese schizophrenia patients Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients in Japan have elevated smoking rates compared with the general population, suggesting that the association is consistent worldwide, say researchers.

Toenails can predict lung cancer risk Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Nicotine levels in toenail samples independently predict lung cancer risk in a dose-dependent manner; men with the highest nicotine levels have the greatest risk for lung cancer, US research shows.

Lipid parameters associated with measures of arterial stiffness Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Study findings reveal significant associations between serum lipid parameters and two measures of arterial stiffness.

HDL cholesterol linked to reactive hyperemia in peripheral arteries Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Spanish researchers say that levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-1 may influence the reactivity of small peripheral arteries in patients with intermediate to high cardiovascular risk.

HbA1c levels above 5% ‘are risk factor for incident diabetes’ Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Levels of glycated hemoglobin are able to predict incident diabetes, with the risk for diabetes increasing progressively with rising values above 5.0%, US researchers believe.

Ultra-long-acting insulin shows promise in phase II trial Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST A new ultra-long-acting basal insulin offers comparable glycemic control to insulin glargine with a lower rate of hypoglycemia, a clinical proof-of-concept trial has shown.

US coronary revascularization rates decline over last 5 years Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The use of all forms of coronary revascularization has fallen in the US since 2004, according to epidemiologic study results.

NICE opens consultation on time-saving MI test Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has opened consultation on a draft medical technology guidance that recommends the use of an assay-based test to improve the diagnostic exclusion of myocardial infarction in patients with acute chest pain.

ARB treatment fails to benefit AF patients Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Treating atrial fibrillation patients with an angiotensin-receptor blocker does not significantly reduce their risk for stroke and other vascular events, show the results of ACTIVE I.

Eribulin prolongs advanced breast cancer survival Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Eribulin significantly improves overall survival among women with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer, compared with routinely available cytotoxic therapy, results from the EMBRACE study show.

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.

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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