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• Impulsivity is trait feature in adolescent bipolar disorder
• Illness beliefs impact QoL in early psychosis
• Thromboxane levels elevated in women at risk for pre-eclampsia
• Recent TIA may be protective in stroke patients
• Comorbidity-specific data could assist prostate cancer survival assessment
• Obesity impacts endometrial cancer risk, not prognosis
• First trimester opioid analgesic use linked to congenital heart defects
• Hot flashes may not increase cardiovascular risk
• Progestin OCs associated with favorable cardiovascular risk profile
• Women desire option for immediate postpartum contraception
• Mediterranean diet cardiometabolic benefits confirmed
• Fitness level, abdominal fat linked to cardiometabolic risk
• Olmesartan delays microalbuminuria onset in Type 2 diabetics
• Low serum potassium may increase diabetes risk
• PCI more cost effective in severe than mild angina

Impulsivity is trait feature in adolescent bipolar disorder Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Impulsivity is a trait-based feature of adolescent bipolar disorder and thus a core feature of the illness, study results have confirmed.

Illness beliefs impact QoL in early psychosis Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT The way in which individuals with psychosis perceive their illness has a significant impact on their quality of life and, by extension, overall outcome, study results show.

Thromboxane levels elevated in women at risk for pre-eclampsia Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Pregnant women at risk for pre-eclampsia have elevated thromboxane excretion compared with healthy pregnant women, which can be reduced with low-dose aspirin treatment, Swedish research shows.

Recent TIA may be protective in stroke patients Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT The presence of a recent transient ischemic attack may improve prognosis in patients with ischemic stroke, shows a large French study.

Comorbidity-specific data could assist prostate cancer survival assessment Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Study findings show that relatively few men older than 65 years with localized, moderately differentiated prostate cancer will die from the disease within the 10 years after diagnosis.

Obesity impacts endometrial cancer risk, not prognosis Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Study findings suggest that obesity puts women at risk for endometrial cancer of any stage or grade.

First trimester opioid analgesic use linked to congenital heart defects Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Women planning to conceive or who are in the early stages of pregnancy should carefully consider their analgesic treatment options, suggest US study findings showing significant associations between opioid analgesics and a number of congenital heart defects.

Hot flashes may not increase cardiovascular risk Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report that women who experience vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes at menopause onset have a reduced risk for major cardiovascular disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality, compared with women who have no symptoms.

Progestin OCs associated with favorable cardiovascular risk profile Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT The type of progestin exposure, rather than duration of exposure, or changes in iron stores in the body, best predict flow-mediated dilation in women taking oral contraceptives, say researchers.

Women desire option for immediate postpartum contraception Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that just a third of women are counseled about contraception in the antepartum and immediate postpartum period, despite nearly a quarter desiring post-placental intrauterine device placement, if available.

Mediterranean diet cardiometabolic benefits confirmed Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Findings from a meta-analysis indicate that eating a Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk for developing the metabolic syndrome.

Fitness level, abdominal fat linked to cardiometabolic risk Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers are encouraging healthy individuals to maintain low levels of abdominal fat and high levels of cardiac fitness to prevent the development of atherogenic and diabetogenic metabolic abnormalities.

Olmesartan delays microalbuminuria onset in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Olmesartan therapy is able to delay the onset of microalbuminuria in patients with Type 2 diabetes, the ROADMAP trial has found.

Low serum potassium may increase diabetes risk Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Low serum potassium levels appear to increase the risk for Type 2 diabetes and could explain, at least in part, racial disparities in the burden of diabetes, US researchers believe.

PCI more cost effective in severe than mild angina Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Percutaneous coronary intervention is more cost-effective when used to treat patients with severe rather than mild or no angina symptoms, US study results suggest.

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