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• Pre-pregnancy contraceptive pill use not linked to asthma in children
• Neuroanatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia elucidated
• Criminal behavior linked to impaired response inhibition in BD
• Childhood-onset Crohn’s disease incidence on the rise
• Catheter-directed thrombolysis may not reduce thrombosis complications
• Early supported discharge is ‘best follow-up care’ for stroke
• Diabetes increases risk for pancreatic cancer
• Zalutumumab offers prolonged survival to advanced head and neck patients
• Metabolic abnormalities better predictors of CVD than obesity
• Treatment of lipid abnormalities has ‘potential for improvement’
• Polypill effective for treating advanced Type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes increases risk for pancreatic cancer
• Young working men most likely to eat fast food soon after AMI
• Dabigatran 150 mg more effective than warfarin for stroke prevention in AF
• Novel prostate screening test improves detection in PSA ‘gray zone’

Pre-pregnancy contraceptive pill use not linked to asthma in children Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT The use of the combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptive pill before pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for lower respiratory tract infections or wheezing or asthma in children, study results show.

Neuroanatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia elucidated Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies show that schizophrenia is characterized by significant gray matter and white matter abnormalities, which often overlap and are associated with illness chronicity.

Criminal behavior linked to impaired response inhibition in BD Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Self-reported criminal behavior is associated with impaired response inhibition, antisocial personality disorder symptoms, and a predominately manic course of illness in bipolar disorder patients, research suggests.

Childhood-onset Crohn’s disease incidence on the rise Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT French researchers report a 70% increase in the incidence of Crohn's disease among 10–19-year-olds living in Northern France over the past 2 decades.

Catheter-directed thrombolysis may not reduce thrombosis complications Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Catheter-directed thrombolysis in patients with severe deep vein thrombosis does not prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism or post-thrombotic syndrome, Norwegian researchers suggest.

Early supported discharge is ‘best follow-up care’ for stroke Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT The combination of stroke unit care together with early supported discharge offers improved clinical outcomes at 5 years compared with traditional stroke care, a randomized controlled trial has shown.

Diabetes increases risk for pancreatic cancer Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Individuals with diabetes have an increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, suggest results from a meta-analysis.

Zalutumumab offers prolonged survival to advanced head and neck patients Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT The human immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody zalutumumab can extend the progression-free survival of patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck compared with best supportive care, study findings show.

Metabolic abnormalities better predictors of CVD than obesity Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Metabolic abnormalities are better predictors of cardiovascular disease risk than measures of abdominal obesity, say researchers.

Treatment of lipid abnormalities has ‘potential for improvement’ Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Spanish study indicate that most patients treated with statins are not achieving "normal" levels of lipid parameters.

Polypill effective for treating advanced Type 2 diabetes Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT A fixed-dose glimepiride, metformin, and pioglitazone polypill produces better glycemic control than does insulin and metformin dual therapy, shows a study in Indian patients with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes increases risk for pancreatic cancer Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Individuals with diabetes have an increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer, suggest results from a meta-analysis.

Young working men most likely to eat fast food soon after AMI Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Research findings show that one third of acute myocardial infarction patients eat fast food on a weekly basis prior to the cardiac event.

Dabigatran 150 mg more effective than warfarin for stroke prevention in AF Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Findings from two subanalyses of the RE-LY study indicate that dabigatran 150 mg is more effective than warfarin at reducing the risk for stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Novel prostate screening test improves detection in PSA ‘gray zone’ Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT The Prostate Health Index is better able to predict the need for biopsy and the likelihood of prostate cancer than the standard prostate-specific antigen test in men whose levels are in the so-called "gray area" between 2 and 10 ng/ml, say researchers.

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