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• Potential COPD biomarker identified
• Overweight linked to reduced cognitive function in BD patients
• Cocaine, psychedelics increase risk for psychotic symptoms
• Barrett’s esophagus successfully treated with MPEC ablative therapy
• Anti-TAFI antibodies hold profibrinolysis promise
• Hope remains for NeuroFlo stroke intervention
• Artificial nose sniffs out head and neck cancer
• Greek children have high obesity rates, low adherence to Mediterranean diet
• Fatty acid binding proteins linked to the metabolic syndrome, CAD
• <i>VEGF</i> variant may be protective against diabetic foot ulcers
• Aerobic, combination exercise improves glycemic control in Type 2 diabetics
• Physically inactive children show signs of increased heart disease risk
• ECG screening may efficiently identify SCD risk in young adults
• Drinking coffee may reduce risk for ER-negative breast cancer

Potential COPD biomarker identified Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Serum levels of the pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine CCL-18 are significantly associated with health outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, researchers have found.

Overweight linked to reduced cognitive function in BD patients Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a preliminary Canadian study suggest that overweight/obesity may be associated with reduced cognitive function in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder.

Cocaine, psychedelics increase risk for psychotic symptoms Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT The use of cocaine and psychedelic drugs, such as lysergic acid, increases the risk for psychotic symptoms even when users are not intoxicated, research confirms.

Barrett’s esophagus successfully treated with MPEC ablative therapy Posted: 19 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus can be effectively treated with multipolar electrocoagulation in combination with acid suppression, suggest findings from a 10-year follow-up study.

Anti-TAFI antibodies hold profibrinolysis promise Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Venous thromboembolism could be treated using monoclonal antibodies against activated thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor, say scientists reporting in the journal Blood.

Hope remains for NeuroFlo stroke intervention Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT The novel catheter treatment NeuroFlo did not improve the outcomes of acute stroke patients in a randomized controlled trial, but the researchers say that it may yet prove effective in selected patients.

Artificial nose sniffs out head and neck cancer Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from Israel have shown that a simple breath test can clearly distinguish patients with head and neck cancer from patients with lung cancer and healthy controls.

Greek children have high obesity rates, low adherence to Mediterranean diet Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from the GRECO study indicate a very high prevalence of obesity, coupled with low adherence rates to the traditional Mediterranean dietary pattern, among Greek children.

Fatty acid binding proteins linked to the metabolic syndrome, CAD Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Chinese researchers say they have identified two cytoplasmic proteins that play significant roles in metabolic diseases.

<i>VEGF</i> variant may be protective against diabetic foot ulcers Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Carriage of the minor allele of a variant of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene may be protective against diabetic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes, suggest study results.

Aerobic, combination exercise improves glycemic control in Type 2 diabetics Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review show that aerobic and combined aerobic and resistance exercise significantly improve glycemic control and other cardiometabolic factors in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Physically inactive children show signs of increased heart disease risk Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Children with low physical activity have increased cardiovascular risk factor levels, research indicates.

ECG screening may efficiently identify SCD risk in young adults Posted: 18 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT A study presented at Heart Rhythm 2011 shows that ECG screening can efficiently identify sudden cardiac death risk in young adults.

Drinking coffee may reduce risk for ER-negative breast cancer Posted: 16 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Drinking large amounts of coffee every day may reduce a woman's risk for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer, Swedish study data show.

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