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• National smoking bans reduce emergency respiratory admissions
• No gender differences in social outcome among schizophrenia patients
• Cerebellum TrkB expression reduced in bipolar disorder patients
• Barrett’s esophagus diagnosis, surveillance varies among gastroenterologists
• Thrombin-inhibiting nanoparticles provide novel thrombosis treatment
• Near miss for terutroban in recurrent stroke prevention
• Low-cholesterol diet may aid cancer prevention
• Promising new screening technique for atherosclerosis
• Birth weight may affect omega-3 fatty acid metabolism
• Patients with diabetes at increased risk for tuberculosis infection
• Third-line antidiabetic therapies offer similar health benefits
• Eplerenone reduces risk for AF
• Fitness test predicts CVD risk
• Novel breast cancer treatment target discovered

National smoking bans reduce emergency respiratory admissions Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from an Irish study show that a national ban on smoking in the workplace significantly reduced emergency room admissions due to respiratory illness in the 2-year period after its introduction.

No gender differences in social outcome among schizophrenia patients Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT There are no significant gender differences in social outcome among patients with schizophrenia, study results suggest.

Cerebellum TrkB expression reduced in bipolar disorder patients Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Cerebellum tyrosine kinase B expression is reduced in patients with bipolar disorder, study results show.

Barrett’s esophagus diagnosis, surveillance varies among gastroenterologists Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT US study findings suggest gastroenterologists show poor compliance with current guidelines for diagnosis and endoscopic surveillance of Barrett's esophagus, resulting in overdiagnosis and unnecessary monitoring.

Thrombin-inhibiting nanoparticles provide novel thrombosis treatment Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Nanoparticles coated with a potent thrombin inhibitor localize at sites of acutely forming thrombi and more than double the time to carotid artery occlusion, compared with no treatment, in a mouse model of thrombosis, US research shows.

Near miss for terutroban in recurrent stroke prevention Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Terutroban just failed to demonstrate noninferiority to aspirin for preventing recurrent stroke in patients enrolled in the PERFORM trial, the investigators announce.

Low-cholesterol diet may aid cancer prevention Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT A diet rich in meat, dairy products, and eggs, and thus cholesterol may contribute to an increased risk for a range of different cancers, Canadian study data show.

Promising new screening technique for atherosclerosis Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT A clinically approved green imaging dye could be a powerful screening tool for human coronary atherosclerosis, a study in rabbits suggests.

Birth weight may affect omega-3 fatty acid metabolism Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Early metabolic changes, such as prenatal environmental influences, may affect omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism later in life, study findings suggest.

Patients with diabetes at increased risk for tuberculosis infection Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT People with Type 2 diabetes are between three and five times more likely to become infected with tuberculosis than nondiabetics, suggest findings published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

Third-line antidiabetic therapies offer similar health benefits Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT There is no evident difference in glycated hemoglobin reduction achieved using different third-line diabetes drugs in addition to/in combination with metformin and a sulfonylurea, suggest results from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Eplerenone reduces risk for AF Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Eplerenone may reduce the risk for new-onset atrial fibrillation and flutter in heart failure patients, suggests a sub-analysis of the EMPHASIS-HF trial.

Fitness test predicts CVD risk Posted: 25 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT US researchers report that a simple fitness test may predict long-term risk for cardiovascular disease in middle-aged individuals.

Novel breast cancer treatment target discovered Posted: 23 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have identified a new protein involved in the development of breast cancer drug resistance, which could be a target for new treatments.

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