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• Disordered eating attitudes common in schizophrenia patients
• Stressful life events in pregnancy increase affective disorder risk in sons
• Early initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in CRC optimizes survival
• Genotype influences platelet reactivity decline
• HORIZONS-AMI final results revealed
• Anticoagulation for calf DVT reduces pulmonary embolism risk
• Prostate cancer vaccine shows promise in early studies
• Fish, diabetes risk relationship clarified in major population study
• Excess weight gain during pregnancy increases perinatal morbidity in diabetics
• BNP has diagnostic value in patients with suspected HF

Disordered eating attitudes common in schizophrenia patients Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of "disordered" eating is more common among antipsychotic-naïve patients with schizophrenia than in the general population, Egyptian research shows.

Stressful life events in pregnancy increase affective disorder risk in sons Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The sons of women exposed to stressful life events during pregnancy and the 6-month period before conception are at increased risk for developing affective disorders, study results suggest.

Early initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy in CRC optimizes survival Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer should be started sooner rather than later after resection in order to optimize survival, say the authors of a meta-analysis published in JAMA.

Genotype influences platelet reactivity decline Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Research has found that genotype influences a decline in platelet reactivity from baseline to 1 month in patients at steady state for clopidogrel under percutaneous coronary intervention.

HORIZONS-AMI final results revealed Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from the 3-year HORIZONS-AMI trial suggest that the effectiveness and safety of bivalirudin monotherapy and paclitaxel-eluting stents are sustained at 3 years in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Anticoagulation for calf DVT reduces pulmonary embolism risk Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients who receive anticoagulation for calf deep venous thrombosis have significantly lower rates of pulmonary embolism and clot propagation than those who do not receive such treatment, results of a meta-analysis show.

Prostate cancer vaccine shows promise in early studies Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from the UK and USA have created a novel vaccine that has "cured" well-established prostate tumors in mice, with no apparent side effects.

Fish, diabetes risk relationship clarified in major population study Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Analysis of data from over 100,000 individuals in China has shown that eating fish and shellfish significantly reduces the risk for developing diabetes.

Excess weight gain during pregnancy increases perinatal morbidity in diabetics Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Excess weight gain during pregnancy significantly increases the risk for perinatal morbidity in overweight and obese women with Type 2 diabetes, study findings suggest.

BNP has diagnostic value in patients with suspected HF Posted: 16 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT B-type natriuretic peptide has "considerable" value for diagnosing heart failure in primary care, a meta-analysis reveals.

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