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• Initiatives needed to boost tPA use in Black stroke patients
• Psoriatic arthritis predicts psoriasis severity
• Long-term NSAID use lowers risk for melanoma
• NICE recommendation for dietary omega-3 post-MI needs reviewing
• Three-month dietary intervention significantly improves lipid levels
• RISE and RIDE meet primary endpoints with ranibizumab
• New model for 5-year CVD risk in Type 2 diabetes developed
• Healthy women have low risk for SCD
• Wildfire smoke linked to HF risk
• Chronic rhinosinusitis may affect one in ten Europeans

Initiatives needed to boost tPA use in Black stroke patients Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Delayed presentation and contraindications are hampering efforts to provide intravenous tissue plasminogen activator treatment to Black patients with stroke, shows research.

Psoriatic arthritis predicts psoriasis severity Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have shown a clear link between psoriasis and arthritis severity in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Long-term NSAID use lowers risk for melanoma Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs appears to reduce the risk for cutaneous melanoma, suggest study findings.

NICE recommendation for dietary omega-3 post-MI needs reviewing Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Omega-3 supplementation should be encouraged in post-myocardial infarction patients in order to comply with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations, say UK researchers.

Three-month dietary intervention significantly improves lipid levels Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT A cardioprotective diet significantly reduces cardiovascular disease risk factors within 12 weeks, compared with a normal diet, suggest preliminary findings of the CRESSIDA study.

RISE and RIDE meet primary endpoints with ranibizumab Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from two identical phase III trials show that ranizumab is an effective treatment for diabetic macular edema, a common symptom of diabetic retinopathy (DR).

New model for 5-year CVD risk in Type 2 diabetes developed Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT A new risk model has been developed for estimating the 5-year risk for cardiovascular disease in Type 2 diabetes patients, report Swedish researchers.

Healthy women have low risk for SCD Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Women who adhere to a low-risk, healthy lifestyle have a low risk for sudden cardiac death, US researchers suggest.

Wildfire smoke linked to HF risk Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Smoke from wildfire fueled by peat leads to an increase in emergency room visits for heart failure and respiratory events, a US Environmental Protection Agency study has found.

Chronic rhinosinusitis may affect one in ten Europeans Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Chronic rhinosinusitis affects up to 10% of Europeans, results from an international, multicentre study suggest.

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