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• Planning, problem-solving ability predict diabetes self-management behaviors
• Anacetrapib benefits persist after treatment cessation
• Link between environmental toxicants and atherosclerosis
• Antidepressant-induced mania similar to bipolar disorder
• MRI highlights neural basis for schizophrenia deficits in social cognition
• Clinical SYNTAX score predicts very long-term stent outcome
• Clopidogrel withdrawal questioned 1-year post-DES
• Intensive glycemic control similarly beneficial across different world regions
• Glargine ‘sustainable’ as first-line insulin therapy
• LDL particle number predicts CAC in patients at intermediate CVD risk
• Standardized definition for ‘metabolically healthy obesity’ needed
• Aspirin use linked to reduced aneurysm rupture risk
• <i>PLA2G7</i> polymorphism may increase thrombosis risk in men with high BP
• Congenital heart defect patients at risk for psychiatric disorders
• Congenital heart defect patients at risk for psychiatric disorders

Planning, problem-solving ability predict diabetes self-management behaviors Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Specific cognitive abilities, particularly planning and problem-solving, play an important role in diabetes self-management, report researchers.

Anacetrapib benefits persist after treatment cessation Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report persistent reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B and increases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apoA-I 8 weeks after patients stop treatment with anacetrapib.

Link between environmental toxicants and atherosclerosis Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Environmental toxicants may be a risk factor for myocardial infarction, say Swedish researchers who found a significant association between circulating levels of persistent organic pollutants and markers of atherosclerosis.

Antidepressant-induced mania similar to bipolar disorder Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Depressive patients with antidepressant-induced "manic switches" show similar clinical features as individuals with bipolar disorder, research shows.

MRI highlights neural basis for schizophrenia deficits in social cognition Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenic patients with poor social functioning have impaired neural activity at the temporoparietal junction and within the inferior frontal gyri, suggest the results of an imaging study.

Clinical SYNTAX score predicts very long-term stent outcome Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT The very long-term outcome of patients receiving drug-eluting stents can be predicted using the SYNTAX and the Clinical SYNTAX scores, research shows.

Clopidogrel withdrawal questioned 1-year post-DES Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Withdrawal of clopidogrel 1 year after implantation of a drug-eluting stent may not be the optimal management approach, study findings suggest.

Intensive glycemic control similarly beneficial across different world regions Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT The beneficial effects of an intensive glucose-lowering regimen, compared with standard care, are similar across Asia, established market economies such as the United States and Western Europe, and Eastern Europe, research shows.

Glargine ‘sustainable’ as first-line insulin therapy Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT People remain on their initial insulin treatment for longer if they start with insulin glargine rather than insulin detemir or human neutral protamine Hagedorn insulin, report UK researchers.

LDL particle number predicts CAC in patients at intermediate CVD risk Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Low-density lipoprotein particle number predicts the extent of coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic adults at intermediate risk for cardiovascular disease, research shows.

Standardized definition for ‘metabolically healthy obesity’ needed Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Metabolically healthy overweight or obese individuals have a decreased inflammatory status compared with their nonmetabolically healthy counterparts, show study results.

Aspirin use linked to reduced aneurysm rupture risk Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Regular use of aspirin may reduce the risk for rupture of intracranial aneurysms, study results suggest.

<i>PLA2G7</i> polymorphism may increase thrombosis risk in men with high BP Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT A polymorphism in the gene encoding lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 is associated with increased thrombotic burden in men with hypertension, researchers report.

Congenital heart defect patients at risk for psychiatric disorders Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with congenital heart defects are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders, say Danish researchers.

Congenital heart defect patients at risk for psychiatric disorders Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with congenital heart defects are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders, say Danish researchers.

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