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• Women undergoing PCI have more comorbidities, risk factors than men
• Musical prompts fail to improve CPR delivery
• Alcohol’s protective effect on CHD not mediated by HDL cholesterol
• Further evidence for an ‘obesity paradox’ among patients with diabetes
• Chest X-ray screening does not reduce lung cancer deaths
• Lateral ventricle volume increased in BD patients with psychosis
• Auditory verbal hallucinations linked to reduced executive function in general population
• Thrombolysis may benefit patients with ICA occlusion
• Routine VTE prophylaxis in medical patients not supported by the ACP
• PCI offers no long-term benefit for total occlusions
• Stress echo adds prognostic value to coronary angiography
• Linagliptin a valuable add-on therapy in poor glycemic control

Women undergoing PCI have more comorbidities, risk factors than men Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention have more comorbidities and cardiovascular risk factors than men, study findings suggest.

Musical prompts fail to improve CPR delivery Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Using musical prompts to guide the delivery of chest compressions is "interesting but unproductive," say the authors of a randomized trial.

Alcohol’s protective effect on CHD not mediated by HDL cholesterol Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT High-density lipoprotein cholesterol does not mediate the protective effect of alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease, suggest study findings.

Further evidence for an ‘obesity paradox’ among patients with diabetes Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Overweight and obese patients with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular co-morbidity have a lower risk for mortality than their normal-weight counterparts, research shows.

Chest X-ray screening does not reduce lung cancer deaths Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Annual screening with chest radiograph does not reduce lung cancer mortality compared with usual care, results of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial show.

Lateral ventricle volume increased in BD patients with psychosis Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder with psychotic symptoms exhibit increased lateral ventricle volume relative to those without psychosis and mentally healthy individuals, results from an imaging study show.

Auditory verbal hallucinations linked to reduced executive function in general population Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Auditory verbal hallucinations are associated with reduced levels of executive functioning and language performance in the general population, Dutch research suggests.

Thrombolysis may benefit patients with ICA occlusion Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Intravenous thrombolysis increases the chances of patients with stroke and extracranial internal carotid artery occlusion achieving functional independence, but at the cost of an increased mortality risk, shows a study.

Routine VTE prophylaxis in medical patients not supported by the ACP Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Doctors should assess the risk for venous thromboembolism and bleeding in patients hospitalized for medical illnesses including stroke, before initiating thromboprophylaxis, state guidelines from the American College of Physicians.

PCI offers no long-term benefit for total occlusions Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT An extended follow-up of the OAT study has found no reduction in long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with a totally occluded infarct-related artery and no ischemia.

Stress echo adds prognostic value to coronary angiography Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Stress echocardiography adds significant incremental prognostic value to coronary angiography and can identify patients with angiographic coronary artery disease at highest cardiac risk, say US researchers.

Linagliptin a valuable add-on therapy in poor glycemic control Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PDT Linagliptin could provide a valuable add-on treatment for diabetic individuals with poor glycemic control, report UK researchers.

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