Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Medical News

Medical News


Too high, too low sodium increases risk for adverse CV outcomes

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

There is a J-shaped relationship between urinary excretion of sodium and risk for cardiovascular events, researchers say.

Management of ACS in developing countries ‘must be improved’

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

The interventional management of acute coronary syndromes in developing countries must be improved, says a team of French researchers.

Birthweight, weight during infancy linked to diabetes risk

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Birth weight and weight gain after 48 months of age are associated with risk for diabetes during adulthood, suggests a study of birth cohorts in low- and middle-income countries.

Obesity risk factors become more ‘potent’ with increasing adiposity

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Study findings suggest that some risk factors for obesity are weight dependent, which, the researchers say, may partly explain recent increases in obesity in Western society.

HDL function ‘best measure for cardiovascular risk assessment in obese women’

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Functional measures of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol may be better markers for cardiovascular risk in obese women than levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol per se, research suggests.

Oropharyngeal cancer mortality declines in USA

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Mortality from cancer of the mouth and pharynx has declined significantly in the USA in the last two decades, study findings show.

Bipolar disorder not linked to increased age-related declines in cognition

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Results from a Swiss study of elderly patients with bipolar disorder suggest that they do not have greater age-related declines in cognition compared with their mentally healthy counterparts.

Review supports infection link to schizophrenia

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies support an association between certain infections and schizophrenia.

CHA<sub>2</sub>DS<sub>2</sub>-VASc refines stroke risk in ‘low-risk’ AF patients after ablation

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Stroke risk scores, particularly the CHA2DS2-VASc score, can help to determine which patients remain at high risk for thromboembolic events after undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, research suggests.

Incidence of silent abdominal DVT ‘not negligible’

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Nearly 2% of patients undergoing abdominal computed tomography scan have clinically silent abdominal deep vein thrombosis, Italian researchers report.

Depression increases mortality risk in patients with diabetic foot ulcers

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Depression is a persistent risk factor for mortality in people with their first diabetic foot ulcer, study findings show.

Serum chemokine CXCL5 a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis in diabetes

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST

Serum chemokine CXC ligand 5 is associated with carotid artery intima-media thickness in patients with Type 2 diabetes, researchers report.

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