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• Psychologic factors influence anesthetic requirement
• Efficacy of primary PCI ‘equivalent’ in men and women
• US Hispanics have high levels of cardiometabolic risk
• Celiac disease biopsy interpretation varies with laboratory setting
• Liver resection score identifies high-risk patients
• Childhood obesity prevention interventions ‘generally effective’
• Smoking, high-fat diet increase C3-associated cardiometabolic risk
• Etanercept treatment for psoriasis may increase SCC risk
• Etanercept treatment for psoriasis may increase SCC risk
• Paternal age effect in psychosis mediated by mother’s genetic risk
• Bipolar disorder-BDNF genetic link bolstered
• Benefits of treatment for prehypertensive patients confirmed
• Breast cancer outcome worse with partial than whole breast irradiation
• ST-segment monitoring with ICDs does not reduce ischemic events
• EMS triage to primary PCI lowers mortality in Danish STEMI patients
• Cardiac hormone predicts future development of diabetes
• One in five Mauritians has diabetes
• LOX-1 is useful biomarker of coronary plaque vulnerability in CAD
• Breast cancer outcome worse with partial than whole breast irradiation

Psychologic factors influence anesthetic requirement Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Psychologic factors are an important determinant of how much general anesthetic patients need to achieve sedation, study results indicate.

Efficacy of primary PCI ‘equivalent’ in men and women Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Women have higher unadjusted in-hospital and 30-day mortality rates following primary percutaneous coronary intervention when compared with men, research shows.

US Hispanics have high levels of cardiometabolic risk Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Hispanic patients enrolled in a US-based national performance improvement program have high rates of cardiometabolic risk factors, research shows.

Celiac disease biopsy interpretation varies with laboratory setting Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Histopathologic interpretation of small bowel biopsies varies among different types of pathology settings, with underdiagnosis of celiac disease common in community-based hospitals and commercial pathology laboratories, report researchers.

Liver resection score identifies high-risk patients Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Swiss researchers have identified several factors that may help identify liver resection patients at increased risk for complications and death.

Childhood obesity prevention interventions ‘generally effective’ Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Interventions that focus on improving diet or physical activity are generally effective at preventing obesity in children, suggests an updated analysis of a Cochrane Review.

Smoking, high-fat diet increase C3-associated cardiometabolic risk Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Dietary fat, abdominal obesity, and smoking modulate the relationship between plasma complement component 3 concentrations and risk for the metabolic syndrome, suggest study findings.

Etanercept treatment for psoriasis may increase SCC risk Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Etanercept treatment for psoriasis may be associated with an increased risk for multiple squamous cell carcinomas, suggest results from a case series and review of the literature.

Etanercept treatment for psoriasis may increase SCC risk Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Etanercept treatment for psoriasis may be associated with an increased risk for multiple squamous cell carcinomas, suggest results from a case series and review of the literature.

Paternal age effect in psychosis mediated by mother’s genetic risk Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST The link between advanced paternal age and risk for non-affective psychosis in offspring appears to be explained by genetic load in the mother, show results of a large Finnish cohort study.

Bipolar disorder-BDNF genetic link bolstered Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST A genetic study has found that six polymorphisms in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene are associated with bipolar disorder.

Benefits of treatment for prehypertensive patients confirmed Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk for stroke in people with prehypertension, results of a meta-analysis confirm.

Breast cancer outcome worse with partial than whole breast irradiation Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Women treated with accelerated partial breast brachytherapy are twice as likely to require subsequent mastectomy as those who receive whole breast irradiation, according to research presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas, USA.

ST-segment monitoring with ICDs does not reduce ischemic events Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Continuous intracardiac ST-segment monitoring of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators does not reduce ischemic events, research suggests.

EMS triage to primary PCI lowers mortality in Danish STEMI patients Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST The majority of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Denmark are directly triaged to hospitals capable of performing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, research shows.

Cardiac hormone predicts future development of diabetes Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Low plasma levels of mid-regional atrial natriuretic peptide are associated with an increased likelihood of future development of diabetes, report Swedish researchers.

One in five Mauritians has diabetes Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST More than one in five individuals in Mauritius has Type 2 diabetes, research shows.

LOX-1 is useful biomarker of coronary plaque vulnerability in CAD Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with coronary artery disease and atherosclerotic lesions of the left anterior descending coronary artery display elevated blood plasma levels of the lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1, study results show.

Breast cancer outcome worse with partial than whole breast irradiation Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST Women treated with accelerated partial breast brachytherapy are twice as likely to require subsequent mastectomy as those who receive whole breast irradiation, according to research presented at the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in Texas, USA.

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