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• Depression increases risk for rehospitalization after AMI
• Electronic health records, clinical decision support mitigate BP control disparities
• Body fat percentage calculator may improve CVD, diabetes risk prediction
• Probiotic enema may help pediatric UC patients
• Obesity prevalence still high in the US, but may be leveling off
• CT scans have no influence on clinical decisions in bladder cancer treatment
• Poor insight linked to increased QoL in Chinese schizophrenia patients
• Limbic network disruption may characterize bipolar disorder
• Further argatroban study ‘warranted’ in acute stroke
• VTE mortality risk persists long-term

Depression increases risk for rehospitalization after AMI Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Depression increases the risk for rehospitalization after acute myocardial infarction, US researchers say.

Electronic health records, clinical decision support mitigate BP control disparities Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST US researchers say that primary care implementation of electronic health records with clinical decision support could mitigate blood pressure control disparities between White and Black patients.

Body fat percentage calculator may improve CVD, diabetes risk prediction Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST A new prediction equation for estimating body fat percentage seems to be an accurate screening tool for identifying patients at adiposity-related cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk, suggest study findings.

Probiotic enema may help pediatric UC patients Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Children with ulcerative colitis may benefit from intestinal microbiota manipulation, suggest the results of a study of Lactobacillus reuteri enema.

Obesity prevalence still high in the US, but may be leveling off Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The prevalence of obesity among US adults, children, and adolescents is still high, but has changed little in recent years, report researchers.

CT scans have no influence on clinical decisions in bladder cancer treatment Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Multi-detector row computerized tomography has a low accuracy in predicting the correct tumor and nodal stage in bladder cancer patients, report researchers.

Poor insight linked to increased QoL in Chinese schizophrenia patients Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Poor illness insight is associated with increased physical quality of life, but also greater negative symptom severity, in Chinese patients with schizophrenia, study results suggest.

Limbic network disruption may characterize bipolar disorder Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a Chinese study show that bipolar disorder patients have gray and white matter abnormalities that indicate disorganization of the limbic network.

Further argatroban study ‘warranted’ in acute stroke Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Pilot trial findings suggest that combined treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and the anticoagulant argatroban is worth pursuing.

VTE mortality risk persists long-term Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST An increased risk for death may persist for up to 8 years among patients with a first venous thromboembolism, even when no comorbidities are present at the time of thrombosis, Dutch researchers report.

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