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• Routine blood measures predict hospital-acquired anemia
• No reflow associated with in-hospital and 30-day adverse events
• Weekly taspoglutide injections may improve glycemic control in diabetes
• Obesity increases risk for LV diastolic dysfunction
• Aspirin, LMWH prevent VTE in patients treated for multiple myeloma
• Vitamin D deficiency common in psoriasis patients
• Subsyndromal manic symptoms common in bipolar depression
• Neurologic soft signs increased in teens with first-episode psychosis
• Novel score predicts long-term thrombolysis outcomes
• Minimally invasive surgery may help intracerebral hemorrhage patients
• Aspirin, LMWH prevent VTE in patients treated for multiple myeloma
• Women have more complications, less shocks, with ICD therapy
• Y chromosome variant linked with coronary artery disease
• Weight reduction associated with improved depressive symptoms in IGT
• Changes in fitness and fatness independently associated with CVD risk
• Cefpodoxime fails noninferiority test against ciprofloxacin in treating cystitis
• ADT for prostate cancer may increase vascular disease risk

Routine blood measures predict hospital-acquired anemia Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Abnormal red cell distribution width and mean corpuscular volume values in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction should alert clinicians to an increased risk for hospital-acquired anemia, shows research.

No reflow associated with in-hospital and 30-day adverse events Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST No reflow following percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with an increased risk for adverse events in-hospital and within 30 days, research shows.

Weekly taspoglutide injections may improve glycemic control in diabetes Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Weekly taspoglutide injections are associated with improved glycemic control and reduced body weight, and are generally well tolerated among Type 2 diabetes patients naive to antihyperglycemic therapy, shows research published in Diabetes Care.

Obesity increases risk for LV diastolic dysfunction Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Obesity is associated with an increased risk for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction independent of cardiovascular risk factors and LV mass, report Japanese researchers.

Aspirin, LMWH prevent VTE in patients treated for multiple myeloma Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Thromboprophylaxis with either aspirin or low molecular weight heparin is associated with a low incidence of venous thromboembolism among patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma receiving lenalidomide-based treatment, Italian researchers report.

Vitamin D deficiency common in psoriasis patients Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Study results suggest that vitamin D deficiency may be more common in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis than in the general population.

Subsyndromal manic symptoms common in bipolar depression Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Subsyndromal manic symptoms are common in bipolar disorder patients who are experiencing an episode of major depression, US research shows.

Neurologic soft signs increased in teens with first-episode psychosis Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a Spanish study show that adolescents with first-episode early-onset psychosis exhibit more neurologic soft signs than their mentally healthy peers.

Novel score predicts long-term thrombolysis outcomes Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed a tool, named the DRAGON score, to predict patients' outcomes after undergoing intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke.

Minimally invasive surgery may help intracerebral hemorrhage patients Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Clot removal via minimally invasive surgery in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage is feasible and may improve functional outcomes, say the MISTIE investigators.

Aspirin, LMWH prevent VTE in patients treated for multiple myeloma Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Thromboprophylaxis with either aspirin or low molecular weight heparin is associated with a low incidence of venous thromboembolism among patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma receiving lenalidomide-based treatment, Italian researchers report.

Women have more complications, less shocks, with ICD therapy Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Women are as likely as men to receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, but less likely to receive appropriate device-delivered therapies than their male counterparts, research indicates.

Y chromosome variant linked with coronary artery disease Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST A genetic variant on the male Y chromosome is associated with a significantly increased risk for coronary artery disease, research shows.

Weight reduction associated with improved depressive symptoms in IGT Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Small lifestyle and behavioral changes are associated with significant improvements in depressive symptoms among overweight or obese individuals with impaired glucose tolerance, show results from the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study.

Changes in fitness and fatness independently associated with CVD risk Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Healthy adults who wish to reduce their risk for developing cardiovascular disease risk factors should maintain or improve their cardiorespiratory fitness, as well as prevent fat gain, suggest study findings.

Cefpodoxime fails noninferiority test against ciprofloxacin in treating cystitis Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST A 3-day regimen of cefpodoxime does not meet criteria for noninferiority to ciprofloxacin in achieving clinical cure in women with acute uncomplicated cystitis, show study findings.

ADT for prostate cancer may increase vascular disease risk Posted: 05 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Androgen-deprivation therapy for nonmetastatic prostate cancer is associated with an increased risk for peripheral artery disease and venous thromboembolism, report US researchers.

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