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• Increasing colonoscopy demand alters endoscopy practices
• Treatment dropout rates high in bipolar disorder patients
• Epilepsy linked to increased risk for psychosis
• Prophylactic transfusions reduce perioperative needs
• Osteoprotegrin may be biomarker of cardiovascular mortality
• Sitagliptin, pioglitazone combination of lasting benefit to drug naïve patients
• Tubular damage important, but not predictive in diabetic nephropathy
• Preterm birth associated with adverse body composition, favorable lipid profile
• Pharmacist care ‘important’ in dyslipidemia management

Increasing colonoscopy demand alters endoscopy practices Posted: 13 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Survey results reveal the impact of production pressure on US physicians conducting colonoscopies, with almost 70% of respondents reporting that increasing requirement to perform a large volume of procedures has affected their practice patterns.

Treatment dropout rates high in bipolar disorder patients Posted: 13 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Around one-third of patients with bipolar disorder stop taking their medications against doctors' advice within 1 year of starting treatment, study results suggest.

Epilepsy linked to increased risk for psychosis Posted: 13 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with epilepsy are significantly more likely to experience psychosis than the general population, research confirms.

Prophylactic transfusions reduce perioperative needs Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Giving blood transfusions to anemic patients before rather than during cardiac surgery may reduce their need for perioperative transfusion, with its associated harmful effects, a pilot study suggests.

Osteoprotegrin may be biomarker of cardiovascular mortality Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT The biomarker osteoprotegrin is independently associated with adverse outcomes at 30 days and 1 year in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome, research shows.

Sitagliptin, pioglitazone combination of lasting benefit to drug naïve patients Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Starting patients with Type 2 diabetes on a combination of sitagliptin and pioglitazone provides a substantial and lasting reduction in glycated hemoglobin over 54 weeks of treatment, show study findings.

Tubular damage important, but not predictive in diabetic nephropathy Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Increased levels of tubular damage markers are associated with a faster decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with diabetic nephropathy, report researchers.

Preterm birth associated with adverse body composition, favorable lipid profile Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Young adults who were born preterm have a more favorable lipid profile than those who were born term, although their body composition seems to be disadvantageous, research shows.

Pharmacist care ‘important’ in dyslipidemia management Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results of a systematic review published in Pharmacotherapy suggest that engaging pharmacists in the care of patients with dyslipidemia could have an important effect on public health.

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