Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Medical News

Medical News

Phthalate exposure linked to diabetes in elderly

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Exposure to phthalates may promote development of diabetes as well as obesity, report researchers.

Neck circumference ‘useful screening tool’ for assessing CVD risk in children

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Neck circumference may be a simple, low-cost, and practical screening tool for assessing cardiovascular disease risk in children, report researchers.

Predictors of short- and long-term outcome in schizophrenia identified

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Finnish researchers have identified a number of clinical and sociodemographic factors at the time of illness onset that are associated with short- and long-term outcomes in patients with schizophrenia.

Plasmalogen levels reduced in schizophrenia patients

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with schizophrenia exhibit reduced plasmalogen levels compared with mentally healthy individuals, research shows.

Salt stroke hazards confirmed in multiethnic study

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Salt consumption is strongly linked to stroke risk in the multiethnic Northern Manhattan Study.

Novel anticoagulants ‘superior’ to warfarin in patients with AF

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Novel oral anticoagulants such as dabigataran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban provide a superior outcome to warfarin when given to patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrilliation, Italian research shows.
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