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• Bedside tool improves prognostication after cardiac arrest
• Posttraumatic stress hits stroke secondary prevention
• Anxiety increases symptom severity in acute mania patients
• Transcranial stimulation technique reduces hallucinations
• Posttraumatic stress hits stroke secondary prevention
• Going back to basics may improve heart health
• New hope for intravenous antiplatelet therapy
• Obesity blamed for increased kidney stone prevalence in USA
• Low fat diet linked to improved metabolic health
• AHA urges shake up of genetic data regulation
• Asthma medications could cause children tooth decay
• Vitamin C may reduce harm caused by smoking during pregnancy
• Thought-controlled movement becomes reality
• New hope for intravenous antiplatelet therapy

Bedside tool improves prognostication after cardiac arrest Posted: 29 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT A bedside prediction tool could estimate the probability of favorable neurologic survival in successfully resuscitated patients after in-hospital cardiac arrest, say researchers in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Posttraumatic stress hits stroke secondary prevention Posted: 29 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients who develop posttraumatic stress disorder after stroke or transient ischemic attack are at high risk for being nonadherent to secondary prevention medications, say researchers.

Anxiety increases symptom severity in acute mania patients Posted: 29 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Anxiety is common in patients experiencing an episode of acute mania and is associated with more severe mood symptoms, researchers report.

Transcranial stimulation technique reduces hallucinations Posted: 29 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Transcranial direct-current stimulation is effective for the treatment of auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia, study results show.

Posttraumatic stress hits stroke secondary prevention Posted: 29 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients who develop posttraumatic stress disorder after stroke or transient ischemic attack are at high risk for being nonadherent to secondary prevention medications, say researchers.

Going back to basics may improve heart health Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Traditional "hunter–gatherer" and "forager–horticulturalist" populations have a lower risk for high blood pressure and atherosclerosis than modernized populations, two studies in Hypertension show.

New hope for intravenous antiplatelet therapy Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Combined oral and intravenous elinogrel achieves a more rapid and potent antiplatelet effect than clopidogrel, researchers say.

Obesity blamed for increased kidney stone prevalence in USA Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of kidney stones in the USA has almost doubled since 1994, with around one in 11 people now affected, shows an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

Low fat diet linked to improved metabolic health Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT A low-fat diet may reduce risk for the metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women, report researchers.

AHA urges shake up of genetic data regulation Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT With rapid advances in genetic disease research, greater regulatory oversight is needed to protect patients' data, the American Heart Association says in a statement.

Asthma medications could cause children tooth decay Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Slovenian study results show that children with asthma have a higher incidence of dental caries in primary and permanent teeth than their counterparts without the chronic inflammatory disease.

Vitamin C may reduce harm caused by smoking during pregnancy Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Vitamin C supplementation in pregnant women who are unable to give up smoking significantly improves lung function in their newborns, show results of a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2012 International Conference in San Francisco, California, USA.

Thought-controlled movement becomes reality Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Use of an interface system that uses a computer to "read" neuronal impulses in the brain allows people with extreme paralysis to control a robotic arm with their thoughts, show results from a preliminary trial published in Nature.

New hope for intravenous antiplatelet therapy Posted: 28 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Combined oral and intravenous elinogrel achieves a more rapid and potent antiplatelet effect than clopidogrel, researchers say.

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