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• Rising blood sugar points to developing stroke risk
• Ventral rectoplexy helps recover sexual function
• Ventral rectoplexy helps recover sexual function
• Hot weather increases death risk in psychosis patients
• Reproductive stage progression linked to worsening bipolar disorder
• Rising blood sugar points to developing stroke risk
• Guideline update for infective endocarditis successful
• Risk score may aid emergency heart failure decisions
• Stress troubles women’s hearts
• Promising preliminary data for axitinib in metastatic kidney cancer
• Sleep apnea may speed-up kidney decline
• Uncertainty over efficacy of clopidogrel in hemolytic uremic syndrome

Rising blood sugar points to developing stroke risk Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with prediabetes have a somewhat increased risk for stroke, say the authors of a meta-analysis.

Ventral rectoplexy helps recover sexual function Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Laparoscopic ventral rectoplexy may reduce sexual dysfunction in women with complex posterior floor prolapse, say researchers who found many patients appreciated having postoperative investigation of their symptoms.

Ventral rectoplexy helps recover sexual function Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Laparoscopic ventral rectoplexy may reduce sexual dysfunction in women with complex posterior floor prolapse, say researchers who found many patients appreciated having postoperative investigation of their symptoms.

Hot weather increases death risk in psychosis patients Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Hot weather is associated with increased mortality rates among patients with psychosis, dementia, or substance use disorder, UK research shows.

Reproductive stage progression linked to worsening bipolar disorder Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study of women with bipolar disorder suggests that the illness may worsen with progression toward the later stages of reproductive life.

Rising blood sugar points to developing stroke risk Posted: 12 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with prediabetes have a somewhat increased risk for stroke, say the authors of a meta-analysis.

Guideline update for infective endocarditis successful Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT The incidence of infective endocarditis did not increase after American guidelines for antibiotic use before dental procedures were updated in 2007, a report in Circulation shows.

Risk score may aid emergency heart failure decisions Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A novel risk score may help physicians decide whether to admit or discharge patients who present to the emergency department with an acute episode of heart failure, say its developers.

Stress troubles women’s hearts Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Women experience more myocardial stress than men, regardless of arterial hemodynamic function and cardiac geometry and output, research shows.

Promising preliminary data for axitinib in metastatic kidney cancer Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Preliminary study data show that axitinib may be an effective first-line treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, particularly in patients with high therapeutic drug exposure and a rise in blood pressure during the first 2 weeks of treatment, researchers report.

Sleep apnea may speed-up kidney decline Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with chronic kidney disease are commonly exposed to nocturnal hypoxia that may increase the rate of decline in kidney function, Canadian researchers report.

Uncertainty over efficacy of clopidogrel in hemolytic uremic syndrome Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Clinical outcomes for children hospitalized with diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome are comparable between those treated with clopidogrel and those who are not, show study findings.

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