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• Congenital long QT syndrome guidelines ‘too restrictive’
• LPL deficiency treatment poised to be first gene therapy in Europe
• Vitamin A insufficiency linked to hand, foot and mouth disease
• Fatty acids normalize without help in girls with eating disorders
• Brown fat fuels fight against obesity
• Short-course palliative RT shows promise
• PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients
• Illiteracy linked to schizophrenia risk
• Constant pain after breast cancer surgery ‘more taxing’

Congenital long QT syndrome guidelines ‘too restrictive’ Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Athletes who choose to continue competing after being diagnosed with long QT syndrome have a low rate of LQTS-triggered cardiac events, US researchers report.

LPL deficiency treatment poised to be first gene therapy in Europe Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT For the first time, the European Medicines Agency has recommended gene therapy for approval in Europe.

Vitamin A insufficiency linked to hand, foot and mouth disease Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Vitamin A status is associated with immunity to, and pathogenic condition of, hand, foot, and mouth disease in children, say researchers whose study results show that the majority of those with the infectious disease also had vitamin A insufficiency.

Fatty acids normalize without help in girls with eating disorders Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Omega-3 essential fatty acid supplementation is unnecessary for adolescent girls with eating disorders and weight-loss eating disorder, as levels normalize once they return to normal weight, say researchers.

Brown fat fuels fight against obesity Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Experts may have found a new method for assessing adipose tissue function that could be used in the fight against obesity.

Short-course palliative RT shows promise Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT A 2-day course of three-dimensional radiotherapy delivered in twice-daily fractions up to 18 Gy resulted in no dose-limiting toxicities, and high rates of symptom relief in patient with pelvic cancer, especially those with bleeding, report researchers.

PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among patients with serious mental illnesses, and is associated with an increased risk for suicide attempts, Spanish researchers report.

Illiteracy linked to schizophrenia risk Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The risk for schizophrenia is significantly higher among illiterate than literate individuals in China, particularly among younger age groups, results from a population-based study show.

Constant pain after breast cancer surgery ‘more taxing’ Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Women who experience chronic pain after treatment for breast cancer are not significantly more anxious or depressed than women without pain, find researchers.

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