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• Adolescent strength linked to early mortality risk
• Smoking-related diabetes a modifiable risk factor
• Allergies common in ADHD, tic disorder patients
• Highly impulsive behavior leads to problem gambling in boys
• Adolescent strength linked to early mortality risk
• Rheumatoid arthritis patients adhere to both adalimumab, etanercept
• ‘White-coat’ hypertension concern in very elderly
• Kidney disease measures on mortality, ESRD unaffected by age

Adolescent strength linked to early mortality risk Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST Muscle strength in adolescence is significantly associated with the likelihood for early death, reveal results from a large study of Swedish teenagers.

Smoking-related diabetes a modifiable risk factor Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST Cigarette smoking is a modifiable risk factor for impaired insulin secretion in Japanese men, show study findings.

Allergies common in ADHD, tic disorder patients Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST A significant number of people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and tic disorder also have one or more allergic diseases such as asthma or atopic dermatitis, show study results.

Highly impulsive behavior leads to problem gambling in boys Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST Boys who show a pattern of impulsivity from their early school years are likely to end up with a gambling problem in their late adolescence, research suggests.

Adolescent strength linked to early mortality risk Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST Muscle strength in adolescence is significantly associated with the likelihood for early death, reveal results from a large study of Swedish teenagers.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients adhere to both adalimumab, etanercept Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST Patients with active rheumatoid arthritis are as likely to persist with adalimumab treatment as they are with etanercept, show the results of a 2-year randomized efficacy and discontinuation study of the two tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.

‘White-coat’ hypertension concern in very elderly Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST An analysis of the HYVET data suggests that white-coat hypertension may account for a large number of strokes in the very elderly, and should be treated.

Kidney disease measures on mortality, ESRD unaffected by age Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST Regardless of age, estimated glomerular filtration rate and high albuminuria are linked to death and end-stage renal disease, say US scientists who found a lower relative but higher absolute mortality risk difference at older age.

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