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• More children surviving heart attacks in hospital
• Diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy touted for obese
• Hair ethyl glucuronide detects even modest drinking
• Diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy touted for obese
• Diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy touted for obese
• Cause of recurrent infections in MECP2 duplication syndrome identified
• <i>BRCA</i> testing impact on ovarian cancer prevention revealed
• MRI fused with ultrasound to strengthen prostate cancer diagnosis
• <i>BRCA</i> testing impact on ovarian cancer prevention revealed
• Computed tomography-induced cancer risk may be overstated
• MRI fused with ultrasound to strengthen prostate cancer diagnosis

More children surviving heart attacks in hospital Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Approximately three times more children survived in-hospital cardiac arrest in 2009 compared with 2000, indicate data from the Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation registry.

Diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy touted for obese Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Diuretic-based antihypertensive regimens may be preferable to calcium channel blocker-based therapy in patients who are obese, suggest researchers writing in The Lancet.

Hair ethyl glucuronide detects even modest drinking Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Hair ethyl glucuronide can be reliably used to detect moderate levels of alcohol consumption in the previous 28 days in patients with liver disease, show study results.

Diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy touted for obese Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Diuretic-based antihypertensive regimens may be preferable to calcium channel blocker-based therapy in patients who are obese, suggest researchers writing in The Lancet.

Diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy touted for obese Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Diuretic-based antihypertensive regimens may be preferable to calcium channel blocker-based therapy in patients who are obese, suggest researchers writing in The Lancet.

Cause of recurrent infections in MECP2 duplication syndrome identified Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST US study results show that the genetic abnormality underlying the pediatric condition methyl-CpG binding protein 2 duplication syndrome also causes immune dysfunction.

<i>BRCA</i> testing impact on ovarian cancer prevention revealed Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Research shows that women without a confirmed BRCA mutation are choosing to undergo screening or surgery to prevent ovarian cancer, despite little evidence to support their use in this population.

MRI fused with ultrasound to strengthen prostate cancer diagnosis Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed a technique that fuses magnetic resonance imaging with ultrasound to improve the detection and treatment of prostate cancer.

<i>BRCA</i> testing impact on ovarian cancer prevention revealed Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Research shows that women without a confirmed BRCA mutation are choosing to undergo screening or surgery to prevent ovarian cancer, despite little evidence to support their use in this population.

Computed tomography-induced cancer risk may be overstated Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Clinicians should be careful not to overemphasize the risk for radiation-induced cancer when counseling patients on undergoing surveillance computed tomography imaging, caution US scientists.

MRI fused with ultrasound to strengthen prostate cancer diagnosis Posted: 23 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed a technique that fuses magnetic resonance imaging with ultrasound to improve the detection and treatment of prostate cancer.

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