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• Blood pressure targets shaped by outcome considerations
• Guideline-directed HF therapy ‘saves money and lives’
• Admission heart rate affects in-hospital mortality for heart failure patients
• Follicular squamous cell carcinoma rates ‘underestimated’
• Irsogladine helps limit chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis
• PSA test harms outweigh prostate cancer benefits in majority
• PSA test harms outweigh prostate cancer benefits in majority
• Exposure to parental substance abuse poses risk for adolescents
• Pre-pregnancy adiposity linked to transient wheeze in children
• PSA test harms outweigh prostate cancer benefits in majority

Blood pressure targets shaped by outcome considerations Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT The risk for different vascular outcomes in patients with hypertension may vary according to the systolic blood pressure target they achieve, research suggests.

Guideline-directed HF therapy ‘saves money and lives’ Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Medical treatment of heart failure in line with current clinical guidelines is highly cost-effective and may even be cost-saving, study findings indicate.

Admission heart rate affects in-hospital mortality for heart failure patients Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT A heart rate above and below a certain threshold was independently associated with higher rates of in-hospital mortality, show study findings.

Follicular squamous cell carcinoma rates ‘underestimated’ Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Rates of follicular squamous cell carcinomas are underestimated, suggest results from a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology.

Irsogladine helps limit chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Irsogladine maleate is a promising drug for the management of oral mucositis in patients undergoing 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy, results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial indicate.

PSA test harms outweigh prostate cancer benefits in majority Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Men should be warned that the chances of harm from screening with the prostate-specific antigen test outweigh the likelihood of benefit for most men, says the American College of Physicians in a guideline statement on prostate cancer screening.

PSA test harms outweigh prostate cancer benefits in majority Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Men should be warned that the chances of harm from screening with the prostate-specific antigen test outweigh the likelihood of benefit for most men, says the American College of Physicians in a guideline statement on prostate cancer screening.

Exposure to parental substance abuse poses risk for adolescents Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Exposure to a parental substance use disorder in adolescence specifically increases the risk for a child developing a SUD themselves, a US study shows.

Pre-pregnancy adiposity linked to transient wheeze in children Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Results from a UK study show that greater pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and fat mass are associated with an increased risk for transient wheeze in children.

PSA test harms outweigh prostate cancer benefits in majority Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Men should be warned that the chances of harm from screening with the prostate-specific antigen test outweigh the likelihood of benefit for most men, says the American College of Physicians in a guideline statement on prostate cancer screening.

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