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- Sep 3, 2010
- Lung transplant patients have high GERD prevalence Patients who have undergone lung transplantation have a high prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease, particularly those who have been retransplanted, report US researchers.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Simple risk factors signal ischemic risk in atherothrombosis patients Easily determined clinical characteristics can assist clinicians in identifying patients with various stages of atherothrombosis who are at high risk for future cardiovascular events, researchers report.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Prostate cancer mortality rates do not mirror incidence in Nordic countries Prostate cancer mortality rates have remained stable and even declined in Nordic countries over the past 2 decades, despite a substantial rise in the incidence of the disease, study results show.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Potential new MI risk predictor identified German researchers claim they have identified a potential new predictor of the risk for myocardial infarction.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Fat accumulation linked with atherosclerotic burden General obesity, and specifically the accumulation of fat around the abdomen, is linked with systemic atherosclerotic burden, South Korean research suggests.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Most diabetics need better BP control to reach targets Belgian researchers report that only 16% of patients with Type 2 diabetes achieve the target blood pressure of 130/80 mmHg recommended by American and European regulatory bodies such as the European Society of Hypertension.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Mild BNP may indicate LV dysfunction in diabetics Dutch researchers report that slightly elevated B-type natriuretic peptide levels are associated with increased left ventricular mass and diastolic dysfunction in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Early recurrent ischemic stroke can complicate thrombolysis UK researchers have found that early recurrent ischemic stroke after the use of intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator may be more common than previously thought.
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- Sep 2, 2010
- Percent-free PSA could reduce overdiagnosis after prostate cancer screening Percent-free prostate-specific antigen should be included alongside standard measures in early prostate cancer screening programs to better detect pathologically insignificant disease and thereby reduce risk for overdiagnosis, report Italian researchers.
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- Sep 1, 2010
- Breastfeeding may lower diabetes risk in mothers Mothers who breastfeed their children for at least 1 month may have a lower risk for diabetes than those who breastfeed for less time or do not breast feed at all, US researchers report.
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- Sep 1, 2010
- ACE I-ARB combination therapy not detrimental to severely hypertensive diabetics Australian researchers suggest that combined ACE inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker antihypertensive therapy does not produce more renal damage than monotherapy with either drug in diabetes patients with severe hypertension.
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- Sep 1, 2010
- Physicians not confident in knowledge about prostate cancer screening US primary care physicians are able to correctly identify prostate cancer risk factors but are not confident in their knowledge about prostate cancer screening and overall prostate cancer risk, show study results.
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- Sep 1, 2010
- Atherogenic dyslipidemia commonly found with stable coronary disease A significant proportion of patients with coronary artery disease could benefit from efforts to increase their high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and reduce triglycerides, researchers say.
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- Sep 1, 2010
- ALPHA OMEGA: Few post-MI patients benefit from low-dose n-3 fatty acids The overall rate of cardiovascular events in post-myocardial infarction patients is not reduced by low doses of dietary n-3 fatty acids, although some subgroups may benefit, the ALPHA OMEGA study results show.
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- Sep 1, 2010
- Celiac patients have similar colorectal neoplasia risk to general population Study findings confirm that celiac disease patients have a similar risk for colorectal cancer to the general population.
