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Neonatal history must be taken in ex-preterms with fractures

Researchers say that a neonatal history must be taken in all ex-preterm infants with rib fractures.

26 Nov 2012

Procalcitonin levels help distinguish between pneumonia types

Serum procalcitonin is a useful marker for distinguishing between acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia, say researchers.

26 Nov 2012

Lack of job may raise heart attack risk

Unemployment, multiple job losses, and short periods without work are all significant risk factors for acute myocardial infarction, say researchers.

26 Nov 2012

Word-training program found to restore key words in some dementia patients

A simple word-training program has been found to restore key words in people with a type of dementia that attacks language and our memory for words.

26 Nov 2012

Chronic suppurative lung disease: an interview with Dr Robyn Marsh

Chronic suppurative lung disease, or CSLD, is used to describe a range of lung diseases characterised by a chronic wet cough and progressive lung damage. We are interested in the non-cystic fibrosis forms of the disease with a focus on bronchiectasis – the severe form of CSLD.

26 Nov 2012

First evidence of blood vessel dysfunction found in healthy young people with cystic fibrosis

The first evidence of blood vessel dysfunction has been found in a small cohort of generally healthy young people with cystic fibrosis, researchers report.

26 Nov 2012

Study shows neurobiological mechanisms of how individual risk preferences determine risk perception

Some people live their lives by the motto "no risk - no fun!" and avoid hardly any risks. Others are clearly more cautious and focus primarily on safety when investing and for other business activities. Scientists from the University of Bonn in cooperation with colleagues from the University of Zurich studied the attitudes towards risk in a group of 56 subjects.

26 Nov 2012

Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people

Mental activities like reading and writing can preserve structural integrity in the brains of older people, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

26 Nov 2012

Weight loss and quality of sleep: an interview with Kerry Stewart

In our particular study we used a survey which consisted of 50 different questions which get at different aspects of sleep health. It was a patient self-report.

26 Nov 2012

Smoking-related diabetes a modifiable risk factor

Cigarette smoking is a modifiable risk factor for impaired insulin secretion in Japanese men, show study findings.

23 Nov 2012

Kidney disease measures on mortality, ESRD unaffected by age

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.

23 Nov 2012

Children with psoriasis at increased risk for obesity

Children with psoriasis have a greater risk for being overweight or obese than those without the disorder, report researchers.

23 Nov 2012

Medical teams in disaster zones should be prepped to treat children

Emergency medical teams deployed to disaster zones should anticipate a large number of surgical procedures in pediatric patients, particularly those of an orthopedic nature, research suggests.

23 Nov 2012

Smoking-related diabetes a modifiable risk factor

Cigarette smoking is a modifiable risk factor for impaired insulin secretion in Japanese men, show study findings.

23 Nov 2012

Adolescent strength linked to early mortality risk

Muscle strength in adolescence is significantly associated with the likelihood for early death, reveal results from a large study of Swedish teenagers.

23 Nov 2012

Highly impulsive behavior leads to problem gambling in boys

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.

23 Nov 2012

Allergies common in ADHD, tic disorder patients

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.

23 Nov 2012

Childhood abuse linked to altered gray matter in psychosis

Sexual abuse in childhood is associated with significant gray matter volume reductions in patients with psychosis, US researchers report.

23 Nov 2012

Altered cognition, attitudes mostly state related in bipolar disorder

Altered cognitive processes and attitudes in patients with bipolar disorder are mostly associated with symptomatology, say researchers.

23 Nov 2012

Rheumatoid arthritis patients adhere to both adalimumab, etanercept

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.

23 Nov 2012