Nachrichten aus der Welt der Medizin. Zur Verfügung gestellen von CMG (Current Medicine Group).
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- 27.08.2010
- Leptin: adiponectin ratio not best marker of atherosclerosis susceptibility The ratio of leptin to adioponectin should not be preferentially used as a marker of atherosclerosis susceptibility, according to the results of a Dutch study.
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- 27.08.2010
- Multiple socioeconomic disadvantages linked with midlife metabolic syndrome Several signs of socioeconomic disadvantage during adulthood are associated with an increased risk for the metabolic syndrome in middle age, suggests a study of men who served in the US military at the time of the Vietnam War.
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- 27.08.2010
- Obese men should have prostate cancer screen adjusted for BMI Overweight and obese men may have diminished prostate cancer detection owing to low prostate-specific antigen levels, report US researchers who recommend adjusting prostate cancer screening to allow for the impact of body mass index.
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- 27.08.2010
- Routine use of pharmacogenetic warfarin dosing algorithms unjustified The accuracy of pharmacogenetic warfarin dosing algorithms does not support the routine, prospective use of genetically-guided dosing in patients starting therapy with the anticoagulant, study findings indicate.
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- 27.08.2010
- Same-day discharge ‘safe’ for elective PCI patients Same-day discharge of patients undergoing uncomplicated elective percutaneous coronary intervention is feasible, suggest US researchers.
