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Diabetes predicts severe osteoarthritis independently of BMI

Diabetes is a strong predictor for the development of severe osteoarthritis requiring joint arthroplasty, report researchers.

15 Oct 2012

$Arthroscopy best for scaphoid fracture assessment$

Arthroscopy best for scaphoid fracture assessment

Research shows that radiographs and computed tomography cannot replace arthroscopy for the diagnosis of unstable and displaced fractures of the scaphoid wrist.

15 Oct 2012

HIV agent offers HER2-positive breast cancer hope

A drug used to treat HIV infection may be a new treatment line for patients with an aggressive type of breast cancer, US researchers believe.

15 Oct 2012

Obesity does not affect VTE risk after knee surgery

Being morbidly obese does not increase the risk for developing venous thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty surgery, report US researchers.

15 Oct 2012

Rheumatoid arthritis treatment foiled by gum disease

Periodontal disease may reduce the efficacy of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, preliminary research suggests.

15 Oct 2012

Healthy geriatrics do better when managed as outpatients

The burden of morbidity is significantly reduced in otherwise healthy geriatric individuals when they are part of an outpatient geriatric evaluation and management model of care, shows Taiwanese research.

15 Oct 2012

METASTROKE refines genetic stroke culprits

An analysis from the METASTROKE collaboration confirms an increased stroke risk associated with four previously reported genetic loci and shows that these are specific to certain stroke subtypes.

15 Oct 2012

Environmental factors affect pneumonia hospitalization in HIV

Hospital admissions for Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-infected individuals are significantly more common in the summer months, US research shows.

15 Oct 2012

Therapeutic HPV16 and HPV18 vaccine ‘may eliminate infection’

A candidate vaccine against human papillomavirus serotypes 16 and 18 appears to induce robust immune responses to antigens, potentially leading to the elimination of virus-infected cells and regression of dysplasia, say US investigators.

15 Oct 2012

‘Daunting’ trajectory of age at first stroke

The incidence of stroke in young people has increased over recent years, shows a US population-based study.

15 Oct 2012

Private negotiations over Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement conclude

Negotiators from the United States and 10 other countries last month concluded a 14th round of private talks in Leesburg, Va., "to wrap up the Trans-Pacific Partnership, poised to become the largest trade deal in U.S. history," the Charlotte Observer reports.

15 Oct 2012

Women's decisions about contraception may depend on factors over which they have little control

Young women who start using hormonal contraceptives for birth control often stop using condoms, but a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health finds that if they later discontinue using hormonal contraceptives, they tend not to resume using condoms. This leaves them open to both unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

15 Oct 2012

Smoking cessation programs must be made available for current active-duty war fighters

In a new study published in Frontiers, Dr Timothy Durazzo and colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, expand upon their decade of research showing that smoking while kicking the alcohol habit impairs memory, learning and other cognitive skills--ultimately making it more difficult to weather the long storm of sobriety.

15 Oct 2012

Study helps uncover how brain processes and interprets facial expressions

Research released today helps reveal how human and primate brains process and interpret facial expressions, and the role of facial mimicry in everything from deciphering an unclear smile to establishing relationships of power and status.

15 Oct 2012

Sitting for longer periods doubles risk of heart disease, diabetes and death

A new study led by the University of Leicester, in association with colleagues at Loughborough University, has discovered that sitting for long periods increases your risk of diabetes, heart disease and death.

15 Oct 2012

Prize-winning study on single-bicycle crashes and accident prevention

Crashes are an unfortunate fact of life for many travelling on our roads and bicycle paths, but how and why they happen is not always well understood. In the Netherlands alone, A&E Departments treat 46,000 injuries sustained in single-bicycle incidents each year, 6000 of which lead to hospital admission. Reducing the number of bicycle accidents is thus good for the public purse as well as for the cyclists themselves.

15 Oct 2012

Study examines link between alcohol consumption and AF in patients with cardiovascular disease

An analysis of the association of alcohol consumption with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) among subjects with coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, or other manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was based on subjects in two large antihypertensive drug treatment trials.

15 Oct 2012

ELSA report reveals economic, social, psychological and health concerns of U.K.’s ageing society

One in six people in England aged over 50 are socially isolated. They have few socially orientated hobbies, little civic or cultural engagement with society, and may have very limited social networks. This was a key finding from the most recent report of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a comprehensive study that aims to understand the economic, social, psychological and health concerns of an ageing society.

15 Oct 2012

Scientists look to use natural killer cells to target common form of liver cancer

Scientists at the University of Southampton are to investigate the best way to use natural killer cells (NK) to target the most common form of liver cancer. NK cells are able to directly kill cancer in the body and stimulate other cells in the immune system to help attack cancer.

14 Oct 2012

Comparing animal and human cancer is of mutual benefit

A diagnosis of cancer once spelled the end for our animal companions but the launch today of a specialty cancer clinic, led by one of Australia’s leading veterinary oncologists at the University of Sydney, offers new hope.

14 Oct 2012