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(American Thoracic Society) Wearing compression stockings may be a simple low-tech way to improve obstructive sleep apnea in patients with chronic venous insufficiency, according to French researchers.

(INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)) How maternal essential fatty acid deficiency impact on its progeny is poorly understood.

Dietary insufficiency in omega-3 fatty acid has been implicated in many disorders. French researchers from INSERM and INRA have studied mice fed on a diet low in omega-3 fatty acid.

They discovered that reduced levels of omega-3 had deleterious consequences on synaptic functions and emotional behaviors.

Details of this work are available in the online version of the journal Nature Neuroscience.

(MedPage Today) -- Hepatocellular carcinoma patients who have HIV do just as well after a liver transplant as those who are not infected, French researchers reported.

SAN ANTONIO (MedPage Today) -- Therapy for metastatic breast cancer that includes bevacizumab (Avastin) should be delayed at least seven days after venous access lines are implanted to prevent wound complications and promote healing, French researchers suggested here.

Hand-held computers and decision-support software improved diagnostic decision making for suspected pulmonary embolism, French researchers said.

Patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphlycoccus aureus (MRSA) during a hospital stay risk transferring it to household contacts once they're discharged, French researchers said.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- The risk of tuberculosis is higher for patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) monoclonal antibody therapy than for those receiving soluble TNF receptor therapy for any indication, French researchers found.