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• Pharmacists as accurate as doctors at identifying those at risk of COPD
• COX-1 upregulated, mast cells increased in allergic rhinitis
• Muscle proteins oxidized and dysfunctional in diaphragms of COPD patients
• ‘Disenfranchised’ IBD patients leave hospital against medical advice
• ‘Missing link’ between stress and peptic ulcers discovered?
• Lifestyle modification may help HRQoL of RE patients receiving PPIs
• Cannabis raises schizophrenia medication non-adherence and drop-out risk
• Low birth weight linked to psychosis-like symptoms
• Education level strong predictor of incident hypertension in women
• Brain circuit disruptions underpin cognitive deficits in schizophrenia
• Brain structural changes linked to genetic liability for bipolar disorder
• Low birth weight linked to psychosis-like symptoms
• ‘Mixed hypomania’ common phenomenon in young mixed bipolar II patients
• Factors predicting long-term bipolar disorder outcomes explored
• Impulsivity linked to violence and prefrontal reductions in schizophrenia
• Awareness in bipolar I disorder linked to brain atrophy
• Coenzyme Q₁₀ supplements could aid some infertile men
• EEA/CMA oral contraceptive can treat moderate acne

Pharmacists as accurate as doctors at identifying those at risk of COPD Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Training pharmacists to perform spirometry testing on individuals with respiratory symptoms is an accurate way to identify those at high risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, say researchers.

COX-1 upregulated, mast cells increased in allergic rhinitis Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT UK scientists have identified the cellular and enzymatic basis for the elevated cysteinyl-leukotrienes present in nasal secretions in patients with allergic rhinitis.

Muscle proteins oxidized and dysfunctional in diaphragms of COPD patients Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Oxidation of proteins found in respiratory muscles could explain the breathing difficulty typical of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, say Spanish scientists.

‘Disenfranchised’ IBD patients leave hospital against medical advice Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Around one in every 76 US patients with inflammatory bowel disease admitted emergently for medical management leaves hospital against medical advice, a study shows.

‘Missing link’ between stress and peptic ulcers discovered? Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT UK researchers may have revealed a "missing link" between stress and the development of peptic ulcers, after finding that norepinephrine stimulates the growth of Helicobacter pylori.

Lifestyle modification may help HRQoL of RE patients receiving PPIs Posted: 07 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Lifestyle changes could improve the health-related quality of life of patients with reflux esophagitis treated with a proton pump inhibitor, Japanese study findings suggest.

Cannabis raises schizophrenia medication non-adherence and drop-out risk Posted: 04 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Among first-episode schizophrenia patients, cannabis use is a risk factor for non-adherence to medication and dropout from treatment, US researchers have discovered.

Low birth weight linked to psychosis-like symptoms Posted: 04 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Infants with a low birth weight are more likely to experience psychosis-like symptoms in later childhood than those with a normal birth weight, UK study findings suggest.

Education level strong predictor of incident hypertension in women Posted: 04 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Women's education level independently predicts their risk for developing hypertension, an analysis of the Women's Health Study has shown.

Brain circuit disruptions underpin cognitive deficits in schizophrenia Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT The cognitive fragmentation that characterizes schizophrenia may be due to disruptions within the cortico-cerebellar-thalamic-cortical (CCTC) brain circuit, US study findings suggest.

Brain structural changes linked to genetic liability for bipolar disorder Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Both bipolar disorder and genetic liability for the condition are characterized by disturbances to the structural integrity within specific intra- and interhemispheric tracts within the brain, conclude scientists.

Low birth weight linked to psychosis-like symptoms Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Infants with a low birth weight are more likely to experience psychosis-like symptoms in later childhood than those with a normal birth weight, UK study findings suggest.

‘Mixed hypomania’ common phenomenon in young mixed bipolar II patients Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have found that the phenomenon of "mixed hypomania" occurs frequently in pediatric bipolar II patients and tends to go unrecognized in early daytime assessments.

Factors predicting long-term bipolar disorder outcomes explored Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Long-term poor functional outcome among bipolar disorder patients may be linked to both cognitive impairment and the time spent with subsyndromal depressive symptomatology, Argentinean study findings indicate.

Impulsivity linked to violence and prefrontal reductions in schizophrenia Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT Dysfunctional impulsivity is associated with a propensity for repetitive violence in schizophrenia patients, potentially via reduced volumes in the orbitofrontal cortex grey matter and hippocampus, UK study findings indicate.

Awareness in bipolar I disorder linked to brain atrophy Posted: 01 Jun 2009 05:00 PM PDT In bipolar I disorder patients, both general and symptom awareness are associated with brain atrophy, but not with neurofunctioning, Norwegian researchers have discovered.

Coenzyme Q<sub>10</sub> supplements could aid some infertile men Posted: 24 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT Coenzyme Q10 supplements improve sperm motility in infertile men with idiopathic asthenozoospermia, a small trial indicates.

EEA/CMA oral contraceptive can treat moderate acne Posted: 24 May 2009 05:00 PM PDT A particular monophasic, combined oral contraceptive can improve moderate acne, phase III trial findings suggest.

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