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• Interval hypoxic training improves autonomic CV control in COPD patients
• Low pDC levels linked to childhood asthma after severe RSV bronchiolitis
• One in six health workers unlikely to respond during a pandemic flu emergency
• MR touted as endoscopic alternative for Crohn’s disease
• GERD and hiatus hernia susceptibility gene identified
• Anxiety experienced by BE patients undergoing endoscopic surveillance
• STG gray matter abnormalities specific to schizophrenia
• Arterial stiffness associated with HbA1c and diabetes duration in hypertensive patients
• Oxidative damage may play role in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
• Additive cognitive impairment with schizophrenia and alcohol abuse
• Brain volume loss ‘not accelerated in bipolar disorder’
• Psychoactive substance use in schizophrenia associated with EPS
• Diet and lifestyle factors linked with reduced hypertension risk
• Healthy lifestyle linked to reduced lifetime HF risk
• Increases in white matter axonal organization seen in euthymic BD patients
• Mammography screening rates low among women with schizophrenia
• Merely moderate glycemic control appears most effective in HF patients with diabetes
• Coffee, cigarette consumption linked to suicide in bipolar disorder

Interval hypoxic training improves autonomic CV control in COPD patients Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Interval hypoxic training can help improve autonomic cardiovascular control in patients with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

Low pDC levels linked to childhood asthma after severe RSV bronchiolitis Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children who are diagnosed with asthma after suffering severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis in early life appear to have lower levels of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in peripheral blood than those who do not develop asthma after RSV bronchiolitis, research shows.

One in six health workers unlikely to respond during a pandemic flu emergency Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Around one in six public health workers would not report to work during a pandemic flu emergency, regardless of its severity, US survey results suggest.

MR touted as endoscopic alternative for Crohn’s disease Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Positive study findings have led Spanish researchers to propose that magnetic resonance could be used as an alternative to endoscopy to assess the activity and severity of ileocolonic Crohn's disease.

GERD and hiatus hernia susceptibility gene identified Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Collagen type III alpha I is a susceptibility gene for gastroesophageal reflux disease and a male risk factor for hiatus hernia, a study suggests.

Anxiety experienced by BE patients undergoing endoscopic surveillance Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT UK research suggests that patients undergoing endoscopic surveillance for Barrett's esophagus suffer anxiety and have an impaired quality of life.

STG gray matter abnormalities specific to schizophrenia Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Morphologic abnormalities in the gray matter of the superior temporal gyrus are specific to schizophrenia and may play a role in the underlying pathophysiology, conclude scientists.

Arterial stiffness associated with HbA1c and diabetes duration in hypertensive patients Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Arterial stiffness is linked to both glycated hemoglobin and duration of diabetes in patients with concomitant hypertension, highlighting the importance of early glycemic control for prevention of atherosclerotic disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Oxidative damage may play role in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Posted: 23 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT The pathological process of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia may be due, in part, to oxidative damage, say Canadian researchers in findings that may point to novel treatment approaches.

Additive cognitive impairment with schizophrenia and alcohol abuse Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder seem to have an additive effect on cognitive impairment, increasing the risk for relapse and adversely affecting treatment outcomes, conclude UK researchers.

Brain volume loss ‘not accelerated in bipolar disorder’ Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder patients do not have accelerated prefrontal gyrification index loss, but having at least one brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene variant may increase loss, UK scientists have found.

Psychoactive substance use in schizophrenia associated with EPS Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Results from a meta-analysis suggest that use of psychoactive substances is associated with extrapyramidal symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, especially when confounding sociodemographic and psychiatric factors are considered.

Diet and lifestyle factors linked with reduced hypertension risk Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Six modifiable dietary and lifestyle factors are associated with a reduced incidence of self-reported hypertension in women, US researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Healthy lifestyle linked to reduced lifetime HF risk Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men who adhere to five key healthy lifestyle factors have a significantly reduced risk for developing heart failure during their lifetime, shows an analysis of the Physicians' Health Study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Increases in white matter axonal organization seen in euthymic BD patients Posted: 21 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Using diffusion tensor imaging, researchers have found evidence of microstructural white matter modifications in euthymic bipolar patients suggestive of increases in white matter axonal organization.

Mammography screening rates low among women with schizophrenia Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that women with schizophrenia who have low incomes and inconsistent healthcare are less likely to take up preventive screening measures for breast cancer than other individuals.

Merely moderate glycemic control appears most effective in HF patients with diabetes Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients with heart failure and diabetes who have moderate glycemic control have better long-term survival not only in comparison with those whose glucose is poorly controlled but also those with excellent glycemic control, show results published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Coffee, cigarette consumption linked to suicide in bipolar disorder Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results indicate an association between suicidal acts and smoking and coffee consumption in bipolar disorder patients.

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