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• Overweight and obesity linked to reduced respiratory health in children
• Statins may benefit COPD patients
• Humidity and temperature changes linked to ED visits for childhood asthma
• Iron treatment effective for anemia in IBD patients
• Sexual dysfunction common in schizophrenia patients
• No 5-HT_1A binding reductions in euthymic bipolar disorder patients
• Semantic memory activation changes with thought disorder in schizophrenia
• Physical measures highly effective for prevention of flu spread
• Depression switch rate in bipolar mania ‘low’
• Psychiatric family history frequent in first-episode psychosis
• ECT shows potential for drug-resistant bipolar depression
• Neuropeptide gene dysfunction linked to schizophrenia in males
• HbA1c underestimates glucose level in HIV-infected patients with diabetes
• Orchid extract has lipid-lowering and antihypertensive properties
• Substance abuse, eating disorders in BD affect facial expression processing

Overweight and obesity linked to reduced respiratory health in children Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Overweight and obese children have a significantly greater prevalence of respiratory symptoms and diseases than their normal weight counterparts, results of a Chinese study show.

Statins may benefit COPD patients Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Treatment with statins may improve a number of outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, although further studies are needed to confirm their beneficial effects in this patient population, say researchers.

Humidity and temperature changes linked to ED visits for childhood asthma Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Changes in humidity and air temperature are associated with an increase in emergency department visits among children with asthma, study results show.

Iron treatment effective for anemia in IBD patients Posted: 27 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Anemia correction in patients with inflammatory bowel disease can be achieved using oral iron treatment and in severe cases intravenous iron, study findings show.

Sexual dysfunction common in schizophrenia patients Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT The nature of sexual dysfunction reported by schizophrenia patients is comparable to that seen in the general population, but the rate at which such dysfunction occurs is higher in patients, conclude UK researchers.

No 5-HT<sub>1A</sub> binding reductions in euthymic bipolar disorder patients Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT 5-HT1A receptor binding is not reduced in medicated euthymic bipolar disorder patients versus healthy individuals, say researchers in findings that contrast with the reductions seen in unipolar and bipolar depressed patients.

Semantic memory activation changes with thought disorder in schizophrenia Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients with formal thought disorder (TD) have increased unconscious spread of activation within semantic memory compared with other schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals, German study findings indicate.

Physical measures highly effective for prevention of flu spread Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Washing hands, wearing masks, and isolating potentially infected patients are very effective measures for preventing the spread of influenza and should be given a high priority in national pandemic preparation plans, say researchers.

Depression switch rate in bipolar mania ‘low’ Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Only a small proportion of bipolar disorder patients switch from mania to depression, say European researchers in findings that suggest atypical antipsychotics may protect against the switch to depression.

Psychiatric family history frequent in first-episode psychosis Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Psychiatric illnesses such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and substance use disorder (SUD) are common among relatives of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP), show study results.

ECT shows potential for drug-resistant bipolar depression Posted: 22 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT In addition to its established effectiveness for treating unipolar (UP) depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a viable treatment for bipolar (BP) I and II depression resistant to pharmacologic treatment, suggest study results.

Neuropeptide gene dysfunction linked to schizophrenia in males Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Danish researchers suggest that a dysfunction of the neuropeptide cholecystokinin-A receptor gene (CCKAR) may be involved in the etiology of schizophrenia, and that it is present specifically in men.

HbA1c underestimates glucose level in HIV-infected patients with diabetes Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Use of glycated hemoglobin to measure glycemic control underestimates glucose level in Type 2 diabetics infected with HIV, report investigators.

Orchid extract has lipid-lowering and antihypertensive properties Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT Research shows that a root extract from the plant Orchis mascula, a member of the orchid family, is antihypertensive, improves endothelial function, and has lipid-lowering properties.

Substance abuse, eating disorders in BD affect facial expression processing Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT US study results suggest that in bipolar disorder (BD), relationships exist between substance abuse and eating disorder comorbidity, and prefrontal-cortical and subcortical-striatal activity to facial expressions.

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