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• UK swine flu vaccination program begins
• Asymptomatic GER not linked to asthma severity
• Poor adherence may be major cause of difficult-to-treat asthma
• UK swine flu vaccination program begins
• Obesity, but not overweight, increases BE risk
• Gray matter losses in youths with intellectual defects and schizotypy
• HF hospital admissions show high rate of non-CV causes
• <i>DISC1</i> gene variants show mixed associations with psychiatric illness
• Addressing smoking beliefs may help schizophrenia patients to quit
• Aldosterone antagonist uptake low in heart failure
• Inflammatory markers increased in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
• Symptom remission in schizophrenia reduces future treatment needs
• Prehypertension associated with increased diabetes risk
• Medication adherence in early hypertension prevents primary CV events
• Unipolar, bipolar I patients show different temperaments
• Pre-onset cannabis use accelerates schizophrenia symptoms
• Ad36 infection linked to high triglycerides in Korean school children
• Study casts doubt on coffee link with HF hospitalization, mortality
• Accelerated bone maturation in children marker of hypertension
• ADHD risk factor for switching from unipolar to bipolar disorder

UK swine flu vaccination program begins Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT The UK vaccination program against the influenza A H1N1 virus has begun, with frontline healthcare workers and patients in National Health Service hospitals being the first groups to be offered the vaccine.

Asymptomatic GER not linked to asthma severity Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Asymptomatic gastroesophageal reflux is not associated with reduced lung function or respiratory symptoms in patients with poorly controlled asthma, researchers have found.

Poor adherence may be major cause of difficult-to-treat asthma Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Poor adherence to inhaled corticosteroid therapy may be a significant cause of difficult-to-treat asthma in patients with the respiratory condition, research suggests.

UK swine flu vaccination program begins Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT The UK vaccination program against the influenza A H1N1 virus has begun, with frontline healthcare workers and patients in National Health Service hospitals being the first groups to be offered the vaccine.

Obesity, but not overweight, increases BE risk Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Obese women appear to be at increased risk for Barrett's esophagus, but the risk does not appear to be raised in overweight women, study results suggest.

Gray matter losses in youths with intellectual defects and schizotypy Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Adolescents with mild intellectual impairment and schizotypal features have medial temporal gray matter losses comparable to populations at high risk for schizophrenia, UK researchers have discovered.

HF hospital admissions show high rate of non-CV causes Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Individuals diagnosed with heart failure will be admitted to hospital on average nearly once a year for the duration of their illness, according to results published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

<i>DISC1</i> gene variants show mixed associations with psychiatric illness Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 gene variants play a role in the development of psychiatric illness yet there is significant heterogeneity in clinically relevant variants between populations, say international scientists.

Addressing smoking beliefs may help schizophrenia patients to quit Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Challenging positive expectations and providing information on the negative consequences of smoking increase the motivation of schizophrenia and schizoaffective patients to quit smoking, conclude US investigators.

Aldosterone antagonist uptake low in heart failure Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Less than a third of patients hospitalized for heart failure in the USA receive guideline-recommended aldosterone antagonist therapy, despite being treated at centers participating in a quality improvement registry, study results show.

Inflammatory markers increased in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia patients have specific significant increases in endothelium-related inflammatory markers in comparison with healthy individuals, Norwegian scientists have discovered.

Symptom remission in schizophrenia reduces future treatment needs Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients who do not achieve remission of symptoms are more likely to require nursing home care, sheltered living, and healthcare interventions than those who do, show US researchers.

Prehypertension associated with increased diabetes risk Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Individuals with prehypertension are at/have an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, suggest researchers.

Medication adherence in early hypertension prevents primary CV events Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension who have no history of cardiovascular events are significantly less likely to experience future such events if they maintain a high level of adherence to their antihypertensive medication, study results confirm.

Unipolar, bipolar I patients show different temperaments Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that bipolar disorder I patients with manic/hypomanic polarity and depressive polarity show similar temperaments but are different from patients with unipolar major depression, thus supporting the "predominant polarity" concept for BD.

Pre-onset cannabis use accelerates schizophrenia symptoms Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A history of smoking cannabis may have a significant effect in hastening the onset of psychotic and prodromal symptoms in schizophrenia, suggest US researchers.

Ad36 infection linked to high triglycerides in Korean school children Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Infection with the human adenovirus 36 is associated with high triglycerides in Korean school children, report researchers.

Study casts doubt on coffee link with HF hospitalization, mortality Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report finding no evidence that high coffee consumption is associated with hospitalization or death from heart failure.

Accelerated bone maturation in children marker of hypertension Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Children and adolescents whose bones are more mature than would be expected for their age have an increased likelihood of developing hypertension, a study suggests.

ADHD risk factor for switching from unipolar to bipolar disorder Posted: 19 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT US study findings suggest that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a risk factor for switching from unipolar to bipolar disorder.

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