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• SMS messages improve medication adherence in asthma patients
• Osteoporosis risk highlighted in COPD patients
• Seasonal flu vaccination in children may hinder immunity to pandemic strains
• GerdQ helps diagnose and manage GERD in primary care
• Raised ACC activity found in schizophrenia at-risk individuals
• <i>DTNBP1</i> gene mutations linked to bipolar disorder
• Abnormal olfactory sulcus depth points to later schizophrenia risk
• Team-based care improves BP control in hypertension
• Postpartum bipolar II disorder ‘may be missed’
• Cardiovascular risk factors prevalent, under-treated in schizophrenia patients
• A diet including high n-3 fatty acids lowers triglycerides in patients with HIV
• Elderly patients with dementia at high risk for flu mortality
• Smoking predicts suicidality in BD patients
• Face perception, attentive functions linked to facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia
• BD diagnosis in elderly linked to rapid cognitive decline

SMS messages improve medication adherence in asthma patients Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST A daily cell phone short message service reminder significantly improves medication adherence in patients with asthma, research shows.

Osteoporosis risk highlighted in COPD patients Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Individuals with chronic pulmonary obstructive disease should have their bone mineral density monitored, say Brazilian researchers who found a high prevalence of osteoporosis in such patients.

Seasonal flu vaccination in children may hinder immunity to pandemic strains Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Vaccinating all young children against seasonal influenza A, as proposed in some Western countries including the USA, could, in theory, prevent them from developing immunity against pandemic strains such as N1H1, experts argue.

GerdQ helps diagnose and manage GERD in primary care Posted: 01 Nov 2009 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed a useful tool to help family practitioners diagnose and manage gastro-esophageal reflux disease without the need for initial specialist referral or endoscopy.

Raised ACC activity found in schizophrenia at-risk individuals Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Fronto-temporal connectivity appears to be intact in individuals at risk for developing schizophrenia, but this may be due to increased activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, conclude UK scientists.

<i>DTNBP1</i> gene mutations linked to bipolar disorder Posted: 29 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Mutations in the dystrobrevin binding protein 1 gene are associated with bipolar disorder, say European researchers in findings that reinforce the genetic overlap between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Abnormal olfactory sulcus depth points to later schizophrenia risk Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT An abnormal olfactory sulcus depth in early embryonic development may be a biomarker for later risk for developing schizophrenia, the results of a US study indicate.

Team-based care improves BP control in hypertension Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A strategy of team-based care for patients with hypertension achieves greater reductions in blood pressure than standard intervention, results of a meta-analysis demonstrate.

Postpartum bipolar II disorder ‘may be missed’ Posted: 28 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Postpartum bipolar II disorder may be mistakenly diagnosed as major depressive disorder, say Canadian and US scientists who make recommendations as to how patients should be treated.

Cardiovascular risk factors prevalent, under-treated in schizophrenia patients Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found that major cardiovascular risk factors are prevalent and under-diagnosed in patients with schizophrenia, suggesting a lack of sufficient therapeutic management.

A diet including high n-3 fatty acids lowers triglycerides in patients with HIV Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT A controlled diet including a high concentration of n-3 fatty acids significantly reduces triglyceride concentrations in patients with HIV, report researchers.

Elderly patients with dementia at high risk for flu mortality Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Elderly patients with dementia and influenza have significantly higher mortality rates than their cognitively healthy counterparts, results of a US study show.

Smoking predicts suicidality in BD patients Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Current cigarette smoking is a predictor for current and 9-month suicidal ideation and behavior in bipolar disorder patients, suggest US study results.

Face perception, attentive functions linked to facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that patients with schizophrenia have impairments in both face perception and emotion perception abilities, with the impairment in face perception significantly predicting emotion perception.

BD diagnosis in elderly linked to rapid cognitive decline Posted: 26 Oct 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show that older adults with bipolar disorder have greater cognitive dysfunction and decline than mentally healthy individuals of similar age and education level.

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