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• Chronic cough indicates asthma risk in patients with upper airway conditions
• Asthma clinics help improve patients’ disease knowledge
• Seasonal allergies linked to suicide ideation
• Schizophrenia gray matter reductions ‘in addition to genetic risk changes’
• Subthreshold bipolar disorder common in major depression
• Intensive twice weekly GMA sessions effective for active ulcerative colitis
• CRP link with stroke, vascular disease ‘unlikely to be causal’

Chronic cough indicates asthma risk in patients with upper airway conditions Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST The presence of chronic cough indicates a significantly increased risk for asthma in patients with allergic rhinitis or chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, say researchers.

Asthma clinics help improve patients’ disease knowledge Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST Asthma patients who attend primary health care centers (PHCCs) with asthma clinics tend to have better knowledge about their disease than those who attend PHCCs without such clinics, research shows.

Seasonal allergies linked to suicide ideation Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST A history of seasonal allergies is associated with an increased risk for suicide ideation, but not attempts, research suggests.

Schizophrenia gray matter reductions ‘in addition to genetic risk changes’ Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients have reductions in gray matter volume that occur in addition to those associated with genetic risk for the disorder, say scientists who concede the reasons for the reductions are unclear.

Subthreshold bipolar disorder common in major depression Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST Major depressive disorder is a heterogeneous disorder that contains a substantial proportion of patients with clinically significant subthreshold bipolar disorder, study results indicate.

Intensive twice weekly GMA sessions effective for active ulcerative colitis Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST Intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis twice a week appears to be more efficacious than conventional weekly treatment for active ulcerative colitis, study findings show.

CRP link with stroke, vascular disease ‘unlikely to be causal’ Posted: 21 Dec 2009 04:00 PM PST C-reactive protein levels are linearly associated with the future risk of various common diseases, including stroke and some cancers, but the relationship is unlikely to be causal, the most comprehensive study of the issue to date has found.

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