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• Tiotropium may reduce mortality in COPD patients
• Bronchial thermoplasty reduces exacerbations in severe asthma patients
• Antibiotics of limited benefit in COPD exacerbations
• Alcohol and smoking differentially affect esophageal and gastric cancer risk
• Food preference judgments intact in schizophrenia
• Leptin, but not adiponectin, predicts hypertension risk
• Low cholesterol levels linked to manic symptomatology in BD
• Subjective emotions linked to function in schizophrenia patients
• 5-HT2 receptor density reduced during manic episodes
• Pituitary volume in FEP reduced by atypical antipsychotics
• Old antidepressant points to novel therapeutic approach in heart failure
• Unique motor activity patterns in manic bipolar disorder patients
• Lack of insight in schizophrenia partly explained by other factors
• High sensitive cardiac troponin I level useful prognostic marker in chronic HF
• Bipolar medication adherence affected by beliefs

Tiotropium may reduce mortality in COPD patients Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Treatment with the long-acting anticholinergic tiotropium is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular-related mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, results from a systematic review show.

Bronchial thermoplasty reduces exacerbations in severe asthma patients Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Bronchial thermoplasty reduces exacerbations and improves the quality of life of patients with severe asthma, study results show.

Antibiotics of limited benefit in COPD exacerbations Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Treatment with antibiotics in addition to systemic corticosteroids provides limited, short-term benefits for patients hospitalized with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, say researchers.

Alcohol and smoking differentially affect esophageal and gastric cancer risk Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Cigarette smoking appears to increase the risk for esophageal, squamous cell carcinoma, esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, and gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma, whereas alcohol consumption increases the risk for OSCC only, researchers report.

Food preference judgments intact in schizophrenia Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST US researchers believe that schizophrenia patients have intact food preference judgments but show an alteration in the hedonic values attached to food, which may be related to particular facets of anhedonia.

Leptin, but not adiponectin, predicts hypertension risk Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from the Copenhagen City Heart Study show that leptin, but not adiponectin, levels are significantly associated with new-onset hypertension.

Low cholesterol levels linked to manic symptomatology in BD Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Individuals with bipolar disorder who have low cholesterol levels may be predisposed to a greater burden of manic symptomatology than those with normal or high cholesterol levels, show study findings.

Subjective emotions linked to function in schizophrenia patients Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Subjective emotional experience can be assessed reliably in patients with schizophrenia and plays a significant part in functional outcomes, the results of a US study indicate.

5-HT2 receptor density reduced during manic episodes Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Individuals experiencing a mania episode have reductions in 5-hydroxytryptamine2 receptor density in the brain compared with healthy individuals, conclude researchers.

Pituitary volume in FEP reduced by atypical antipsychotics Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Atypical antipsychotic medications appear to reduce pituitary gland volumes in first-episode psychosis patients, which may help patients to cope with the stress associated with their disorder, say scientists.

Old antidepressant points to novel therapeutic approach in heart failure Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found that the monoamine oxidase-A inhibitor clorgyline, an antidepressant that was developed over 40 years ago and is no longer in use, protects against cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction in an animal model.

Unique motor activity patterns in manic bipolar disorder patients Posted: 05 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients in the manic phase have a unique signature of motor activity compared with schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals, US researchers have discovered using a novel experiment.

Lack of insight in schizophrenia partly explained by other factors Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Clinical symptoms and demographic characteristics such as educational level partially account for the lack of insight in schizophrenia, the results of a European study indicate.

High sensitive cardiac troponin I level useful prognostic marker in chronic HF Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST High sensitive cardiac troponin I level is an independent and useful prognostic predictor of mortality in patients with chronic heart failure, a study suggests.

Bipolar medication adherence affected by beliefs Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The treatment and illness beliefs of patients with bipolar disorder predict medication adherence and may represent a potential target for modification, say UK researchers.

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