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• Perception of bronchoconstriction similar between obese and normal-weight subjects
• Statin therapy may worsen disease course in asthma patients
• Clinical practice differs from guidelines in antibiotic therapy for COPD
• Diagnostic bias may explain increased CRC risk in Barrett’s esophagus patients
• No quality of life benefits with intensive first-episode psychosis treatment
• Erythrocyte ion transport altered in hypertensive African–Americans with dyslipidemia
• Caregivers of bipolar patients suffer psychiatric symptoms
• Verbal fluency predicts transition to psychosis
• ARB use linked to reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia
• Impulsivity increased in bipolar and antisocial personality disorders
• Antidepressant, antipsychotic polypharmacy on the rise
• Frontline care staff training effective for BD relapse prevention
• Substance use increasing among young female FEP patients
• Adverse pregnancy outcome risk increased with bipolar disorder

Perception of bronchoconstriction similar between obese and normal-weight subjects Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST The perceptual responses to methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction and lung hyperinflation are similar in obese and normal-weight individuals with asthma, research shows.

Statin therapy may worsen disease course in asthma patients Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Statin therapy may worsen the clinical disease course in patients with asthma, results from a preliminary study suggest.

Clinical practice differs from guidelines in antibiotic therapy for COPD Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST There are significant deviations between practice patterns and guidelines regarding the use of antibiotics in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), research shows.

Diagnostic bias may explain increased CRC risk in Barrett’s esophagus patients Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that the increased risk for colorectal cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus is most likely due to diagnostic bias rather than shared risk factors.

No quality of life benefits with intensive first-episode psychosis treatment Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST An intensive integrated treatment for first-episode psychosis does not improve quality of life over standard treatment, despite improving clinical outcome and treatment adherence, conclude Danish investigators.

Erythrocyte ion transport altered in hypertensive African–Americans with dyslipidemia Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST African–Americans with essential hypertension and dyslipidemia have decreased erythrocyte ion transport compared with Caucasians, a study suggests.

Caregivers of bipolar patients suffer psychiatric symptoms Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Caregivers of patients with bipolar disorder have psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety symptoms, as well as increased mental health service use, the results of a US study indicate.

Verbal fluency predicts transition to psychosis Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Ultra-high-risk patients who make the transition to psychosis have worse semantic category verbal fluency scores than patients who do not make the transition, Dutch researchers have discovered.

ARB use linked to reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Elderly people who take angiotensin receptor blockers have significantly reduced the incidence and progression of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, shows an analysis of a large, predominantly male US cohort.

Impulsivity increased in bipolar and antisocial personality disorders Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Individuals with bipolar disorder and antisocial personality disorder have increased impulsivity, but the two conditions do not act synergistically to increase further impulsivity, the results of a US study indicate.

Antidepressant, antipsychotic polypharmacy on the rise Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Polypharmacy involving antidepressant and antipsychotic medications has increased significantly since the mid-1990s, with many of these combinations not supported by data from clinical trials, say US researchers.

Frontline care staff training effective for BD relapse prevention Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Training community mental health teams to offer enhanced relapse prevention for bipolar disorder increases the time to recurrence of an episode and improves occupational functioning, suggest UK study findings.

Substance use increasing among young female FEP patients Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Substance use disorders are common in first-episode psychosis patients, and the greatest increases in prevalence in recent years are seen among women aged 16–29 years, the results of a UK study indicate.

Adverse pregnancy outcome risk increased with bipolar disorder Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Women with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for having low birthweight, preterm birth, and small-for-gestational-age babies, say Taiwanese scientists who advocate early intervention in order to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes.

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