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• Increases in physical activity linked to improved HRQoL in COPD
• Weight gain may increase asthma risk in middle-aged adults
• ‘Diagnostic transfer’ and greater awareness linked to increased asthma rates
• Embryo freezing does not adversely affect perinatal outcomes
• Home sperm immunodiagnostic test highly accurate for fertility potential
• Increased ROS linked to adverse embryonic development, reduced pregnancy rates
• Blastocyst transfer linked to increased adverse neonatal outcomes
• Day 3 AMH levels good marker of ovarian response in PCOS patients
• Moderate alcohol consumption may facilitate H. pylori elimination
• Exercise stimulates hippocampal plasticity in schizophrenia patients
• Childhood factors that increase risk for premature adult death elucidated
• NT-proBNP-guided management improves outcome after HF hospitalization
• Bipolar mixed states linked to active religious involvement
• Cortical surface characteristics altered in offspring of schizophrenia patients
• Respiratory viral infections common in Asian children with asthma attacks
• Functional status questionnaire specific to bipolar disorder developed
• Inferior frontal gyrus linked to schizophrenia familial risk
• Subthreshold symptom persistence predicts progression to bipolar disorder
• Early perceptual processing affects higher outcomes in schizophrenia
• Low healthcare engagement in bipolar patients who drive under the influence

Increases in physical activity linked to improved HRQoL in COPD Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can significantly improve their health-related quality of life by increasing their levels of physical activity, say researchers.

Weight gain may increase asthma risk in middle-aged adults Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a Norwegian study suggest that weight gain in middle age increases an individual's risk for developing asthma.

‘Diagnostic transfer’ and greater awareness linked to increased asthma rates Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The marked increase in the prevalence of doctor-diagnosed asthma in recent decades is partly explained by diagnostic transfer and increased awareness of the condition, as well as by actual increases in symptoms and atopy, results from an Australian study suggest.

Embryo freezing does not adversely affect perinatal outcomes Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that embryo freezing does not increase the risk for adverse perinatal outcomes such as prematurity, low birthweight, and being small for gestational age compared with fresh embryo transfers.

Home sperm immunodiagnostic test highly accurate for fertility potential Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A simple and inexpensive home sperm immunodiagnostic test can easily inform men about their fertility potential with 96 percent accuracy, show study findings.

Increased ROS linked to adverse embryonic development, reduced pregnancy rates Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings show that slow development, poor fragmentation and reduced formation of morphologically normal blastocysts are associated with increased levels of day 3 reactive oxygen species, suggesting that reactive oxygen species may be an important biochemical marker for blastulation.

Blastocyst transfer linked to increased adverse neonatal outcomes Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found an increased risk for adverse neonatal outcomes with blastocyst transfer compared with cleavage-stage embryo transfer after IVF.

Day 3 AMH levels good marker of ovarian response in PCOS patients Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that serum antimüllerian hormone levels on day 3 of the stimulation cycle are a good marker of ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation and reproductive outcomes in polycystic ovary syndrome patients undergoing assisted reproduction.

Moderate alcohol consumption may facilitate H. pylori elimination Posted: 14 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Moderate alcohol consumption may facilitate the elimination of Helicobacter pylori, suggest researchers who found an inverse association between alcohol consumption and H. pylori seropositivity.

Exercise stimulates hippocampal plasticity in schizophrenia patients Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The hippocampus in patients with schizophrenia retains a degree of plasticity despite being smaller than normal,, say researchers who found increases in hippocampal volume among patients following an aerobic exercise program.

Childhood factors that increase risk for premature adult death elucidated Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Obesity, glucose intolerance, and hypertension in childhood are significantly associated with increased rates of premature death in adulthood, say researchers.

NT-proBNP-guided management improves outcome after HF hospitalization Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings indicate that adding N-terminal pro-B-type-natriuretic-peptide-guided intensive patient management to multidisciplinary care improves clinical outcome in patients who have been hospitalized with heart failure.

Bipolar mixed states linked to active religious involvement Posted: 11 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients in mixed states appear to have more active private religious lives, including prayer or meditation, compared with their counterparts in depressed, manic, or euthymic states, US researchers report.

Cortical surface characteristics altered in offspring of schizophrenia patients Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Adolescents with a genetically elevated risk for schizophrenia show altered cortical surface area and thickness, researchers report.

Respiratory viral infections common in Asian children with asthma attacks Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Respiratory viral infections are commonly associated with asthma exacerbations in Asian children, research suggests.

Functional status questionnaire specific to bipolar disorder developed Posted: 10 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed and validated a self-report measure for quantifying functional status across different clinical states in patients with bipolar disorder.

Inferior frontal gyrus linked to schizophrenia familial risk Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST In patients with schizophrenia, the subregion structure of the prefrontal cortex may be differentially affected, with the inferior frontal gyrus volume most related to familial risk, show US researchers.

Subthreshold symptom persistence predicts progression to bipolar disorder Posted: 09 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that symptom persistence, rather than just presence of symptoms, predicts the transition to full-blown, clinically relevant bipolar disorder in young people with a subthreshold state.

Early perceptual processing affects higher outcomes in schizophrenia Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A measure of early perceptual processing is associated with work, independent living, and social perception in patients with schizophrenia, say US scientists in findings that support cascade models of information processing.

Low healthcare engagement in bipolar patients who drive under the influence Posted: 08 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Persistent driving under the influence offenders with bipolar disorder have high rates of comorbid mental conditions and have little engagement with the healthcare system, the results of a US study indicate.

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