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• Physical activity reductions prevalent in moderate COPD
• Endothelial progenitor cells increased during COPD exacerbations
• Excessive height reduction may reduce lung function test accuracy in COPD
• Asian women with UC at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes
• Brain activation altered in schizophrenia during working memory tasks
• Metabolic syndrome increases risk for high-ocular tension
• Lithium may reduce dementia rate in bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia auditory gating deficits linked to auditory hallucinations
• ACCOMPLISH: Nephropathy progression slower with benazepril–amlodipine
• Type 1 diabetics with high VEGF have increased risk for CVD
• Brief measure assesses bipolar disorder and schizophrenia functioning
• Clinical features differ among absconding, agreed-leave patients committing suicide
• Corticolimbic dysregulation involved in BD pathophysiology
• Premorbid developmental deficits, lags present in children who develop schizophrenia
• Shortened Hypomania Checklist effectively discriminates BD from MDD

Physical activity reductions prevalent in moderate COPD Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease show evidence of significant physical activity reductions even at a moderate disease stage, say researchers.

Endothelial progenitor cells increased during COPD exacerbations Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Levels of endothelial progenitor cells are increased in patients who are experiencing an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, researchers have found.

Excessive height reduction may reduce lung function test accuracy in COPD Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Excessive height reduction may reduce the accuracy of lung function assessments in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, researchers warn.

Asian women with UC at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Asian women with ulcerative colitis are at an increased risk for having preterm and low-birthweight babies, research shows.

Brain activation altered in schizophrenia during working memory tasks Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Blood oxygenation analyses reveal brain areas with inverted U-shaped activation curves in schizophrenia patients that are not present in healthy individuals and point to widespread neural inefficiency in working memory, say US scientists.

Metabolic syndrome increases risk for high-ocular tension Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Presence of the metabolic syndrome increases the risk for high-ocular tension, a major cause of primary open angle glaucoma, report researchers.

Lithium may reduce dementia rate in bipolar disorder Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients treated with lithium appear to have a reduced rate of dementia compared with patients who receive anticonvulsants, antidepressants, or antipsychotics, the results of a Danish study indicate.

Schizophrenia auditory gating deficits linked to auditory hallucinations Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients have impaired auditory gating responses to human voices in the left hemisphere, with greater deficits linked to more severe auditory hallucinations, reflecting a sensory overload effect, , Japanese findings suggest.

ACCOMPLISH: Nephropathy progression slower with benazepril–amlodipine Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Initial antihypertensive therapy with the combination of benazepril and amlodipine slows progression of nephropathy to a greater extent than does the combination of benazepril and hydrochlorothiazide, conclude the ACCOMPLISH trial investigators.

Type 1 diabetics with high VEGF have increased risk for CVD Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes and high levels of vascular endothelial growth factor have increased risk for cardiovascular disease, say researchers.

Brief measure assesses bipolar disorder and schizophrenia functioning Posted: 17 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Functioning across a range of domains can be assessed in both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients using a brief performance-based measure, say US and Canadian researchers.

Clinical features differ among absconding, agreed-leave patients committing suicide Posted: 16 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have confirmed study findings showing a substantial number of inpatient suicides after absconding from psychiatric wards, and that different clinical features exist between such patients and those who commit suicide off the ward but with agreed leave.

Corticolimbic dysregulation involved in BD pathophysiology Posted: 16 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients experiencing an episode of mania show corticolimbic dysregulation characterized by simultaneous resting limbic/paralimbic hypermetabolism and prefrontal hypometabolism, indicate study findings.

Premorbid developmental deficits, lags present in children who develop schizophrenia Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Study findings suggest that children who develop schizophrenia in adulthood struggle with verbal reasoning in primary school and lag behind their peers in working memory, attention, and processing speed as they get older.

Shortened Hypomania Checklist effectively discriminates BD from MDD Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Researchers have found that a shortened 16-item version of the Hypomania Checklist reliably differentiates between patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, without loss in sensitivity or specificity compared with the full version of the questionnaire.

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