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• Patients and doctors differ in assessment of asthma control
• Novel antiviral compound effective against bird flu
• Early asthma diagnosis may influence career path
• IBD inpatients at increased risk for MRSA infection
• Near-infrared spectroscopy helps identify schizophrenia patients
• Sleep efficiency and variability important bipolar treatment targets
• Error-related processing dysfunction detected in children at risk for schizophrenia
• Unstable alcohol consumption linked to hypomania vulnerability
• Prenatal tobacco exposure not linked to later schizophrenia
• Bipolar overdiagnosis in depression linked to worse outcomes
• Diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk increased in schizophrenia
• Framingham and UKPDS risk equations overestimate CV events in diabetics
• Euthymic bipolar patients show increased striatal DAT availability

Patients and doctors differ in assessment of asthma control Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Results from a South-African study confirm that doctors and patients often disagree in their assessment of asthma control.

Novel antiviral compound effective against bird flu Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A novel antiviral compound is effective against H5N1 avian influenza, including highly pathogenic and oseltamivir-resistant strains of the virus, a study in mice shows.

Early asthma diagnosis may influence career path Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST A diagnosis of asthma before completion of full-time education may influence an individual's career path, say researchers.

IBD inpatients at increased risk for MRSA infection Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at increased risk for contracting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection compared with non-IBD gastrointestinal and general inpatients, show Canadian researchers.

Near-infrared spectroscopy helps identify schizophrenia patients Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Near-infrared spectroscopy measurements of prefrontal cortex activation could be used to differentiate patients with schizophrenia from healthy individuals, suggests research.

Sleep efficiency and variability important bipolar treatment targets Posted: 25 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Sleep disturbance between episodes of bipolar disorder can affect illness course and may therefore be an important intervention target, say researchers.

Error-related processing dysfunction detected in children at risk for schizophrenia Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Children at elevated risk for schizophrenia show error processing dysfunction similar to that seen in adults with schizophrenia, study findings indicate.

Unstable alcohol consumption linked to hypomania vulnerability Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Unstable alcohol consumption and binge drinking may be a marker of increased risk for hypomania, say researchers.

Prenatal tobacco exposure not linked to later schizophrenia Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Prenatal tobacco exposure does not increase the risk for schizophrenia in children, French scientists have discovered.

Bipolar overdiagnosis in depression linked to worse outcomes Posted: 23 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Depressed patients who are wrongly diagnosed with bipolar disorder are more chronically ill and have more comorbidities than depressed patients without this diagnosis, conclude US researchers.

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk increased in schizophrenia Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia increases the risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease in both genders, particularly at younger ages, say Canadian researchers who recommend that patients be monitored at the time of schizophrenia diagnosis.

Framingham and UKPDS risk equations overestimate CV events in diabetics Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The Framingham and UK Prospective Diabetes Study cardiovascular risk equations may lead to substantial overestimation of CV risk for the majority of Type 2 diabetics, report researchers.

Euthymic bipolar patients show increased striatal DAT availability Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST The availability of striatal dopamine transporter is increased in bipolar disorder patients compared with healthy individuals, even in patients in the euthymic state, the results of a Taiwanese study indicate.

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