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• Oral contraceptives do not increase women’s risk for death
• Trial of labor and induction after previous cesarean risks uterine rupture
• Extended VTE prophylaxis necessary after gynecologic cancer surgery
• Postmenopausal women misreport height loss
• Long-term oral contraceptive use does not affect peak aerobic capacity
• Risk score proposed to measure Crohn’s disease hospitalization severity
• Negative schizophrenia symptoms common despite treatment
• Emotional vulnerability affects cognitive control in bipolar disorder patients
• Late-onset schizophrenia should be distinct subtype
• Potential link between acute mental stress and CVD risk supported
• Obesity is possible marker of bipolar disorder severity
• Schizophrenia linked to worse verbal memory than 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
• Rapid cycling in bipolar disorder linked to serious life disruption
• Subjective working memory test validated in schizophrenia
• Eating chocolate linked to reduced CVD risk
• Causal role of androgens in progression of HF in men questioned
• Criteria for childhood bipolar disorder diagnosis questioned

Oral contraceptives do not increase women’s risk for death Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Taking oral contraceptives does not increase a woman's overall risk for death, show the results of a study which actually indicates that pill use might offer certain benefits.

Trial of labor and induction after previous cesarean risks uterine rupture Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women who undergo trial of labor or induction after a previous cesarean section have an increased risk for uterine rupture compared with women with no previous cesarean, according to study findings.

Extended VTE prophylaxis necessary after gynecologic cancer surgery Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Venous thromboembolism can occur long after patients have been discharged from hospital following gynecologic cancer surgery, report researchers.

Postmenopausal women misreport height loss Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Vertebral fractures are a likely cause of height loss among postmenopausal women, but physicians must not rely on patient-reported height estimates, say French researchers.

Long-term oral contraceptive use does not affect peak aerobic capacity Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Long-term use of combined oral contraceptives containing 0.20 mg ethinylestradiol and 0.15 mg of gestodene does not affect aerobic activity at the peak and anaerobic threshold, study findings show.

Risk score proposed to measure Crohn’s disease hospitalization severity Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have developed a novel risk score to measure the severity of Crohn's disease hospitalizations using hospital discharge data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample.

Negative schizophrenia symptoms common despite treatment Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A high number of patients with schizophrenia or schizophrenia spectrum disorders continue to experience negative symptoms despite receiving antipsychotic treatment, findings from the CLAMORS study show.

Emotional vulnerability affects cognitive control in bipolar disorder patients Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found that heightened emotional arousal in bipolar disorder patients, compared with mentally healthy individuals, may enhance their reaction time to cognitive tasks.

Late-onset schizophrenia should be distinct subtype Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Late-onset schizophrenia, occurring over the age of 40 years, should be considered a distinct subtype of schizophrenia, say researchers.

Potential link between acute mental stress and CVD risk supported Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Meta-analysis results appear to confirm that greater vascular responsivity to acute mental stress is associated with worsened cardiovascular disease risk status.

Obesity is possible marker of bipolar disorder severity Posted: 31 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Obesity appears to be associated with a history of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder, study findings show.

Schizophrenia linked to worse verbal memory than 22q11.2 deletion syndrome Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Young patients with schizophrenia show marked deficits in verbal memory compared with intellectually matched youths with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, research shows.

Rapid cycling in bipolar disorder linked to serious life disruption Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder who experience frequent mood episodes show a greater level of life disruption than their peers with less frequent episodes, results of a large community study show.

Subjective working memory test validated in schizophrenia Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia who report working memory deficits on a self-assessed scale show reductions in left and right frontal lobe volumes relative to their peers with fewer deficits, a magnetic resonance imaging study has shown.

Eating chocolate linked to reduced CVD risk Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Eating chocolate may reduce risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), partly as a result of its blood-pressure lowering effect, an observational study suggests.

Causal role of androgens in progression of HF in men questioned Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT Serum levels of androgens are not independently associated with increased mortality among men with heart failure, researchers report.

Criteria for childhood bipolar disorder diagnosis questioned Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT The incidence of DSM-IV-defined bipolar disorder is very low in children and adolescents, according to the results of an epidemiological study.

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