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• Sweat response increased in asthmatic children
• Late preterm birth ‘not linked to increased asthma risk’
• Bariatric surgery reduces respiratory medication use
• Nasal oxytocin does not increase success of IUI
• Sequential IVF culture media improves embryo growth, development
• Elective single blastocyst transfer reduces multiple births
• Chlamydia screening may not reduce rates of pelvic inflammatory disease
• <i>BRCA</i> mutations do not increase risk for infertility
• Loose seton most effective for Crohn’s disease anal fistula patients
• Glycine links NMDA receptor dysfunction to negative schizophrenia symptoms
• Skin test before flu shot may be unnecessary in egg-allergic children
• Telmisartan blood pressure lowering blunted by salt supplementation
• GDNF may be peripheral marker of bipolar disorder
• Self-reported childhood psychotic symptoms ‘indicate impaired development’
• Genome copy number variant burden not increased in bipolar disorder
• Affect recognition impacts on overall function in schizophrenia
• Self-stigma common in schizophrenia, linked to empowerment
• Adding ARB to ACE inhibitor therapy has no overall benefit in heart failure
• Dyspnea improves rapidly with conventional therapy for acute HF
• Sociodemographic, clinical predictors of bipolar treatment nonadherence identified
• Bipolar disorder-OCD may be separate disease entity

Sweat response increased in asthmatic children Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Boys, but not girls, with asthma sweat more in response to physical exercise than those without the respiratory condition, results from a Turkish study show.

Late preterm birth ‘not linked to increased asthma risk’ Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children with a late preterm birth are no more likely to develop asthma than those born at term, results from a US study suggest.

Bariatric surgery reduces respiratory medication use Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Weight-loss surgery reduces respiratory medication use among obese individuals, including those with asthma, researchers have found.

Nasal oxytocin does not increase success of IUI Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT The application of intranasal oxytocin after a cycle of intrauterine insemination does not increase pregnancy rates, researchers report.

Sequential IVF culture media improves embryo growth, development Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT An embryo culture medium containing supplemental amino acids, nucleotides, vitamins, and cholesterol improves the performance of embryonic growth and development, as well as increasing pregnancy rates, researchers report.

Elective single blastocyst transfer reduces multiple births Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women aged under 40 years undergoing fresh, nondonor IVF have a reduced risk for multiple births if they receive elective single blastocyst transfer rather than double blastocyst transfer, study findings show.

Chlamydia screening may not reduce rates of pelvic inflammatory disease Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A UK study suggests that annual screening for chlamydia among young women is unlikely to protect them from developing pelvic inflammatory disease during the subsequent year.

<i>BRCA</i> mutations do not increase risk for infertility Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women who carry a mutation on the BRCA gene have similar fertility experiences to women who have no mutation, study findings show.

Loose seton most effective for Crohn’s disease anal fistula patients Posted: 11 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Treatment of complex anal fistula with a loose seton is effective for reducing sepsis and subsequent incontinence, particularly in patients with Crohn's disease, say researchers.

Glycine links NMDA receptor dysfunction to negative schizophrenia symptoms Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Serum glycine levels are associated with the intensity of negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, researchers have found.

Skin test before flu shot may be unnecessary in egg-allergic children Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Skin tests before influenza vaccination may not be necessary in children who are allergic to eggs, say US researchers who found that most children with egg allergies do not experience allergic reactions to the vaccine.

Telmisartan blood pressure lowering blunted by salt supplementation Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Supplementation with salt reduces the blood pressure-lowering capacity of the angiotensin II receptor antagonist telmisartan in patients with Type 2 diabetes regardless of habitual salt intake, report investigators.

GDNF may be peripheral marker of bipolar disorder Posted: 08 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder have reduced serum levels of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, suggesting this neurotrophic factor plays a role in the pathophysiology of the condition, say researchers in China.

Self-reported childhood psychotic symptoms ‘indicate impaired development’ Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Self-reported psychotic symptoms in childhood are often a marker of an impaired developmental process and should be actively assessed by clinicians, say researchers.

Genome copy number variant burden not increased in bipolar disorder Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder patients, unlike those with schizophrenia, do not have an increased burden of copy number variants in their DNA, study results indicate.

Affect recognition impacts on overall function in schizophrenia Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A subgroup of patients with schizophrenia and relatively preserved affect recognition show better functional outcomes than their peers with defective AR, study results show.

Self-stigma common in schizophrenia, linked to empowerment Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Around 40% of patients with schizophrenia or psychosis report moderate or high self-stigma, according to a European survey of mental-health service users.

Adding ARB to ACE inhibitor therapy has no overall benefit in heart failure Posted: 06 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Any benefit of adding an angiotensin receptor blocker to ACE inhibitor therapy in heart failure patients seems to be outweighed by the increased risk for adverse effects, indicate meta-analysis results.

Dyspnea improves rapidly with conventional therapy for acute HF Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Dyspnea in the sitting position among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure improves rapidly with conventional treatment, although many patients remain orthopneic, show results of the URGENT Dyspnoea study.

Sociodemographic, clinical predictors of bipolar treatment nonadherence identified Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Poor treatment adherence in bipolar disorder is associated with a number of sociodemographic and clinical factors including household income, ethnicity, and rapid cycling, report researchers who present a model for predicting non-adherence risk.

Bipolar disorder-OCD may be separate disease entity Posted: 05 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder and comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder present with more depressive episodes and are at a greater risk for treatment-emergent mania than their peers with bipolar disorder alone, research shows.

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