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• Acupuncture does not effectively reduce labor pain
• Age, parity linked to choice of contraception
• Potential demand for over-the-counter contraceptives exists in USA
• High prevalence of depression in peri- and postmenopausal women
• Urinary biomarkers identify presence of ovarian cancer
• Psychological factors common trigger for IBD
• rTMS shows benefits for negative symptoms in schizophrenia
• High pulse pressure predicts new-onset diabetes in hypertensive patients
• Verbal fluency task reveals inherited neural abnormalities in bipolar disorder
• Behavior contributes to relapse in schizophrenia patients with long DUI
• rhNRG-1 improves cardiac function of CHF patients
• Soft form bipolar disorder often misdiagnosed as MDD in elderly
• Parental age affects risk for bipolar disorder in offspring
• Habenular brain complex disrupted in affective disorders
• Cellular immunity impaired in schizophrenia
• Treatment-related weight gain prevalent in pediatric bipolar disorder

Acupuncture does not effectively reduce labor pain Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The use of acupuncture for pain management during labor is not supported by available evidence, indicate the results of a systematic review.

Age, parity linked to choice of contraception Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The form of contraception women choose is linked with their age and parity, according to researchers investigating contraceptive use and pregnancies in a cohort of 286 women.

Potential demand for over-the-counter contraceptives exists in USA Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT US research indicates that certain women would be likely to take advantage of over-the-counter contraceptives in the USA, were they available at low cost.

High prevalence of depression in peri- and postmenopausal women Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Turkish researchers have found that women transitioning from peri- to postmenopause have an increased risk for developing depression compared with premenopausal women.

Urinary biomarkers identify presence of ovarian cancer Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women aged 55 years or older who have elevated levels of two urinary biomarkers have a high risk for ovarian cancer, according to US researchers.

Psychological factors common trigger for IBD Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Perceived stress, negative mood, and major life events are significantly associated with inflammatory bowel disease flares, show study results.

rTMS shows benefits for negative symptoms in schizophrenia Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation may be a beneficial treatment for negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, meta-analysis findings suggest.

High pulse pressure predicts new-onset diabetes in hypertensive patients Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT High pulse pressure increases the risk for new-onset diabetes in Japanese patients with hypertension, show results from the CASE-J trial.

Verbal fluency task reveals inherited neural abnormalities in bipolar disorder Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder may be associated with an inherited abnormality of a neural network that incorporates the left prefrontal cortex and bilateral retrosplenial cortex, study findings suggest.

Behavior contributes to relapse in schizophrenia patients with long DUI Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT The increased risk for relapse in patients with schizophrenia who have a long duration of untreated illness may be due to them having aspects inherent to the disease that predispose them both to a high risk for relapse and to a delay in admission, say UK researchers.

rhNRG-1 improves cardiac function of CHF patients Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Short-term administration of recombinant human neuregulin-1 could results in sustained improvement of cardiac pumping and inhibition or reversal of ventricular remodeling in patients with chronic heart failure, researchers report.

Soft form bipolar disorder often misdiagnosed as MDD in elderly Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT A considerable number of older patients with bipolar II disorder or bipolar disorder not otherwise specified are initially misdiagnosed as having major depressive disorder, study findings show.

Parental age affects risk for bipolar disorder in offspring Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children conceived to parents older than 30 years face an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder, study findings show.

Habenular brain complex disrupted in affective disorders Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with unipolar or bipolar depression show significant reductions in habenular complex volume compared with mentally healthy controls, study findings show.

Cellular immunity impaired in schizophrenia Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia show a significant reduction in interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α gene expression compared with mentally healthy controls, indicative of compromised Type 1 cellular immunity, research shows.

Treatment-related weight gain prevalent in pediatric bipolar disorder Posted: 26 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children and adolescents with bipolar disorder experience metabolic problems as early as 3 months after starting treatment with second-generation antipsychotics, study results show.

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