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• Asthmatic children at increased risk for insulin resistance
• Airway inflammation and remodeling occurs even after asthma remission
• Air filtration pillow may benefit allergy sufferers
• Chronic GER symptoms signal underlying endoscopic abnormalities
• Extended-release carvedilol may have beneficial triglyceride effect
• ECT equally effective for unipolar and bipolar depression
• Sexual, physical abuse common in first psychotic episode patients
• Metacognitive training shows promise for schizophrenia patients
• Subcutaneous ICD shows promise
• Tobacco use linked to coronary heart disease in bipolar disorder patients
• Tardive dykinesia ‘remains substantial’ in atypical antipsychotic era
• Work impairments remain 2 years after bipolar disorder episode
• Schizophrenia with comorbid OCD marked by set-shifting deficits
• High resting heart rate linked to Type 2 diabetes in women
• Psychosocial therapy reduces relapse risk in bipolar disorder

Asthmatic children at increased risk for insulin resistance Posted: 16 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Children with allergic asthma are at increased risk for insulin resistance, study findings suggest.

Airway inflammation and remodeling occurs even after asthma remission Posted: 16 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Airway inflammation and remodeling is not only evident in patients with active asthma, but also in those who are in remission, researchers have found.

Air filtration pillow may benefit allergy sufferers Posted: 16 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT A novel air filtration pillow may help reduce night-time symptoms and improve quality of life in allergy sufferers, research suggests.

Chronic GER symptoms signal underlying endoscopic abnormalities Posted: 16 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT General practitionerS should consider referring older and heavier patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux symptoms for secondary investigation as many have abnormal endoscopic findings, suggest study results.

Extended-release carvedilol may have beneficial triglyceride effect Posted: 13 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Extended-release carvedilol differs to extended-release metoprolol in its effect on triglyceride levels, but has a similar impact on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypertensive patients without dyslipidemia, trial findings suggest.

ECT equally effective for unipolar and bipolar depression Posted: 13 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar depression are as likely to remit with standard electroconvulsive therapy as those with unipolar depression, say researchers.

Sexual, physical abuse common in first psychotic episode patients Posted: 13 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT One quarter of patients with bipolar I disorder presenting with a first episode of psychotic mania have suffered sexual and/or physical abuse in childhood and adolescence, a study shows.

Metacognitive training shows promise for schizophrenia patients Posted: 12 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT The treatment program "metacognitive training for patients with schizophrenia" appears to be a feasible option for ameliorating positive symptoms and the jumping to conclusions thinking style associated with delusions, pilot study findings suggest.

Subcutaneous ICD shows promise Posted: 12 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Preliminary study findings suggest that an entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator is effective at treating ventricular fibrillation and sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmia.

Tobacco use linked to coronary heart disease in bipolar disorder patients Posted: 12 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Smoking is common among patients with bipolar disorder and can increase their risk for coronary heart disease, a study in Spanish people shows.

Tardive dykinesia ‘remains substantial’ in atypical antipsychotic era Posted: 11 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia spectrum and affective disorders treated with atypical antipsychotics show only a modest reduction in tardive dykinesia relative to patients treated with conventional antipsychotics, US study results show.

Work impairments remain 2 years after bipolar disorder episode Posted: 11 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Around 40% of patients with bipolar disorder are highly impaired in their work function 2 years after a manic or mixed episode, report researchers who found that impairment was linked to low education status, living alone, and rapid cycling disease.

Schizophrenia with comorbid OCD marked by set-shifting deficits Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with comorbid schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder show more severe deficits in attentional set-shifting than patients with schizophrenia only, research shows.

High resting heart rate linked to Type 2 diabetes in women Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT An elevated resting heart rate is associated with increased risk for Type 2 diabetes in Chinese women, say US researchers.

Psychosocial therapy reduces relapse risk in bipolar disorder Posted: 10 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Adjunctive, group-based psychosocial intervention in patients with bipolar disorder reduces the frequency and duration of relapses compared with usual treatment, study results show.

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