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• Diabetes linked to longer stay, increased mortality in hospitalized COPD patients
• Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells involved in asthmatic response to allergens
• Combined exposure to allergens and pollution increases asthma risk in high-risk children
• Cholecystectomy not always best option for cholelithiasis patients
• Improvements in insight predict favorable schizophrenia outcomes
• Seasonality of mania exists in tropics
• Early and late stages of information processing linked in schizophrenia patients
• Manic and hypomanic episodes linked to increased CVD risk
• Stress-reactivity is intermediary phenotype for psychosis
• Functional recovery in bipolar disorder linked to marriage, education
• Cognitive rehabilitation has ‘lasting impact’ on schizophrenia
• Low fitness, physical activity in young adulthood portends hypertension
• Biological differences found between bipolar I and II disorder

Diabetes linked to longer stay, increased mortality in hospitalized COPD patients Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Comorbid diabetes mellitis is associated with a trend towards a longer length of stay in hospital and increased mortality in patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, research shows.

Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells involved in asthmatic response to allergens Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Canadian study suggest that both myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cells are involved in the airway response to allergens among patients with asthma.

Combined exposure to allergens and pollution increases asthma risk in high-risk children Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Combined exposure to elevated levels of dog allergen and indoor nitrogen dioxide or environmental tobacco smoke significantly increases the risk for incident asthma among children with a family history of the condition, researchers have found.

Cholecystectomy not always best option for cholelithiasis patients Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cholelithiasis patients who only have dyspeptic symptoms report a high persistence of pre-existing symptoms after undergoing cholecystectomy , show results from a Dutch study.

Improvements in insight predict favorable schizophrenia outcomes Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients whose insight into their illness improves in the early stages of the disease are likely to have good outcomes, research from India shows.

Seasonality of mania exists in tropics Posted: 10 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The effect of seasons and climate on the course of bipolar disorder extends to tropical and subtropical regions, research suggests.

Early and late stages of information processing linked in schizophrenia patients Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report inter-relationships between the ability to inhibit incoming redundant sensory input and the ability to respond when stimulus changes in schizophrenia patients.

Manic and hypomanic episodes linked to increased CVD risk Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT People with a history of manic or hypomanic episodes have an increased risk for incident cardiovascular disease, study findings suggest.

Stress-reactivity is intermediary phenotype for psychosis Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The siblings of patients with psychosis and severe positive symptoms tend to show increased reactivity to stress compared with the siblings of psychosis patients with mild positive symptoms, study results show.

Functional recovery in bipolar disorder linked to marriage, education Posted: 08 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Less than half of patients with bipolar disorder achieve functional recovery, report researchers who note that married patients, those with greater education, and those with fewer years of illness are more likely to recover.

Cognitive rehabilitation has ‘lasting impact’ on schizophrenia Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cognitive enhancement therapy achieves improvements in functional outcomes in patients with schizophrenia that are maintained up to 1 year after completing treatment, study findings show.

Low fitness, physical activity in young adulthood portends hypertension Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Low levels of fitness in young adults may account for a substantial proportion of hypertension incidence, researchers report in the journal Hypertension.

Biological differences found between bipolar I and II disorder Posted: 07 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Euthymic patients with bipolar I disorder show significantly reduced serotonin transporter binding in the midbrain compared with euthymic bipolar II disorder patients and mentally healthy controls, an imaging study has shown.

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