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• Gender-specific link between <i>TSLP</i> gene variants and asthma
• Pre- and postnatal maternal antibiotic use linked to infant wheeze and eczema
• Obesity linked to reduced lung function in asthmatics
• Novel nocturnal GERD symptoms questionnaire shows initial validity
• Dietary factors may protect against psychotic-like symptoms
• Clinical ICD shocks, not induced shocks, herald poor prognosis
• <i>MTHFR</i> gene not linked to bipolar disorder
• Enhanced carbonyl stress linked to schizophrenia
• Emotional stimuli response deficits distinguish SMD from bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia patients fail to see faces as a whole
• Diabetes a risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever
• Metabolic syndrome under-recognized in bipolar disorder
• Ethnic differences found in schizophrenia brain structure
• Extracellular pathway implicated in neurobiology of mental disorders
• Extracellular pathway implicated in neurobiology of mental disorders

Gender-specific link between <i>TSLP</i> gene variants and asthma Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study indicate gender-specific associations between variants of thymic stromal lymphopoietin gene and asthma.

Pre- and postnatal maternal antibiotic use linked to infant wheeze and eczema Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The maternal use of antibiotics during pregnancy and lactation is associated with a significantly increased risk for eczema, and a non-significantly increased risk for wheeze in young children, study findings show.

Obesity linked to reduced lung function in asthmatics Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Obese patients with asthma tend to have poorer lung function and more comorbidities than their normal-weight counterparts, research shows.

Novel nocturnal GERD symptoms questionnaire shows initial validity Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A novel questionnaire to assess the severity and impact of nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms is a reliable and valid instrument, claims a team of US researchers.

Dietary factors may protect against psychotic-like symptoms Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Women with a high intake of fish, omega-3 or omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, and vitamin D may have a lower risk for psychotic-like symptoms, suggests research.

Clinical ICD shocks, not induced shocks, herald poor prognosis Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Implantable cardioverter–defibrillator shocks are associated with an increased risk for mortality and morbidity only if they are delivered for clinical rather than induced arrhythmias, say US researchers.

<i>MTHFR</i> gene not linked to bipolar disorder Posted: 24 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT A variant of the 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene, which results in the production of a mildly dysfunctional thermolabile enzyme, is not associated with clinically significant bipolar disorder, study findings confirm.

Enhanced carbonyl stress linked to schizophrenia Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Carbonyl stress may play a pivotal role in schizophrenia in some patients, research suggests.

Emotional stimuli response deficits distinguish SMD from bipolar disorder Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Adolescents with severe mood dysregulation have a blunted response to emotional stimuli that is not seen in adolescents with bipolar disorder, and may therefore help in distinguishing between the two disorders.

Schizophrenia patients fail to see faces as a whole Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The difficulty schizophrenia patients have in recognizing and processing faces appears to be explained by an inability to integrate individual features into an overall facial configuration, study results suggest.

Diabetes a risk factor for dengue hemorrhagic fever Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Presence of diabetes, hypertension, and allergies treated with steroids increase the risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever, show results from a case-control study.

Metabolic syndrome under-recognized in bipolar disorder Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT The rate of metabolic syndrome in individuals with bipolar disorder is up to 2-fold greater than in the general population and is associated with a more complex illness presentation, poor treatment response, and adverse illness course, a review of the literature shows.

Ethnic differences found in schizophrenia brain structure Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Black patients with schizophrenia show reduced global gray matter volume compared with ethnically-matched mentally healthy controls, report UK researchers who found no such deficits in White patients.

Extracellular pathway implicated in neurobiology of mental disorders Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia show disruption of the extracellular-regulated protein kinase pathway, results of a post-mortem brain study show.

Extracellular pathway implicated in neurobiology of mental disorders Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT Patients with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia show disruption of the extracellular-regulated protein kinase pathway, results of a post-mortem brain study show.

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