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• Verbal memory intrusions impact self-reflection and reasoning in schizophrenia
• Schizophrenia and smoking linked to reduced white matter integrity
• CDC reporting tool reveals acceptable prostatectomy complication rates
• Oral contraceptives increase breast cancer risk in African-American women
• Compliance issues may confound polypill benefits
• Circadian rhythm influences triglyceride levels
• Glycemic regulation, dyslipidemia, renal dysfunction increase long-term IHD, mortality risk
• Link between <i>HMOX1</i> variants and Type 2 diabetes confirmed
• Healthcare exposure, age linked to infective endocarditis
• Allopurinol therapy improves HF outcomes in patients with gout

Verbal memory intrusions impact self-reflection and reasoning in schizophrenia Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Verbal memory intrusions are associated with reduced self-reflectivity and more thought disorganization in patients with schizophrenia, researchers have found.

Schizophrenia and smoking linked to reduced white matter integrity Posted: 11 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study show that schizophrenia and smoking are independently and additively associated with reduced white matter integrity between the striatum and the frontal cortex.

CDC reporting tool reveals acceptable prostatectomy complication rates Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT The overall complication rate following open radical retropubic prostatectomy is acceptable, German researchers have found using the Clavein-Dindo classification.

Oral contraceptives increase breast cancer risk in African-American women Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Oral contraceptive formulations used in recent decades increase the risk for breast cancer in African-American women, with a greater effect for estrogen receptor-negative than positive cancer, US study data show.

Compliance issues may confound polypill benefits Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT A quadruple-agent polypill is well tolerated in people without vascular risk factors but is associated with more modest benefits than expected, relative to placebo treatment, show results from an Iranian study.

Circadian rhythm influences triglyceride levels Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Mice with reduced activity of the Clock gene have triglyceride levels that remain permanently high, instead of rising and falling during the day, report researchers in the journal Cell Metabolism.

Glycemic regulation, dyslipidemia, renal dysfunction increase long-term IHD, mortality risk Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT The long-term risk for ischemic heart disease, all-cause mortality, and cardiovascular mortality is increased in patients with Type 1 diabetes if they have poor glycemic control, dyslipidemia, and renal dysfunction, report Danish researchers.

Link between <i>HMOX1</i> variants and Type 2 diabetes confirmed Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis confirm previous findings suggesting that variation in the heme oxygenase-1 gene is linked to increased risk for Type 2 diabetes.

Healthcare exposure, age linked to infective endocarditis Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from an Australian study show that healthcare-associated infective endocarditis is becoming an increasing problem.

Allopurinol therapy improves HF outcomes in patients with gout Posted: 10 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Continuous treatment with allopurinol for hyperuricemia is associated with a reduced risk for hospital re-admission or death in patients with heart failure and gout, show study findings.

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