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• Rectal cancer incidence increasing in young patients
• Maternal HSV-2 link to schizophrenia in offspring supported
• DANPACE: No AAIR pacemakers for sick sinus syndrome patients
• Recurrent manic episodes reduce cognitive performance in bipolar disorder
• Parental mental disorder linked to wide range of such disorders in offspring
• Most diabetics need better BP control to reach targets
• Mild BNP may indicate LV dysfunction in diabetics
• Psychosis prevalent in bipolar II depression
• Cognitive deterioration does not occur during first psychotic episode
• ACE I-ARB combination therapy not detrimental to severely hypertensive diabetics
• Remitted bipolar disorder patients have ‘normal’ reactivity to daily events
• Risk factors for small intracranial aneurysm rupture identified
• SHIFT: Heart failure risk significantly reduced with ivabradine

Rectal cancer incidence increasing in young patients Posted: 05 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Physicians may be routinely underestimating the risk for rectal cancer in the young despite increasing incidence in this group, an analysis of over 7000 US individuals suggests.

Maternal HSV-2 link to schizophrenia in offspring supported Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Danish study support an association between maternal infection with the herpes simplex virus and an increased risk for schizophrenia in offspring.

DANPACE: No AAIR pacemakers for sick sinus syndrome patients Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Sick sinus syndrome patients should not receive rate-adaptive single chamber atrial pacing because of a raised risk for reoperation and atrial fibrillation when compared with rate-adaptive dual chamber pacing, conclude DANPACE investigators.

Recurrent manic episodes reduce cognitive performance in bipolar disorder Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Recurrent manic episodes are associated with progressive worsening of cognitive performance in patients with bipolar I disorder, research suggests.

Parental mental disorder linked to wide range of such disorders in offspring Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT A parental history of serious mental disorder is associated with an increased risk for a wide range of mental health disorders in children, including disorders that were previously thought to be unrelated, researchers have found.

Most diabetics need better BP control to reach targets Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Belgian researchers report that only 16% of patients with Type 2 diabetes achieve the target blood pressure of 130/80 mmHg recommended by American and European regulatory bodies such as the European Society of Hypertension.

Mild BNP may indicate LV dysfunction in diabetics Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Dutch researchers report that slightly elevated B-type natriuretic peptide levels are associated with increased left ventricular mass and diastolic dysfunction in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Psychosis prevalent in bipolar II depression Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:00 PM PDT Around a fifth of patients with bipolar II disorder have a history of psychosis during depression, say researchers who suggest that bipolar II disorder with psychosis may represent a distinct phenotype.

Cognitive deterioration does not occur during first psychotic episode Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Cognitive function does not deteriorate during the first episode of psychosis, say Dutch researchers in findings that suggest cognitive impairment, particularly in the domain of verbal memory, is present before this time.

ACE I-ARB combination therapy not detrimental to severely hypertensive diabetics Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Australian researchers suggest that combined ACE inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker antihypertensive therapy does not produce more renal damage than monotherapy with either drug in diabetes patients with severe hypertension.

Remitted bipolar disorder patients have ‘normal’ reactivity to daily events Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Dutch study suggest that mood reactions to daily events are similar between bipolar disorder patients who have achieved remission and mental healthy individuals.

Risk factors for small intracranial aneurysm rupture identified Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT Japanese researchers recommend that patients under the age of 50 years with hypertension and multiple intracranial aneurysms of at least 4 mm in diameter should be considered for treatment to prevent rupture at a later date.

SHIFT: Heart failure risk significantly reduced with ivabradine Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT The risk for cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure is significantly reduced with ivabradine in moderate to severe chronic HF patients with left ventricular dysfunction, results from the SHIFT study indicate.

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