Monday, November 22, 2010

Medical News

Medical News

Cognitive deficits present in young bipolar patients

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Adolescents with early-onset bipolar disorder exhibit cognitive performance deficits in working memory, visual-motor skills, and inhibitory control, say Spanish researchers.

Prefronto-parietal relationships linked to positive psychotic symptoms

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Study results suggest that dysfunctional prefronto-parietal relationships are associated with the occurrence of positive psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions.

Central adiposity linked to thrombin generation

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Higher body fat mass, particularly around the trunk, is associated with greater thrombin generation in women but not in men, Dutch researchers report.

Warfarin should be suspended for ‘at least a month’ after ICH

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

The optimal time for resumption of warfarin treatment in high-risk patients who have suffered anticoagulation-related intracranial hemorrhage is between 10 and 30 weeks, say researchers.

Cough medicine can predict tamoxifen metabolism

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

An active ingredient in cough medicines can be used to predict how women with breast cancer will respond to treatment with tamoxifen, study findings indicate.

Overall survival of prostate RT patients improved by early hormone therapy

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

The overall survival of prostate cancer patients who relapse after treatment with radiotherapy is improved if they receive early rather than late salvage hormone therapy, say US researchers.

ASSERT: Results hint at RVX-208 benefits in raising HDL cholesterol levels

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

RVX-208 does not significantly increase levels of apoplipoprotein A-1, but does significantly raise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, findings from the ASSERT study indicate.

Lipid imbalances may underlie post-stenting SFA reobstruction

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Researchers say that an imbalance in plasma lipoproteins may be a major reason for development of restenosis and reocclusion after superficial femoral artery stent implantation in patients with peripheral artery disease.

Need for ‘more intensive treatment’ of dyslipidemia in Canadian patients

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Findings from the DYSlipidemia International Study suggest that treatment for dyslipidemia should be intensified in Canadian patients, especially among those who are at high risk.

Type 2 diabetic men have smaller PSA increases with age than nondiabetics

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Caucasian men with Type 2 diabetes have smaller age-related increases in serum prostate specific antigen than their nondiabetic peers, report researchers.

Blood pressure variability increases nephropathy risk in Type 1 diabetes

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Increased annual visit-to-visit variability in systolic and diastolic blood pressure increases the risk for nephropathy, but not retinopathy, in patients with Type 1 diabetes, show study findings.

Radiation exposure from myocardial imaging ‘a matter of concern’

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Heart disease patients are being exposed to very high doses of radiation because of the increasing use of myocardial perfusion and other imaging studies, say US researchers.

AEDs fail to improve survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

The use of automated external defibrillators in patients who suffer cardiac arrest while hospitalized does not improve survival, a major study suggests.
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