Sunday, December 5, 2010

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Medical News

Asthma and COPD linked to diabetes risk in women

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Women with a history of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have an increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, show study findings.

Toll-like receptors may point to immune changes in IBS

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Individuals with irritable bowel syndrome have alterations in levels of toll-like receptors that suggest the innate immune system plays a role in the pathogenesis of the syndrome, conclude investigators.

Remission more likely than psychosis transition in ultra-high risk teens

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis are three times more likely to achieve remission over a 2-year follow-up period than to make the transition to full-blown psychosis, research shows.

Type 1 diabetes risk in children increased by enteroviral infection

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Enterovirus infection may increase the risk for progression from islet autoimmunity to Type 1 diabetes, suggest results from the DAISY study.

Gastroenteritis from E. coli and Campylobacter raises risk for CVD, renal impairment

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter increases the long term risk for hypertension, renal impairment, and cardiovascular disease, show Canadian study results.

Gastroenteritis from E. coli and Campylobacter raises risk for CVD, renal impairment

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter increases the long term risk for hypertension, renal impairment, and cardiovascular disease, show Canadian study results.

Bipolar patients show olfactory identification deficits

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with bipolar disorder, as well as those with schizophrenia, show significant olfactory identification deficits, say US researchers.

Smoking risk among mental health patients

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Research shows that schizophrenia spectrum disorders are associated with an increased risk for smoking among men, but not women, who are living in the community with serious mental illness.

Prefrontal cortex volume reductions linked to rapid cycling in BDII

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Results from a Japanese study suggest that gray matter volume reductions in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex are associated with rapid cycling in patients with bipolar II disorder.

Schizophrenia patients show sound localization and discrimination deficits

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with schizophrenia show impairments in both localization and spatial discrimination of sounds, say researchers.

Certain cognitive deficits worse in BDI than BDII patients

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with bipolar I disorder show greater memory and semantic fluency deficits than those with bipolar II disorder, but both patient groups show similar impairments in other measures of cognition, results from a review and meta-analysis of published studies show.

Cardiometabolic risk remains high, but stable with long-term antipsychotic treatment

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients established on long-term antipsychotic treatment show fewer metabolic changes than in the early stages of treatment, but they continue to have a high burden of cardiovascular risk.

Low birth weight linked to affective disorders, schizophrenia

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:00 PM PST

Results from a Danish study suggest that individuals born prematurely and those with a low birth weight face increased risk for affective disorders and schizophrenia in later life.
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