Sunday, December 19, 2010

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Medical News

Missing teeth linked to COPD QoL

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who have missing teeth or a high plaque index have a lower quality of life, on average, than those with good periodontal health, research shows.

Submucosal tumor appearance linked to esophageal cancer recurrence

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Esophageal cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy should be followed-up with frequent endoscopic surveillance, suggest study findings showing high rates of sub-mucosal tumors during disease recurrence.

Neurologic soft signs in schizophrenia show strong clinical correlates

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with schizophrenia show subtle neurologic deficits, known as soft signs, which comprise four factors that have distinct clinical correlations, study results demonstrate.

Quality of life scale devised specifically for bipolar disorder

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Researchers have developed a specific scale for measuring Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder, following a 4-year program of research involving patients in the process.

Schizophrenia patients show disrupted axonal fiber connectivity

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with schizophrenia show widespread disruptions in white-matter connectivity at the macroscale, a finding which is directly related to impaired intellectual performance, the results of a network brain mapping study show.

Small changes in troponin I levels indicate poor HF outcome

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Even a small rise in troponin I levels may increase the 90-day death and readmission risk among patients with decompensated heart failure, US study findings indicate.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder common in bipolar women

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

More than a quarter of women with bipolar disorder report premenstrual dysphoric disorder and those who do tend to experience multiple other comorbidities, study results show.

Cannabis use linked to sub-clinical psychotic symptoms in students

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Cannabis use is associated with the occurrence of sub-clinical psychotic symptoms in a dose-dependent manner among university students presenting to primary care for any reason, study results show.

Personality profile can predict course of illness in bipolar disorder

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Patients with bipolar disorder show a distinct personality profile marked by high neuroticism and openness among other traits, which cannot be accounted for by state-based mood episodes alone, study results show.

Tailored approach to non-adherence advised in psychotic patients

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Treatment adherence therapy for patients with psychotic disorders should take into account the reasons for each individual's non-adherence, say researchers who have shown such a strategy to be beneficial.

Nebivolol reduces ischemic events in patients with ischemic HF

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Study results indicate that elderly patients with ischemic heart failure who are treated with nebivolol have a reduced 2-year risk for cardiac ischemic events, irrespective of gender and heart failure severity.

Genetic variation in serotonin receptor linked to bipolar disorder

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

Variations in the gene encoding serotonin receptor 2C are associated with the incidence of bipolar disorder, according to the results of a population study.
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