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• Influenza and coronaviruses linked to mood disorders
• Early antihypertensive treatment increases survival benefit
• Adverse obstetric outcome risk with IBD ‘moderately low’
• Early antihypertensive treatment increases survival benefit
• Obesity ‘does not predict CHD risk in patients on atypical antipsychotics’
• Prehospital intubation cleared of raising pneumonia risk
• Cardioprotective ‘polypill’ trial begins
• Distinctive characteristics distinguish bipolar disorder II from I
• Violence common in untreated patients with first-episode psychosis
• Three age at onset groupings identified in bipolar patients
• Schizophrenia linked to cavum septum pellucidum abnormalities
• Blood pressure extremes increase CVD event risk in diabetic patients
• SUD significantly worsens social functioning in bipolar patients
• Self-efficacy is key aspect in smoking cessation in schizophrenia
• Orthostatic BP changes may add to stroke risk
• Onset age and polarity are key predictors of bipolar disorder course

Influenza and coronaviruses linked to mood disorders Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with mood disorders are more likely to show evidence of infection with influenza A or coronaviruses than mentally healthy individuals, US researchers have found.

Early antihypertensive treatment increases survival benefit Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Results of a large meta-analysis indicate that cardiovascular disease patients who start antihypertensive treatment approximately 30 months before other patients with the same condition may have reduced mortality in the long term.

Adverse obstetric outcome risk with IBD ‘moderately low’ Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST A reassuring study suggests the most women with inflammatory bowel disease will have a pregnancy that proceeds normally, although there is an increased risk of the child being born small for gestational age.

Early antihypertensive treatment increases survival benefit Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Results of a large meta-analysis indicate that cardiovascular disease patients who start antihypertensive treatment approximately 30 months before other patients with the same condition may have reduced mortality in the long term.

Obesity ‘does not predict CHD risk in patients on atypical antipsychotics’ Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Obesity is not an independent predictor for the 10-year risk for coronary heart disease events in patients without the metabolic syndrome who are taking atypical antipsychotics, study findings suggest.

Prehospital intubation cleared of raising pneumonia risk Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma patients is not influenced by whether patients undergo intubation before or on arrival at hospital, shows US research.

Cardioprotective ‘polypill’ trial begins Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST A phase III trial to assess the effect of a four-component "polypill" on primary prevention of ischemic heart disease and stroke in individuals aged 50 years and older begins in the UK this week, the investigators have announced.

Distinctive characteristics distinguish bipolar disorder II from I Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST A distinct set of characteristics distinguishes bipolar II disorder from bipolar I disorder, and can be adopted for differential diagnosis in clinical practice, say Korean researchers.

Violence common in untreated patients with first-episode psychosis Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST A significant proportion of patients with first-episode psychosis commit acts of violence before presenting for treatment, results of a systematic review and meta-analysis show.

Three age at onset groupings identified in bipolar patients Posted: 05 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Bipolar disorder patients can be divided into three groups based on age-at-onset distributions, with patients in the earliest AAO group at greatest risk for suicide attempts, research shows.

Schizophrenia linked to cavum septum pellucidum abnormalities Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders are more likely to show evidence of large, but not small, cavum septum pellucidum than mentally healthy individuals.

Blood pressure extremes increase CVD event risk in diabetic patients Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST High systolic and low diastolic blood pressure increase the risk for cardiovascular disease events in patients with Type 2 diabetes, report researchers from the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial.

SUD significantly worsens social functioning in bipolar patients Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST The presence of substance use disorder is associated with a significant reduction in social functioning among patients with bipolar disorder, say French researchers.

Self-efficacy is key aspect in smoking cessation in schizophrenia Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Confidence in one's ability to quit smoking among schizophrenia patients is an important motivational factor in addition to a basic readiness to change, research suggests.

Orthostatic BP changes may add to stroke risk Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Marked changes in blood pressure when people move from supine to standing may be predictive of stroke, show data from the ARIC study.

Onset age and polarity are key predictors of bipolar disorder course Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with bipolar disorder can be divided into four approximate subgroups, based on the age at onset of illness and the polarity of the index episode, researchers say.

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