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• Smoking linked to increased severity of new-onset asthma
• Trained dog can detect scent of colorectal cancer
• Candesartan may cause more harm than good in acute-phase of stroke
• Trained dog can detect scent of colorectal cancer
• Arousal to aversive stimuli decreased in schizophrenia patients
• Diabetes, BP predict cardiovascular events, but not synergistically
• Benazepril-amlodipine offers no antihypertensive benefit over benazepril-hydrochlorothiazide
• Wireless implant cuts HF hospitalization rates
• BD II patients exhibit distinct cognitive deficits
• Patients with schizophrenia have deactivation failure in DMN when judging emotion
• Mixed-mood states increase suicide risk in fathers postpartum
• Siblings of nonaffective psychosis patients at increased risk for movement disorders
• Cardiac resynchronization with defibrillator more effective in women than men
• Certain toxic trace elements may be elevated in bipolar disorder
• Hearing impairment may increase psychosis risk in young people
• Cannabis use prevalent in bipolar disorder patients

Smoking linked to increased severity of new-onset asthma Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Smoking is associated with increased severity of new-onset asthma in allergic adults, research shows.

Trained dog can detect scent of colorectal cancer Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Scientists have demonstrated that specially trained dogs can accurately detect the scent of colorectal cancer in patient breath and stool samples.

Candesartan may cause more harm than good in acute-phase of stroke Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Using candesartan to lower the elevated blood pressure of patients in the acute phase of stroke is not beneficial, researchers suggest.

Trained dog can detect scent of colorectal cancer Posted: 13 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Scientists have demonstrated that specially trained dogs can accurately detect the scent of colorectal cancer in patient breath and stool samples.

Arousal to aversive stimuli decreased in schizophrenia patients Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients have reduced arousal when viewing aversive pictures compared with bipolar disorder patients and mentally healthy individuals, researchers have found.

Diabetes, BP predict cardiovascular events, but not synergistically Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST The presence of diabetes and elevated 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure are both independently associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease-related events, but there is no evidence for a synergistic interaction between the two risk factors, suggest study results.

Benazepril-amlodipine offers no antihypertensive benefit over benazepril-hydrochlorothiazide Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Findings from a subanalysis of the ACCOMPLISH trial suggest that combination therapy using benazepril plus amlodipine results in similar 24-hour blood pressure control as with combined benazepril and hydrochlorothiazide.

Wireless implant cuts HF hospitalization rates Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Using a wireless implantable hemodynamic monitoring system in patients with New York Heart Association class III heart failure may substantially reduce their risk for hospitalization, according to results from the CHAMPION study.

BD II patients exhibit distinct cognitive deficits Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with bipolar II disorder exhibit cognitive deficits in working and verbal memory, and inhibitory control, results from a review and meta-analysis of published studies suggest.

Patients with schizophrenia have deactivation failure in DMN when judging emotion Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with schizophrenia exhibit a failure of deactivation in the default mode network when viewing facial expressions of emotion, researchers report.

Mixed-mood states increase suicide risk in fathers postpartum Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Mixed-mood episodes in fathers during the postpartum period are associated with a significant increased risk for suicide, Brazilian researchers have found.

Siblings of nonaffective psychosis patients at increased risk for movement disorders Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a Dutch study show that the unaffected siblings of patients with nonaffective psychosis are at increased risk for movement disorders.

Cardiac resynchronization with defibrillator more effective in women than men Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a subanalysis of the MADIT-CRT trial indicate that women who receive cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator to prevent heart failure have a significantly lower risk for death or heart failure than men with the same device.

Certain toxic trace elements may be elevated in bipolar disorder Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a Spanish study suggest that patients with bipolar disorder have elevated levels of some toxic trace elements.

Hearing impairment may increase psychosis risk in young people Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Hearing impairment is associated with an increased risk for psychotic symptoms in young people, study results suggest.

Cannabis use prevalent in bipolar disorder patients Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST Cannabis use is significantly more common among patients with bipolar disorder (BD) than those of similar age, gender, and ethnicity in the general population who do not have the mood condition, researchers report.

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