Medical News

---

• Swimming pool use ‘does not increase asthma risk in children’
• Visit-to-visit SBP variation linked to mortality risk
• Geographic origin of Helicobacter pylori may predict gastric cancer risk
• Visit-to-visit SBP variation linked to mortality risk
• Link between serious mental illness and violence supported
• Collaborative care program improves mood disorders in cardiac patients
• Rolofylline therapy may improve short-term AHF outcomes
• SAD and symptom seasonality common in BAD patients
• Smoking rates elevated in Japanese schizophrenia patients
• ARB treatment fails to benefit AF patients
• Executive deficits impair academic performance in pediatric bipolar disorder
• Multiple childhood traumas increase later risk for psychosis
• International prevalence and correlates of bipolar disorder elucidated
• Tobacco craving increased in smokers with schizophrenia
• Fertility reduced in bipolar I disorder patients

Swimming pool use ‘does not increase asthma risk in children’ Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a longitudinal UK study of children suggests that regular swimming pool use does not increase the risk for asthma and allergies.

Visit-to-visit SBP variation linked to mortality risk Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT US study results show that individuals, with and without hypertension, who exhibit a clinic visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variation of at least 4.8 mmHg have more than twice the risk for all-cause mortality of those with smaller variations.

Geographic origin of Helicobacter pylori may predict gastric cancer risk Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Identifying the geographic origins of different Helicobacter pylori strains may help to determine the gastric cancer risk associated with each, Colombian study results suggest.

Visit-to-visit SBP variation linked to mortality risk Posted: 13 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT US study results show that individuals, with and without hypertension, who exhibit a clinic visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variation of at least 4.8 mmHg have more than twice the risk for all-cause mortality of those with smaller variations.

Link between serious mental illness and violence supported Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Results from a US study support a significant, but modest, association between severe mental illness and violent behaviour.

Collaborative care program improves mood disorders in cardiac patients Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST A collaborative care management program may improve the mental health and medical outcomes of heart disease patients with depression, according to US researchers.

Rolofylline therapy may improve short-term AHF outcomes Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Acute heart failure patients treated with the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist rolofylline achieve greater weight loss and earlier dyspnea relief than those who do not receive the drug, according to findings from the PROTECT study.

SAD and symptom seasonality common in BAD patients Posted: 10 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Patients with bipolar affective disorder are significantly more likely to have seasonal affective disorder and display symptom seasonality than other patients in primary care, research shows.

Smoking rates elevated in Japanese schizophrenia patients Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Schizophrenia patients in Japan have elevated smoking rates compared with the general population, suggesting that the association is consistent worldwide, say researchers.

ARB treatment fails to benefit AF patients Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Treating atrial fibrillation patients with an angiotensin-receptor blocker does not significantly reduce their risk for stroke and other vascular events, show the results of ACTIVE I.

Executive deficits impair academic performance in pediatric bipolar disorder Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Nearly half of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder show executive function deficits, and those that do perform particularly poorly in school, study results show.

Multiple childhood traumas increase later risk for psychosis Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Multiple traumatic experiences in childhood, rather than exposure to a single disaster, increase the risk for psychotic symptoms in early adulthood, results from an Australian study show.

International prevalence and correlates of bipolar disorder elucidated Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST The prevalence of bipolar spectrum disorder varies between countries, with the highest rates in the USA and the lowest in India, show results from a World Health Organization study.

Tobacco craving increased in smokers with schizophrenia Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Smokers with schizophrenia have significantly higher levels of tobacco craving than smokers without the mental health condition, even when levels of nicotine dependence are similar, study results show.

Fertility reduced in bipolar I disorder patients Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST Fertility rates are lower among patients with mood disorders than the general population, study results show.

You are subscribed to email updates from MedWire Medical News Combined Feed To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610