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• Long-acting anticholinergics “best for COPD maintenance treatment”
• High serum adiponectin levels indicate postoperative biliary atresia progression
• Adolescents at high psychosis risk exhibit emotion recognition deficits
• White-coat hypertension often misclassified as ‘resistant hypertension’
• HF clinical trials ‘continue to discriminate against older patients’
• Patterns of Axis I comorbidity differ by age in bipolar patients
• Substance abuse linked to involuntary hospitalization in FEP patients
• Eating disorders common in women with bipolar I disorder
• Language lateralization reduced in first-episode schizophrenia
• Autonomic imbalance found in comorbid diabetes/hypertension
• Response inhibition deficits may indicate familial liability for psychotic BD I
• Subjective QoL, psychosocial functioning independent in schizophrenia
• Many depressive patients fall into ‘soft bipolar spectrum’

Long-acting anticholinergics “best for COPD maintenance treatment” Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Study results suggest that the long-acting anticholinergic tiotropium may be superior to the β2-agonist salmeterol for the prevention of exacerbations in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

High serum adiponectin levels indicate postoperative biliary atresia progression Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Study results demonstrate that high serum adiponectin levels associate positively with liver fibrosis severity in children operated on for biliary atresia.

Adolescents at high psychosis risk exhibit emotion recognition deficits Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Adolescents at ultra-high risk for psychosis often misattribute facial expressions of emotion, with an increased degree of misattribution associated with reduced inhibitory control, research shows.

White-coat hypertension often misclassified as ‘resistant hypertension’ Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Around one-third of patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant hypertension actually have "white-coat" hypertension, research suggests.

HF clinical trials ‘continue to discriminate against older patients’ Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Older patients continue to be excluded from heart failure clinical trials, often without good justification, the PREDICT study has found.

Patterns of Axis I comorbidity differ by age in bipolar patients Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from an Italian study show that patterns of Axis I comorbidity and substance abuse differ by age in patients with bipolar disorder.

Substance abuse linked to involuntary hospitalization in FEP patients Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Substance abuse is associated with an increased risk for involuntary hospitalization in patients with first-episode psychosis, study results show.

Eating disorders common in women with bipolar I disorder Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Eating disorders are common in women with bipolar I disorder and are associated with increased severity of the mood condition, say researchers.

Language lateralization reduced in first-episode schizophrenia Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT First-episode, antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia patients show reduced language lateralization, suggesting that this deficiency is not a result of treatment, say researchers.

Autonomic imbalance found in comorbid diabetes/hypertension Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT The presence of Type 2 diabetes in individuals with treatment-resistant hypertension is associated with autonomic imbalance, lower adiponectin levels, and higher body mass index, a Brazilian study has found.

Response inhibition deficits may indicate familial liability for psychotic BD I Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar I disorder who have a history of psychotic symptoms and their unaffected first-degree relatives exhibit impairments in response inhibition, researchers have found.

Subjective QoL, psychosocial functioning independent in schizophrenia Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Subjective quality of life and psychosocial functioning are independent constructs in schizophrenia and should be assessed separately, results of a study suggest.

Many depressive patients fall into ‘soft bipolar spectrum’ Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Around 85% of patients who present with depression may show some degree of bipolarity based on the concept of the soft bipolar spectrum, study results show.

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