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• Preterm birth linked to reduced risk for atopy in adulthood
• Home BP monitoring can improve hypertension control
• Enteral trumps total parenteral nutrition in pancreatic fistula treatment
• Home BP monitoring can improve hypertension control
• Neuroanatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia elucidated
• Pharmacotherapy for diastolic HF improves symptoms but not mortality
• Criminal behavior linked to impaired response inhibition in BD
• Socioeconomic decision-making impaired in schizophrenia patients
• sTNFR1 levels elevated in manic BD patients
• Paternal age linked to schizophrenia risk in offspring
• Antihypertensive treatment adherence varies with drug class
• Long-term functioning impairments common in bipolar I disorder
• Schizophrenia patients have reduced sensitivity to expressions of pain
• Psychosocial functioning impaired in children of bipolar parents

Preterm birth linked to reduced risk for atopy in adulthood Posted: 17 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Finnish study suggest that individuals born prematurely with a very low birth weight have a reduced risk for atopy in adulthood compared with those born at full term.

Home BP monitoring can improve hypertension control Posted: 17 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with hypertension can improve their blood pressure control through home monitoring, meta-analysis results suggest.

Enteral trumps total parenteral nutrition in pancreatic fistula treatment Posted: 17 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report that enteral nutrition-based treatment of patients with postoperative pancreatic fistulae produces a higher fistula closure rate and shorter closure time than treatment with total parenteral nutrition.

Home BP monitoring can improve hypertension control Posted: 17 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with hypertension can improve their blood pressure control through home monitoring, meta-analysis results suggest.

Neuroanatomical abnormalities in schizophrenia elucidated Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies show that schizophrenia is characterized by significant gray matter and white matter abnormalities, which often overlap and are associated with illness chronicity.

Pharmacotherapy for diastolic HF improves symptoms but not mortality Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Pharmacologic therapy for diastolic heart failure is associated with an improvement in exercise tolerance but not in mortality, a meta-analysis has found.

Criminal behavior linked to impaired response inhibition in BD Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Self-reported criminal behavior is associated with impaired response inhibition, antisocial personality disorder symptoms, and a predominately manic course of illness in bipolar disorder patients, research suggests.

Socioeconomic decision-making impaired in schizophrenia patients Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients are impaired in socioeconomic interactions that require decision-making and recognition of emotions, which may result in unfavorable behavioral strategies, report researchers.

sTNFR1 levels elevated in manic BD patients Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Brazilian study show that levels of the tumor necrosis factor-α soluble receptor sTNFR1 are elevated in bipolar disorder patients, particularly in those experiencing an episode of mania.

Paternal age linked to schizophrenia risk in offspring Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Paternal age is associated with risk for schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, and major depressive disorder, but not bipolar disorder, in offspring, results from a Dutch study suggest.

Antihypertensive treatment adherence varies with drug class Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Meta-analysis findings show that patient adherence to antihypertensive medications differs with drug class.

Long-term functioning impairments common in bipolar I disorder Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Many patients with bipolar I disorder continue to experience functioning impairments 15 years after first being hospitalized for a manic episode, US research shows.

Schizophrenia patients have reduced sensitivity to expressions of pain Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia have impaired sensitivity to facial expressions of pain, with a bias to attribute reduced pain intensity, researchers have found.

Psychosocial functioning impaired in children of bipolar parents Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT The children of parents with bipolar disorder exhibit impairments in psychosocial functioning relative to the children of mentally healthy parents, researchers report.

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