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• Link between schizophrenia and pre-morbid IQ questioned
• Affective processing impaired in stable bipolar I disorder
• Intensive statin therapy beneficial in women
• Sweet/candy consumption not linked to adverse cardiometabolic health
• Type 2 diabetics with high physical activity have low healthcare costs
• Following US national dietary guidelines may not reduce diabetes risk
• Lack of erythropoietin benefit in MI REVEALed
• Age alone could be used to screen for future CVD

Link between schizophrenia and pre-morbid IQ questioned Posted: 11 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Intellectual functioning in adolescence and early adulthood does not appear to have an influence on risk for subsequently developing schizophrenia, results of a longitudinal study show.

Affective processing impaired in stable bipolar I disorder Posted: 11 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar I disorder show impairments in affective processing with a marked bias toward favoring information with a negative valence, study results show.

Intensive statin therapy beneficial in women Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers analyzing data from the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 study say that gender should not be a factor in determining who should be treated with intensive statin therapy.

Sweet/candy consumption not linked to adverse cardiometabolic health Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results of a US study suggest that sweet/candy consumption is not associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease or the metabolic syndrome.

Type 2 diabetics with high physical activity have low healthcare costs Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Type 2 diabetic patients with increased participation in physical activity have lower healthcare costs than their peers who do less exercise, suggest study results.

Following US national dietary guidelines may not reduce diabetes risk Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Following the 2005 Dietary Guide for Americans has no significant effect on diabetes risk, say researchers who believe the guidelines should be re-evaluated to help reduce diabetes risk.

Lack of erythropoietin benefit in MI REVEALed Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT The REVEAL trial has failed to show a benefit from erythropoietin in the treatment of ST-segment elevation MI, investigators report.

Age alone could be used to screen for future CVD Posted: 10 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers suggest that current Framingham risk assessment screening methods for cardiovascular disease could be replaced by screening for age alone.

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