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• Central BP determines hypertension risk from ISH at young age
• New performance measures issued for CAD, hypertension care
• VTE risk lower with laparoscopy than with open colorectal surgery
• New performance measures issued for CAD, hypertension care
• Racial disparity in AMI care could be due to home location
• Visual hallucination rates high in children with schizophrenia
• High level of BD I persistence from childhood to adolescence
• Diabetes risk variant linked to schizophrenia
• No sudden cardiac death benefit from ICDs in elderly patients
• High BNP levels increase complications risk after ICD implant
• Six clinical variables may distinguish bipolar from unipolar depression
• Disordered eating attitudes common in schizophrenia patients
• Stressful life events in pregnancy increase affective disorder risk in sons
• Substance abuse ‘does not explain homicidal violence in schizophrenia’
• Novel macrophage biomarker predicts heart failure hospitalizations
• AMI outcomes improving among younger patients
• Impulse control disorders common in BD patients

Central BP determines hypertension risk from ISH at young age Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Research suggests that young-to-middle aged people with isolated systolic hypertension are at increased risk for developing hypertension needing drug therapy, but only if they have high central blood pressure.

New performance measures issued for CAD, hypertension care Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Updated performance measures for coronary artery disease and hypertension care have been issued by the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement committee.

VTE risk lower with laparoscopy than with open colorectal surgery Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The risk for perioperative venous thromboembolism is nearly twice as high when colorectal surgery is performed as an open procedure rather than laparoscopically, research suggests.

New performance measures issued for CAD, hypertension care Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Updated performance measures for coronary artery disease and hypertension care have been issued by the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement committee.

Racial disparity in AMI care could be due to home location Posted: 26 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT US researchers have found that differences in acute myocardial infarction care between Black and White patients may be caused by disparities in admissions to revascularization and high-quality hospitals.

Visual hallucination rates high in children with schizophrenia Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of both visual and nonvisual hallucinations is high in children with schizophrenia, US research shows.

High level of BD I persistence from childhood to adolescence Posted: 23 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Most children with bipolar I disorder continue to experience symptoms of the condition into adolescence, research shows.

Diabetes risk variant linked to schizophrenia Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT A Type 2 diabetes risk variant in the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene is associated with schizophrenia, research suggests.

No sudden cardiac death benefit from ICDs in elderly patients Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Implantable cardioverter–defibrillators do not prevent sudden cardiac death in octogenarians and nonagenarians, among whom age and glomerular filtration rate are the main determinants of survival, US clinicians have discovered.

High BNP levels increase complications risk after ICD implant Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Increased B natriuretic peptide levels significantly increase the risk for in-hospital mortality or cardiac arrest among patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, US study findings indicate.

Six clinical variables may distinguish bipolar from unipolar depression Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT A predictive model based on six clinical characteristics may help distinguish bipolar depression from unipolar depression in Chinese patients, say researchers.

Disordered eating attitudes common in schizophrenia patients Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of "disordered" eating is more common among antipsychotic-naïve patients with schizophrenia than in the general population, Egyptian research shows.

Stressful life events in pregnancy increase affective disorder risk in sons Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The sons of women exposed to stressful life events during pregnancy and the 6-month period before conception are at increased risk for developing affective disorders, study results suggest.

Substance abuse ‘does not explain homicidal violence in schizophrenia’ Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Comorbid substance abuse and a history of criminal behaviour do not explain increased rates of homicidal violence in patients with schizophrenia, say Australian researchers.

Novel macrophage biomarker predicts heart failure hospitalizations Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT MedWire News: Levels of a novel marker of macrophage/monocyte activation is not only an independent predictor of hospitalization for heart failure, but also improves the risk prediction of models using conventional biomarkers, study findings indicate.

AMI outcomes improving among younger patients Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT The risk for death and heart failure in young patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction patients has decreased over the past three decades, despite risk factors and comorbidities having become more common, say US researchers.

Impulse control disorders common in BD patients Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Around a quarter of patients with bipolar disorder also have an impulse control disorder, results from a Turkish study suggest.

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