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• ABPM more accurate risk predictor than office measurement
• EBV-positive gastric cancer ‘a distinct etiology entity’
• Hospital characteristics improve survival of OHCA patients
• ABPM more accurate risk predictor than office measurement
• Maternal infection points to neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia
• Substance use disorders hamper bipolar medication adherence
• Genetic basis of white matter changes in schizophrenia uncovered
• Conflicting appraisals of mood states points to bipolar disorder
• PUFA distributions suggest two schizophrenia endophenotypes
• Cardiac and noncardiac organ dysfunction are precursors of HF
• Educational achievement unaffected by bipolar disorder
• Reduced language-related cortex activity linked to schizophrenia susceptibility
• Bipolar disorder severity worsened by poor sleep quality

ABPM more accurate risk predictor than office measurement Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Ambulatory blood pressure measurement enables more accurate prediction of renal and cardiovascular risk than office measurement, a study reveals.

EBV-positive gastric cancer ‘a distinct etiology entity’ Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Gastric cancers containing the Epstein-Barr virus should be considered a distinct etiologic entity, a team of experts believes.

Hospital characteristics improve survival of OHCA patients Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Certain hospital characteristics are associated with improved survival rates in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, Australian researchers suggest.

ABPM more accurate risk predictor than office measurement Posted: 03 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Ambulatory blood pressure measurement enables more accurate prediction of renal and cardiovascular risk than office measurement, a study reveals.

Maternal infection points to neuropsychological deficits in schizophrenia Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Deficits in verbal memory and motor function in schizophrenia are associated with maternal genital/reproductive infections in African–American but not White patients, US scientists have discovered.

Substance use disorders hamper bipolar medication adherence Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder and current substance use disorder have poor medication adherence and negative attitudes towards medications, conclude US researchers who recommend achieving substance use remission to improve outcomes.

Genetic basis of white matter changes in schizophrenia uncovered Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Changes in major white matter pathways in the brain associated with schizophrenia may have a genetic basis that could offer insights into how genes affect brain structure and predispose individuals to schizophrenia, say US scientists.

Conflicting appraisals of mood states points to bipolar disorder Posted: 29 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder patients appraise internal states as simultaneously extremely positive and extremely negative, which may contribute to the mood swing symptoms seen in such patients, report UK researchers.

PUFA distributions suggest two schizophrenia endophenotypes Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients have a bimodal distribution of polyunsaturated fatty acids in red blood cells that may point to the existence of two distinct endophenotypes, say Norwegian researchers.

Cardiac and noncardiac organ dysfunction are precursors of HF Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Cardiac dysfunction and noncardiac organ dysfunction are precursors of heart failure, a sub-analysis of the Framingham Heart Study original cohort has found.

Educational achievement unaffected by bipolar disorder Posted: 28 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder patients are educated to a similar level to the general population, say Norwegian researchers who also discovered that educational attainment, and receipt of disability benefit, is unaffected by disease severity.

Reduced language-related cortex activity linked to schizophrenia susceptibility Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Adolescents at risk of schizophrenia have reduced activity in the superior temporal gyrus during a listening task, US scientists have discovered in findings that support the hypothesis of poor language-related cortex development in schizophrenia.

Bipolar disorder severity worsened by poor sleep quality Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Sleep quality may play a role in the course of bipolar disorder, with shorter total sleep time and increased sleep variability both associated with symptom severity, conclude a team of US researchers.

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