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• Wider use of ABPM could improve diagnosis
• Ethnic minority veterans with Type 2 diabetes have poor BP control
• Pediatric rotavirus vaccination has dramatically cut GI hospitalizations
• Metabolic syndrome does not impact on risk prediction in CAD
• Ethnic minority veterans with Type 2 diabetes have poor BP control
• Inappropriate nonacute PCI use warrants investigation
• Factors predicting refractory bipolar outcomes identified
• Better psychosocial functioning tools needed to assess schizophrenia patients
• TOOL assesses antipsychotic impact in severe mental illness
• Genetic commonality between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia challenged
• Cannabis use linked to earlier psychosis onset
• Moderate, severe diastolic dysfunction linked to increased mortality
• Severe mental illness patients give physical health low priority
• Antipsychotic drugs increase cardiovascular disease risk
• Smoking rates high among bipolar disorder patients

Wider use of ABPM could improve diagnosis Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Relying on clinic or home blood pressure measurements to diagnose hypertension may lead to substantial overtreatment in some patient groups, UK researchers suggest.

Ethnic minority veterans with Type 2 diabetes have poor BP control Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Non-White US veterans with Type 2 diabetes are significantly more likely to have poor blood pressure control than White veterans with the condition, report researchers.

Pediatric rotavirus vaccination has dramatically cut GI hospitalizations Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT The US policy of routinely vaccinating infants against rotavirus has led to a dramatic reduction in childhood hospitalizations for gastroenteritis, research indicates.

Metabolic syndrome does not impact on risk prediction in CAD Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Diagnosing the metabolic syndrome does not improve risk prediction in patients with coronary artery disease compared with the assessment of total risk based on its components, researchers report.

Ethnic minority veterans with Type 2 diabetes have poor BP control Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Non-White US veterans with Type 2 diabetes are significantly more likely to have poor blood pressure control than White veterans with the condition, report researchers.

Inappropriate nonacute PCI use warrants investigation Posted: 10 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT A significant number of percutaneous coronary interventions for nonacute indications are inappropriate, with substantial variation across hospitals, research indicates.

Factors predicting refractory bipolar outcomes identified Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with refractory bipolar disorder have better outcomes if they receive combined therapy, have fewer prior hospitalizations, and have better self-esteem, conclude Spanish researchers.

Better psychosocial functioning tools needed to assess schizophrenia patients Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Validated tools that measure psychosocial functioning over time in schizophrenia are valuable for monitoring patients and evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment strategies, argue UK and Portuguese clinicians.

TOOL assesses antipsychotic impact in severe mental illness Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT The Tolerability and Quality of Life questionnaire is a feasible, reliable, and discriminative measure that offers a patient perspective on outcomes with antipsychotic therapy, Spanish study findings indicate.

Genetic commonality between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia challenged Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Variants in the ankyrin-3 gene play a role in bipolar disorder development, but there is no evidence for a link with schizophrenia, conclude European scientists.

Cannabis use linked to earlier psychosis onset Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Cannabis use is associated with an earlier onset of psychosis, conclude US and Australian scientists in findings that support the notion that cannabis has a causal association with the development of psychosis in some patients.

Moderate, severe diastolic dysfunction linked to increased mortality Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Moderate and severe diastolic dysfunction are independent predictors of mortality in patients with normal systolic function, research indicates.

Severe mental illness patients give physical health low priority Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with severe mental illness are less likely than other psychiatric patients to see physical health as a priority, say UK researchers who call for greater emphasis on health promotion and awareness of modifiable risk factors among such patients.

Antipsychotic drugs increase cardiovascular disease risk Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT The increase in cardiovascular risk associated with schizophrenia appears to be due to treatment with antipsychotic drugs, rather than the disease itself, a systematic review of studies into first treated episodes of psychosis reveals.

Smoking rates high among bipolar disorder patients Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT Bipolar disorder patients are more likely to smoke than the general population, with moderate and heavy smokers more likely to consume alcohol and abuse psychoactive substances than nonsmokers, say Israeli researchers.

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