Sunday, July 24, 2011

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Soy, milk protein supplements reduce systolic BP

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Dietary soy and milk protein supplements reduce systolic blood pressure when compared with carbohydrate supplements in prehypertensive and hypertensive patients, research indicates.

Losartan offers renoprotection via serum uric acid reduction

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Findings from the RENAAL study indicate that losartan therapy reduces the serum uric acid levels of patients with Type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.

Losartan offers renoprotection via serum uric acid reduction

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Findings from the RENAAL study indicate that losartan therapy reduces the serum uric acid levels of patients with Type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.

Soy, milk protein supplements reduce systolic BP

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Dietary soy and milk protein supplements reduce systolic blood pressure when compared with carbohydrate supplements in prehypertensive and hypertensive patients, research indicates.

HF patients with PAD at increased risk for hospitalization, death

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Peripheral arterial disease is an independent predictor of all-cause death or hospitalization in patients with heart failure, research suggests.

Life expectancy reduced in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder patients

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a Danish study show that individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a significantly shorter life expectancy than the general population, indicating an increased need for healthcare services to address the physical health problems of this patient group.

Childhood ADHD features linked to mood disorders in adulthood

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a South Korean study show that adults with mood disorders are significantly more likely to have experienced features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood than mentally healthy adults.

Symptom remission common in early course of schizophrenia

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

A significant minority of schizophrenia patients achieve symptom remission in the early course of illness, but recovery is much less common, research shows.

Hypersomnia may predict depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder patients

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Hypersomnia among bipolar disorder patients who are in an inter-episode period may predict future depressive symptoms, results from a US study suggest.

<i>5-HT1A-R</i> gene variant linked to ToM in schizophrenia patients

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Results from an Italian study suggest that a variant of the serotonin 1A receptor gene influences theory of mind cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia.

Erythrocyte fatty acid composition linked with hypertension

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

A US study suggests that erythrocyte fatty acid composition may be important in the development of hypertension.

Stress cardiomyopathy affects more diverse spectrum of patients than previously thought

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers report that stress cardiomyopathy, a transient form of acute heart failure, has a much broader clinical profile than previously thought.

Most mood disorder patients ‘cognitively normal’

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Most adult patients with mood disorders do not have measurable cognitive impairments, study results show.

DNMs linked to schizophrenia risk

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with schizophrenia have an increased frequency of de novo gene mutations, research shows.

Women with GDM at increased risk for hypertension

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Women who experience gestational diabetes mellitus are significantly more likely to develop hypertension after giving birth than those who do not, say researchers.

Annual cost of bipolar disorder in UK ‘considerable’

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

The management of bipolar disorder costs the UK National Health Service an estimated £342 million per year, research suggests.

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