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• <i>T. gondii</i> serology linked to suicide attempts in schizophrenia patients
• Smoking rates lower in Chinese schizophrenia patients than western counterparts
• Genetic screening by nurses for inherited cardiac diseases could reduce referrals
• Drug-eluting stents preferred option for saphenous vein graft lesion patients
• Prandial plus basal insulin lowers postprandial inflammatory markers
• Excess BMI–years predict incident diabetes
• Weight-loss surgery reduces CV risk factors, CHD risk
• Smoking during pregnancy has minimal effect on CV risk factors in offspring
• Inflammatory marker levels linked to mood state in BD patients
• Cannabis use linked to earlier psychosis symptom onset

<i>T. gondii</i> serology linked to suicide attempts in schizophrenia patients Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is associated with a history of suicide attempts in younger patients with schizophrenia, research suggests.

Smoking rates lower in Chinese schizophrenia patients than western counterparts Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT The prevalence of smoking among community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia in China is significantly less than that among schizophrenia patients in western countries, study results show

Genetic screening by nurses for inherited cardiac diseases could reduce referrals Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Training hospital nurses to carry out genetic testing for cardiovascular diseases before triage could significantly reduce the number of referrals to specialist genetics services, research suggests.

Drug-eluting stents preferred option for saphenous vein graft lesion patients Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Drug-eluting stents should be the treatment of choice in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for de novo saphenous vein graft lesions, say researchers in The Lancet.

Prandial plus basal insulin lowers postprandial inflammatory markers Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT A prandial plus basal insulin regimen leads to lower postprandial increases in glucose and inflammatory markers than a basal insulin regimen, research shows.

Excess BMI–years predict incident diabetes Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT The extent to which an individual's body mass index exceeds reference levels, and the length of time for which it has done so, are linked to the risk for incident diabetes, research shows.

Weight-loss surgery reduces CV risk factors, CHD risk Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Weight loss after bariatric surgery can lead to major reductions in cardiovascular risk factors, as well as a decrease in predicted coronary heart disease risk, show findings from a systematic review.

Smoking during pregnancy has minimal effect on CV risk factors in offspring Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Study findings suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy has little effect on cardiovascular risk factors in offspring in early adulthood.

Inflammatory marker levels linked to mood state in BD patients Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Norwegian study suggest that levels of certain inflammatory markers are associated with mood state in patients with bipolar disorder.

Cannabis use linked to earlier psychosis symptom onset Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Cannabis use is significantly associated with an earlier age at psychosis symptom onset among individuals at high risk for the condition, researchers report.

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