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• Combined SSRI and antiplatelet use after heart attack linked to increased bleeding
• Troponin elevated in myopathy, may lead to false-positive cardiac diagnoses
• Patients’ quality of life worsened when aware of their hypertension
• Patients’ quality of life worsened when aware of their hypertension
• AHA makes recommendations for assessing adiposity
• Intracranial artery calcification predicts mortality, vascular events in stroke patients
• Antibody approach may offer non-invasive test for tubal infertility
• High BP linked to increased cancer risk
• Asthma linked to better outcomes in patients hospitalized with swine flu
• Life quality similar 1 year after CAS, CEA
• Intracranial artery calcification predicts mortality, vascular events in stroke patients
• Cause of death classification influences PE risk predictors
• Amygdala volumetric progression abnormalities in youth with BD
• Neural pain processing pattern ‘abnormal’ in schizophrenia patients
• Remitted BD patients have high levels of social anxiety
• Stroke risk warning for people with prehypertension
• Mortality rates increased among ATPD patients
• Genetic link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder confirmed
• Genetic link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder confirmed
• ECT effective for treatment-refractory schizophrenia
• <i>FOXO3A</i> gene variants linked to bipolar disorder
• Organized stroke inpatient care reduces mortality after pneumonia
• Tobacco use ‘not linked to earlier age at psychosis onset’

Combined SSRI and antiplatelet use after heart attack linked to increased bleeding Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients who take aspirin or dual antiplatelet therapy in combination with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor for co-existing depression after a heart attack may be at increased risk for bleeding, Canadian researchers suggest.

Troponin elevated in myopathy, may lead to false-positive cardiac diagnoses Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Proteins in diseased skeletal muscle could cause increases in cardiac troponin T levels that result in false-positive diagnoses of cardiac injury in patients, US researchers say.

Patients’ quality of life worsened when aware of their hypertension Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Research suggests that quality of life is impaired in people with hypertension only when they are aware they have the condition, and not because of the condition itself.

Patients’ quality of life worsened when aware of their hypertension Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Research suggests that quality of life is impaired in people with hypertension only when they are aware they have the condition, and not because of the condition itself.

AHA makes recommendations for assessing adiposity Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT The American Heart Association has released a scientific statement emphasizing the importance of assessing adiposity in clinical practices, especially among overweight/obese individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease and other conditions.

Intracranial artery calcification predicts mortality, vascular events in stroke patients Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Presence of intracranial artery calcification is associated with mortality and vascular events in patients with ischemic stroke after hospital discharge, show study results.

Antibody approach may offer non-invasive test for tubal infertility Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Diagnosis of tubal factor infertility in women could be made more accurate and less invasive with the use of two newly characterized antibodies specific to Chlamydia trachomatis, study results suggest.

High BP linked to increased cancer risk Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Raised blood pressure is linked to a higher risk for developing cancer or dying from the disease, show data presented at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress.

Asthma linked to better outcomes in patients hospitalized with swine flu Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a UK study show that patients with asthma who are admitted to hospital with pandemic H1N1 influenza are significantly less likely to die or require intensive care than those without asthma.

Life quality similar 1 year after CAS, CEA Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Long-term health-related quality of life is not a major consideration when choosing between carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy, show findings from CREST.

Intracranial artery calcification predicts mortality, vascular events in stroke patients Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Presence of intracranial artery calcification is associated with mortality and vascular events in patients with ischemic stroke after hospital discharge, show study results.

Cause of death classification influences PE risk predictors Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT Cause of death classification significantly influences the prognostic performance of the biomarker cardiac troponin I, but not the clinical simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index in patients with pulmonary embolism, study findings indicate.

Amygdala volumetric progression abnormalities in youth with BD Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study suggest that young people with bipolar disorder do not exhibit the increases in amygdala volume that normally occur during healthy adolescent neurodevelopment.

Neural pain processing pattern ‘abnormal’ in schizophrenia patients Posted: 29 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia and mentally healthy individuals have similar levels of pain tolerance, but they differ significantly regarding neural pain processing patterns, research suggests.

Remitted BD patients have high levels of social anxiety Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder who are in remission have high levels of social anxiety, which is associated with self-stigmatization and low self-esteem, say Turkish researchers.

Stroke risk warning for people with prehypertension Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Findings from a meta-analysis show that people with blood pressure at the high end of the "normal" range are at increased risk for having a stroke.

Mortality rates increased among ATPD patients Posted: 28 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with acute and transient psychotic disorders have increased all-cause mortality rates compared with the general population, research shows.

Genetic link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder confirmed Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from the Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium have identified genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Genetic link between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder confirmed Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Researchers from the Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium have identified genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

ECT effective for treatment-refractory schizophrenia Posted: 27 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Electroconvulsive therapy is an effective treatment for severely ill patients with schizophrenia who have failed to respond to other treatments, say Danish researchers.

<i>FOXO3A</i> gene variants linked to bipolar disorder Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Three single nucleotide polymorphisms in the forkhead box O3 gene are significantly associated with bipolar disorder susceptibility, but not with suicidal behaviour in patients with the mood condition, Brazilian research suggests.

Organized stroke inpatient care reduces mortality after pneumonia Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Ensuring that patients with stroke have access to high levels of organized inpatient care may reduce their risk for dying if they contract pneumonia, research shows.

Tobacco use ‘not linked to earlier age at psychosis onset’ Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT Tobacco use is not associated with an earlier age at psychosis onset, a review and meta-analysis of published studies shows.

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