Sunday, December 11, 2011

Medical News

Medical News

Free healthcare levels AMI inequalities for low-income earners

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Free universal medical coverage does not appear to be enough to guarantee optimal adherence to secondary-prevention medications, research shows.

CAC score of zero does not fully exclude coronary disease

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Individuals with no coronary calcification might still be at risk for obstructive coronary artery disease, research shows.

Pharmacy BP readings reduce ‘white coat’ hypertension

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Blood pressure assessment in community pharmacy may overcome the problem of white coat hypertension sometimes encountered in the physician's office, research suggests.

Hysterectomy with ovarian preservation risks later ovarian failure

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Women who undergo hysterectomy with ovarian preservation face an almost twofold increased risk for ovarian failure relative to similar aged women with an intact uterus, study results show.

IPSS outlines neonatal stroke characteristics

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Many babies diagnosed with stroke within the first weeks of life have signs of acute illness, show data from the International Pediatric Stroke Study.

Bipolar disorder-BDNF genetic link bolstered

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

A genetic study has found that six polymorphisms in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene are associated with bipolar disorder.

Benefits of treatment for prehypertensive patients confirmed

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Antihypertensive therapy reduces the risk for stroke in people with prehypertension, results of a meta-analysis confirm.

Paternal age effect in psychosis mediated by mother’s genetic risk

Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

The link between advanced paternal age and risk for non-affective psychosis in offspring appears to be explained by genetic load in the mother, show results of a large Finnish cohort study.

Children of parents with BD display early signs of the disease

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

The children of parents with bipolar disorder are significantly more likely to display symptoms of affective and behavioral dysfunction compared with children of parents without the condition, research shows.

Predictors of smoking severity identified in patients with schizophrenia, alcohol disorders

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Psychosis severity, conventional antipsychotics, and Caucasian race influence the severity of smoking in patients with schizophrenia and a co-occurring alcohol use disorder, say researchers.

Treatment delays linked to suicide attempt prevalence in BD patients

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Delays of at least 5 years in the initiation of mood-stabilizing therapy are associated with an increased lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder, research shows.

Facial emotion recognition deficits ‘a stable trait in schizophrenia’

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Patients with first-episode schizophrenia and those with chronic schizophrenia show similar deficits in facial emotion recognition, suggesting that such deficits represent a stable trait of the illness, say Chinese researchers.

BD patients show increased α7 nAChR levels

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Results from a postmortem study indicate that patients with bipolar disorder have increased hippocampal and perirhinal cortex levels of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Psychotic patients at increased risk for gambling problems

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST

Patients with psychotic disorders are at greater risk for gambling problems than other psychiatric patients, Spanish research suggests.
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