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• Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk
• Cangrelor helps maintain platelet inhibition before CABG
• Inappropriate cath lab activation ‘low’
• Home BP better prognostic tool than office BP
• Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk
• HbA1c unreliable for detecting prediabetes and diabetes
• Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk
• Inappropriate cath lab activation ‘low’
• Home BP better prognostic tool than office BP
• Research adds to mixed view of statin–ICH link
• Three predisposing factors for the metabolic syndrome in adolescence identified
• Contraceptive pill could help reduce severity of dysmenorrhea
• Collaborative efforts needed to reduce cancer burden in Africa
• Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk
• Research adds to mixed view of statin–ICH link
• Western-style diet may increase VTE risk
• Vascular function ‘not impaired’ in young BD patients
• Tetanus immunity check recommended for chronic wound patients
• Cochlear implants for post-meningitis deafness offer good outcomes
• DKK1 levels elevated in psychosis patients with comorbid drug abuse
• Differential neural activation patterns in children with BD and SMD
• Middle-aged men with upper-normal BP at increased risk for AF
• Cardiac complications in pneumonia patients linked to mortality
• Mortality rates elevated in elderly schizophrenia patients
• Limbic network disruption may characterize bipolar disorder
• Electronic health records, clinical decision support mitigate BP control disparities
• Two-dose vaccine for meningitis B developed
• Poor insight linked to increased QoL in Chinese schizophrenia patients
• BDNF not linked to executive function in BD patients
• Exercise capacity linked to global functioning in schizophrenia patients

Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Both short and long sleep duration are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in older adults, Australian research shows.

Cangrelor helps maintain platelet inhibition before CABG Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Cangrelor leads to an increased rate of platelet inhibition maintenance among patients who discontinue thienopyridine therapy before cardiac surgery, say researchers.

Inappropriate cath lab activation ‘low’ Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The rate of inappropriate cardiac catheterization laboratory activation by emergency personnel is relatively low, finds a study.

Home BP better prognostic tool than office BP Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Home measurement of blood pressure may be a better prognostic variable than office measurement, say a group of researchers.

Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Both short and long sleep duration are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in older adults, Australian research shows.

HbA1c unreliable for detecting prediabetes and diabetes Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Glycated hemoglobin is generally insensitive for the diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes, study findings suggest.

Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Both short and long sleep duration are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in older adults, Australian research shows.

Inappropriate cath lab activation ‘low’ Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The rate of inappropriate cardiac catheterization laboratory activation by emergency personnel is relatively low, finds a study.

Home BP better prognostic tool than office BP Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Home measurement of blood pressure may be a better prognostic variable than office measurement, say a group of researchers.

Research adds to mixed view of statin–ICH link Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Findings from a large retrospective cohort study argue against statins raising the risk for intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with ischemic stroke.

Three predisposing factors for the metabolic syndrome in adolescence identified Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The co-existence of low birth weight, small head circumference, and parental history of overweight or obesity may be useful for detecting children at high risk for developing the metabolic syndrome in adolescence, suggest results of the PREMA study.

Contraceptive pill could help reduce severity of dysmenorrhea Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The combined oral contraceptive pill could help reduce the severity of dysmenorrhea, say Swedish researchers.

Collaborative efforts needed to reduce cancer burden in Africa Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Collaborative efforts among private and government health agencies, and the health industries are required to reduce the growing burden of cancer in Africa, say researchers.

Short and long sleep duration linked to increased cardiovascular risk Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Both short and long sleep duration are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease in older adults, Australian research shows.

Research adds to mixed view of statin–ICH link Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Findings from a large retrospective cohort study argue against statins raising the risk for intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with ischemic stroke.

Western-style diet may increase VTE risk Posted: 22 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST A Western-style diet, high in red meat and trans fats, may be associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolism, study findings indicate.

Vascular function ‘not impaired’ in young BD patients Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST US researchers have found no evidence for impaired vascular function among relatively young patients with bipolar disorder.

Tetanus immunity check recommended for chronic wound patients Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST More effort should be made to ensure that patients with chronic leg wounds have adequate protection against tetanus, say UK researchers on finding that around half of patients do not have up to date vaccination against the infection.

Cochlear implants for post-meningitis deafness offer good outcomes Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Technologic advances in cochlear implants have resulted in good outcomes for patients who develop hearing loss following meningitis, say researchers.

DKK1 levels elevated in psychosis patients with comorbid drug abuse Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from an Italian study show that drug abuse is associated with increased serum levels of the protein Dickkopf-1 in patients with psychosis.

Differential neural activation patterns in children with BD and SMD Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Neural activation patterns differ between children with bipolar disorder and those with severe mood dysregulation during a motor inhibition task, researchers have found.

Middle-aged men with upper-normal BP at increased risk for AF Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Middle-aged men with upper-normal systolic blood pressure are at significantly increased risk for atrial fibrillation, say Norwegian researchers.

Cardiac complications in pneumonia patients linked to mortality Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Cardiac complications are common in patients with community-acquired pneumonia and are associated with increased short-term mortality, research suggests.

Mortality rates elevated in elderly schizophrenia patients Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST The overall mortality rate among elderly patients with schizophrenia is more than twice that in the general elderly population, results from a Finnish study show.

Limbic network disruption may characterize bipolar disorder Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a Chinese study show that bipolar disorder patients have gray and white matter abnormalities that indicate disorganization of the limbic network.

Electronic health records, clinical decision support mitigate BP control disparities Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST US researchers say that primary care implementation of electronic health records with clinical decision support could mitigate blood pressure control disparities between White and Black patients.

Two-dose vaccine for meningitis B developed Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed a vaccine against group B meningococcal disease that provides highly effective protection after two doses.

Poor insight linked to increased QoL in Chinese schizophrenia patients Posted: 17 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Poor illness insight is associated with increased physical quality of life, but also greater negative symptom severity, in Chinese patients with schizophrenia, study results suggest.

BDNF not linked to executive function in BD patients Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Executive function is not associated with levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in patients with bipolar disorder, study results suggest.

Exercise capacity linked to global functioning in schizophrenia patients Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST Functional exercise capacity is significantly, positively associated with global functioning in patients with schizophrenia, research shows.

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