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• ECG-criteria tool improves accuracy of ECG interpretation in athletes
• Statins reduce sudden cardiac death, not protective against ventricular arrhythmic events
• One in five new users of antihypertensives stops after one prescription
• Weight gain in diabetes not just down to therapy intensification
• One in five new users of antihypertensives stops after one prescription
• Statins reduce sudden cardiac death, not protective against ventricular arrhythmic events
• Genetic mutation found in women with endometriosis
• Exemestane accelerates bone loss in postmenopausal women
• More evidence against thrombolysis exclusion for mild stroke patients
• PE rates highest shortly after joint surgery
• Subsyndromal manic symptoms common in bipolar depression
• Neurologic soft signs increased in teens with first-episode psychosis
• Anti-infective drug shortages ‘a public health emergency’
• Topical antibiotics are first-line choice for acute otitis media
• Neurologic soft signs increased in teens with first-episode psychosis
• Levels of β-amyloid 42 peptide reduced in bipolar depression
• Women have more complications, less shocks, with ICD therapy
• Malaria kills more people than previously estimated
• Treatment response similar in schizophrenia patients with predominant and prominent negative symptoms
• Psychoeducation improves medication adherence in bipolar affective disorder
• Fexinidazole shows promise for treating leishmaniasis
• Minor motor and sensory deficits in recent schizophrenia linked to brain changes
• Temperaments linked to clinical features and course in bipolar I disorder
• General visual processing deficits may underlie social difficulties in schizophrenia

ECG-criteria tool improves accuracy of ECG interpretation in athletes Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Providing physicians with a two-page criteria tool to assist echocardiogram interpretation in athletes significantly improves accuracy, even in physicians with little or no experience, show results of a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Statins reduce sudden cardiac death, not protective against ventricular arrhythmic events Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Treatment with statins reduces the risk for sudden cardiac death by 10%, report researchers.

One in five new users of antihypertensives stops after one prescription Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Nearly one in five new users of antihypertensive medications discontinues therapy after the first dispensation, research shows.

Weight gain in diabetes not just down to therapy intensification Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Intensive glucose-control regimens are not necessarily associated with substantial weight gain in patients with Type 2 diabetes, show study findings.

One in five new users of antihypertensives stops after one prescription Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Nearly one in five new users of antihypertensive medications discontinues therapy after the first dispensation, research shows.

Statins reduce sudden cardiac death, not protective against ventricular arrhythmic events Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Treatment with statins reduces the risk for sudden cardiac death by 10%, report researchers.

Genetic mutation found in women with endometriosis Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST US researchers have identified an inherited single nucleotide polymorphism associated with abnormal endometrial growth and endometriosis.

Exemestane accelerates bone loss in postmenopausal women Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST The use of exemestane for the prevention of breast cancer in healthy postmenopausal women is associated with significant decreases in bone mineral density, an analysis of MAP.3 trial data shows.

More evidence against thrombolysis exclusion for mild stroke patients Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST The outcome of patients with mild ischemic stroke cannot be predicted by whether they have specific syndromes on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, shows an analysis of the TOAST cohort.

PE rates highest shortly after joint surgery Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST The vast majority of pulmonary embolism cases that develop following total joint arthroplasty occur during the first 2 weeks after the procedure, researchers reported at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in San Francisco, California, USA.

Subsyndromal manic symptoms common in bipolar depression Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Subsyndromal manic symptoms are common in bipolar disorder patients who are experiencing an episode of major depression, US research shows.

Neurologic soft signs increased in teens with first-episode psychosis Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a Spanish study show that adolescents with first-episode early-onset psychosis exhibit more neurologic soft signs than their mentally healthy peers.

Anti-infective drug shortages ‘a public health emergency’ Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Shortages in anti-infective medications are a significant ongoing problem in the USA and should be considered a public health emergency, say experts writing in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Topical antibiotics are first-line choice for acute otitis media Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST The choice of topical versus oral antibiotics for the treatment of acute otitis media can impact disease persistence, say researchers, who call for the implementation of national guidelines to aid clinical practice.

Neurologic soft signs increased in teens with first-episode psychosis Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a Spanish study show that adolescents with first-episode early-onset psychosis exhibit more neurologic soft signs than their mentally healthy peers.

Levels of β-amyloid 42 peptide reduced in bipolar depression Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Plasma levels of β-amyloid 42 peptide are reduced in patients with bipolar depression, and could serve a possible biomarker of cognitive decline in patients with mood disorders, say researchers.

Women have more complications, less shocks, with ICD therapy Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Women are as likely as men to receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, but less likely to receive appropriate device-delivered therapies than their male counterparts, research indicates.

Malaria kills more people than previously estimated Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST The global health burden of malaria is much larger than previously thought, particularly in individuals aged 5 years and older, but the number of deaths from the disease has fallen rapidly in the last 5 years with the scaling up of control activities, say researchers.

Treatment response similar in schizophrenia patients with predominant and prominent negative symptoms Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Patients with schizophrenia who have predominant negative symptoms and those with merely prominent negative symptoms respond similarly to treatment with atypical antipsychotics in terms of improvement in negative symptom scores, research shows.

Psychoeducation improves medication adherence in bipolar affective disorder Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST A 6-week psychoeducation program substantially improves adherence to treatment, and potentially outcomes, among patients undergoing bipolar affective disorder rehabilitation, results of a Turkish study indicate.

Fexinidazole shows promise for treating leishmaniasis Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST A drug developed for the treatment of African sleeping sickness may also be effective for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis, suggest study results published in Science Translational Medicine.

Minor motor and sensory deficits in recent schizophrenia linked to brain changes Posted: 07 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Subtle deficits in motor and sensory processing, known as neurologic soft signs, are associated with regionally specific alterations in brain morphology in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia, German scientists have discovered.

Temperaments linked to clinical features and course in bipolar I disorder Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Research suggests that cyclothymic and hyperthymic temperaments are associated with differences in clinical features in patients with bipolar I disorder, such as number of hospitalizations, disease course, family history, and comorbid disorders.

General visual processing deficits may underlie social difficulties in schizophrenia Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Patients with schizophrenia respond more slowly and less appropriately to face, body, and car images than do healthy individuals, reports a German research team.

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