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• Unmarried HF patients have worse outcomes due to poor medication adherence
• One in 50 hypertensive patients develop resistant hypertension within 18 months
• Exenatide more effective than glargine at improving metabolic outcomes
• Genetics largely responsible for high Crohn’s disease risk in Ashkenazi Jews
• Unmarried HF patients have worse outcomes due to poor medication adherence
• One in 50 hypertensive patients develop resistant hypertension within 18 months
• Severe postpartum hemorrhage risk ‘unaffected by controlled cord traction’
• Vemurafenib achieves good response in genetic melanoma
• Obesity markedly increases post-operative VTE risk
• Misdiagnosis common among bipolar disorder patients
• Head-and-neck cancer survivors beset by eating difficulties
• Men with heart failure less likely to survive than women
• Second-person pronoun use linked to schizophrenia in high-risk patients
• Robotic surgery shows promise for oropharyngeal carcinoma
• Persistent anxiety disorders common in young bipolar disorder patients
• Noncardiac comorbidities rife in HF patients with preserved ejection fraction
• Attributional bias not linked to paranoia in patients at risk for psychosis
• Gliadin IgG antibody levels increased in acute mania
• Novel UTI detection system provides same-day results for outpatients
• Structure of hand, foot, and mouth virus discovered
• Apathy common in psychosis patients
• Undiagnosed bipolar disorder common in depressed Chinese patients
• Atopic disorders linked to increased schizophrenia risk

Unmarried HF patients have worse outcomes due to poor medication adherence Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Unmarried patients with heart failure are more likely to be nonadherent to their cardiac medications and experience a cardiac event than their married counterparts, a study shows.

One in 50 hypertensive patients develop resistant hypertension within 18 months Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT One in 50 patients who are newly diagnosed with hypertension go on to develop resistant hypertension within 18 months, research suggests.

Exenatide more effective than glargine at improving metabolic outcomes Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT The use of twice-daily exenatide is associated with significantly greater reductions in glycated hemoglobin, weight, body mass index, and systolic blood pressure levels than insulin glargine in patients with Type 2 diabetes who are being treated in the ambulatory care setting, report US researchers.

Genetics largely responsible for high Crohn’s disease risk in Ashkenazi Jews Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have identified five new mutations associated with Crohn's disease susceptibility in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.

Unmarried HF patients have worse outcomes due to poor medication adherence Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Unmarried patients with heart failure are more likely to be nonadherent to their cardiac medications and experience a cardiac event than their married counterparts, a study shows.

One in 50 hypertensive patients develop resistant hypertension within 18 months Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT One in 50 patients who are newly diagnosed with hypertension go on to develop resistant hypertension within 18 months, research suggests.

Severe postpartum hemorrhage risk ‘unaffected by controlled cord traction’ Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Omitting controlled cord traction during active management of the third stage of labour has little impact on the risk for severe hemorrhage, concludes an international team of researchers.

Vemurafenib achieves good response in genetic melanoma Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Around half of patients with a common type of genetic melanoma respond to the novel drug vemurafenib, with over 80% showing response after 6 weeks, results of a phase II trial show.

Obesity markedly increases post-operative VTE risk Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Overweight and obese women are more likely than lean women to be admitted for surgery, report researchers who found that these patients were subsequently at high risk for a post-operative venous thromboembolic event.

Misdiagnosis common among bipolar disorder patients Posted: 08 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST A considerable proportion of patients with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed with other mental health disorders, results from a Norwegian study of psychiatric patients suggest.

Head-and-neck cancer survivors beset by eating difficulties Posted: 08 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Eating difficulties are the chief problem facing long-term survivors of head-and-neck cancer, a longitudinal US study suggests.

Men with heart failure less likely to survive than women Posted: 08 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Men with chronic heart failure have a higher risk for mortality than their female counterparts, a study says.

Second-person pronoun use linked to schizophrenia in high-risk patients Posted: 08 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Patients at high risk for psychosis who go on to develop schizophrenia use second-person pronouns to a significantly greater extent than high-risk patients who do not subsequently develop the disorder, UK research shows.

Robotic surgery shows promise for oropharyngeal carcinoma Posted: 07 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Robotic surgery has shown early promise for the management of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, particularly those with human papillomavirus infection, say researchers.

Persistent anxiety disorders common in young bipolar disorder patients Posted: 07 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Persistent and new-onset anxiety disorders are common in young people with bipolar disorder, results from a 5-year follow-up study suggest.

Noncardiac comorbidities rife in HF patients with preserved ejection fraction Posted: 07 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction are more often hospitalized with noncardiac comorbidities than are patients with reduced ejection fraction, show study findings.

Attributional bias not linked to paranoia in patients at risk for psychosis Posted: 07 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a US study suggest that attributional bias is not a risk factor for the development of paranoid delusions among young people at high risk for psychosis.

Gliadin IgG antibody levels increased in acute mania Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Patients with acute mania have increased levels of immunoglobulin G antibodies to gliadin, results from a US study suggest.

Novel UTI detection system provides same-day results for outpatients Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST The CultureStat Rapid UTI Detection System is a novel system for the detection of urinary tract infection providing results within 90 minutes or less after urine sample collection, report US researchers.

Structure of hand, foot, and mouth virus discovered Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Two research groups have discovered valuable information about the structure of enterovirus 71, which causes hand, foot, and mouth disease.

Apathy common in psychosis patients Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Clinically significant apathy affects around a third of patients with psychosis 10 years after illness onset, and is associated with reduced functioning and quality of life, research suggests.

Undiagnosed bipolar disorder common in depressed Chinese patients Posted: 05 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Research in a Chinese population suggests that around one-fifth of patients treated for depression may have undiagnosed bipolar disorder.

Atopic disorders linked to increased schizophrenia risk Posted: 05 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Results from a Danish study suggest that patients with atopic disorders, particularly those with asthma, are at increased risk for schizophrenia.

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