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• Infant weight gain linked to high BP in childhood
• Infant weight gain linked to high BP in childhood
• Gene variant influences creativity in manic BD patients
• Substance dependence common among European schizophrenia patients
• Amygdala activity, connectivity differs by mood state in BD patients
• Neurologic soft sign severity linked to schizophrenia course
• Older bipolar patients have worse cognition than depressed peers
• Fungemia results in high mortality among cancer patients
• Research pinpoints viruses underlying dilated cardiomyopathy
• Artemisinin-resistant malaria on the increase
• Pneumonia may increase VTE risk
• Yoga may benefit schizophrenia patients
• Bipolar disorder and ADHD do not share transgenerational link
• Methamphetamine use may increase schizophrenia risk

Infant weight gain linked to high BP in childhood Posted: 15 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT The strongest predictor for high blood pressure in children aged 10 years is weight gain after infancy, say researchers.

Infant weight gain linked to high BP in childhood Posted: 15 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT The strongest predictor for high blood pressure in children aged 10 years is weight gain after infancy, say researchers.

Gene variant influences creativity in manic BD patients Posted: 12 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder who carry the Val allele of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene variant rs6265 exhibit increased levels of creativity during episodes of mania compared with Met allele carriers, research suggests.

Substance dependence common among European schizophrenia patients Posted: 12 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a European study confirm high rates of comorbid drug and alcohol dependence among patients with schizophrenia, although these rates are lower than in the USA and there is significant variation between countries.

Amygdala activity, connectivity differs by mood state in BD patients Posted: 11 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Depressed and remitted patients with bipolar disorder show differential patterns of abnormal amygdala activity and effective connectivity when viewing facial expressions of emotion, say researchers.

Neurologic soft sign severity linked to schizophrenia course Posted: 11 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Czech study suggest a longitudinal relationship between the severity of neurologic soft signs and disease course in patients with schizophrenia.

Older bipolar patients have worse cognition than depressed peers Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Elderly adults with bipolar disorder have poorer cognitive function than their peers with major depressive disorder, study results suggest.

Fungemia results in high mortality among cancer patients Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT The overall incidence of fungemia in patients with cancer is low, but mortality is high among those affected, show data from the EORTC Infectious Diseases Study Group.

Research pinpoints viruses underlying dilated cardiomyopathy Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Human enterovirus and parvovirus B19 are the most commonly detected viruses in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, study findings indicate.

Artemisinin-resistant malaria on the increase Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from research published in The Lancet show that artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has arisen along the border of Thailand and has almost reached rates seen in western Cambodia.

Pneumonia may increase VTE risk Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT People who have had pneumonia are at significantly increased risk for subsequently developing venous thromboembolism, show results of a large, population-based, case-control study.

Yoga may benefit schizophrenia patients Posted: 10 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies suggest that yoga may benefit patients with schizophrenia in terms of symptom reduction and improvements in health-related quality of life.

Bipolar disorder and ADHD do not share transgenerational link Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study do not support a significant transgenerational familial association between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar spectrum disorder.

Methamphetamine use may increase schizophrenia risk Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a population-based cohort study suggest that methamphetamine users are at increased risk for developing schizophrenia.

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