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• NMDA antibodies increased in mania patients
• Specific personality traits linked to suicide risk in schizophrenia
• Ethnic minority women ill-informed about heart disease
• Bedside cardiac ultrasound could be taught during residency
• Diabetes linked to increased blood cancer risk
• Familial predisposition ‘modestly’ affects alcoholic liver disease risk
• Antibacterial cloths could reduce geriatric MRSA
• Polymorphism ’protective in pneumococcal disease’
• Diabetes linked to increased blood cancer risk
• ColoPrint aids prediction of colorectal cancer relapse
• Investigational drug slows metastatic breast cancer progression
• Accumulated CT radiation dose triples pediatric cancer risk
• Urban children more likely to have food allergies

NMDA antibodies increased in mania patients Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder show increased levels of antibodies to the NR2 subunits of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor during periods of acute mania, researchers report.

Specific personality traits linked to suicide risk in schizophrenia Posted: 11 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia who have a history of suicide attempts show a different pattern of temperament and character traits compared with their nonsuicidal counterparts, say Turkish researchers.

Ethnic minority women ill-informed about heart disease Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Black and Hispanic women are less likely than White women to be aware of heart disease risk and the symptoms of a heart attack, researchers say.

Bedside cardiac ultrasound could be taught during residency Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Incorporating cardiovascular limited ultrasound exam training for bedside use into the internal medicine residency curriculum is feasible, report US researchers.

Diabetes linked to increased blood cancer risk Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for developing lymphoma, suggest findings from a US study.

Familial predisposition ‘modestly’ affects alcoholic liver disease risk Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Environmental factors appear to be the main influence on the risk for alcoholic liver disease, say researchers who found little evidence for familial predisposition to the condition.

Antibacterial cloths could reduce geriatric MRSA Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Using disposable antibacterial cloths to bathe elderly patients reduces the transmission rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, show Canadian study results.

Polymorphism ’protective in pneumococcal disease’ Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with invasive pneumococcal disease who have the FcyRIIa-R/R131 polymorphism may have better survival outcomes than those without the genotype, suggest study findings.

Diabetes linked to increased blood cancer risk Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for developing lymphoma, suggest findings from a US study.

ColoPrint aids prediction of colorectal cancer relapse Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A novel microarray-based 18-gene expression tool known as ColoPrint significantly improves prognostic accuracy in stage II colon cancer patients who have undergone surgery, suggest study findings.

Investigational drug slows metastatic breast cancer progression Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Trastuzumab emtansine significantly delays disease progression compared with standard therapy in women with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive metastatic breast cancer, show study data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Accumulated CT radiation dose triples pediatric cancer risk Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT The use of computed tomography scans should be minimized in children, recommend researchers who have found a significantly increased risk for malignancy with repeated imaging.

Urban children more likely to have food allergies Posted: 10 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Children living in urban centers have a significantly higher prevalence of food allergies than those living in rural areas, US study data show.

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