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• Sleep quality predicts mood outcomes in bipolar patients with SUDs
• Sexual dysfunction prevalent in psychosis patients
• Hospital noises disturb sleep
• Improved CT angiography protocols minimize radiation exposure
• Cardiovascular risks for excessive endurance training highlighted
• Sustained ventricular arrhythmias in NSTE ACS rare but high-risk
• Exenatide ‑ a better alternative for add-on therapy?
• HCV suppression reduces liver damage
• HCV suppression reduces liver damage
• Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk
• Bisphosphonate benefit for breast cancer yet to be proven
• Imaging vital to localize stroke

Sleep quality predicts mood outcomes in bipolar patients with SUDs Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study suggest that reduced sleep quality is associated with poorer mood outcomes in patients with bipolar disorder and co-occurring substance use disorders.

Sexual dysfunction prevalent in psychosis patients Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Sexual dysfunction is very common among patients with psychosis and is often present before the onset of full-blown symptoms, UK researchers report.

Hospital noises disturb sleep Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Common hospital noises such as human conversations, paging systems, intravenous alarms sounding, and doors closing easily disturb patients' sleep, according to US study results.

Improved CT angiography protocols minimize radiation exposure Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Refinements to coronary computed tomography angiography practices can significantly reduce the radiation dose associated with imaging, demonstrates research from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA.

Cardiovascular risks for excessive endurance training highlighted Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Ironman triathlons, ultramarathons, and even marathons are potentially associated with a risk for adverse cardiovascular effects.

Sustained ventricular arrhythmias in NSTE ACS rare but high-risk Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Sustained ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia in patients admitted with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome are uncommon but worsen patients' prognosis markedly if they do develop, researchers report.

Exenatide ‑ a better alternative for add-on therapy? Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Twice-daily exenatide may offer advantages over the standard glimepiride in patients with Type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by metformin, suggest findings published in The Lancet.

HCV suppression reduces liver damage Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Profound suppression of the hepatitis C virus reduces long-term hepatic inflammation and fibrosis even in patients who do not achieve a sustained virologic response, research demonstrates.

HCV suppression reduces liver damage Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Profound suppression of the hepatitis C virus reduces long-term hepatic inflammation and fibrosis even in patients who do not achieve a sustained virologic response, research demonstrates.

Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Co-infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae and human cytomegalovirus stimulates greater expression of inflammatory factors in aortic smooth muscle cells than either infection alone, show study findings.

Bisphosphonate benefit for breast cancer yet to be proven Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Older patients with breast cancer may benefit from adjuvant treatment with oral bisphosphonates, but further studies are needed before general application in the breast cancer population, say researchers.

Imaging vital to localize stroke Posted: 17 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Clinical signs and symptoms can rarely distinguish posterior circulation infarction from anterior circulation infarction, say researchers.

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