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• Insight linked to gray matter volume in FEP patients
• Childhood viral CNS infections increase psychosis risk
• Alarm raised over hypertension management in the ED
• Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk
• Economic background dictates heart disease mortality
• Ischemic event risk in AF patients depends on initial presentation
• Intensive glycemic control reduces albuminuria risk in diabetes
• Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk
• Ischemic event risk in AF patients depends on initial presentation
• Soft drinks may make only boys overweight
• Oral hygiene linked with cancer mortality
• Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk
• CD32 polymorphism protects against death from pneumococcal disease

Insight linked to gray matter volume in FEP patients Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from an Irish study show that poor insight is associated with increased gray matter volume in subcortical and frontotemporal brain regions among patients with first-episode psychosis, but not in those with chronic schizophrenia.

Childhood viral CNS infections increase psychosis risk Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Viral infections of the central nervous system in childhood are associated with nearly a two-fold increased risk for non-affective psychosis and schizophrenia in adulthood, a review and meta-analysis of published studies shows.

Alarm raised over hypertension management in the ED Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers report finding subclinical cardiac damage in almost all patients with hypertension presenting to an inner-city US emergency department.

Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk Posted: 18 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.

Economic background dictates heart disease mortality Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have uncovered the primary cause for the fall in coronary heart disease mortality in England between 2000 and 2007.

Ischemic event risk in AF patients depends on initial presentation Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Outpatients with atherosclerotic disease and atrial fibrillation are at a high risk for repeat ischemic events, report researchers who found the outcome is greatly influenced by their initial presentation.

Intensive glycemic control reduces albuminuria risk in diabetes Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Review findings suggest that intensive glucose control significantly reduces the risk for micro- and macroalbuminuria among patients with Type 2 diabetes, but may not impact on significant clinical renal outcomes.

Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk Posted: 18 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.

Ischemic event risk in AF patients depends on initial presentation Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Outpatients with atherosclerotic disease and atrial fibrillation are at a high risk for repeat ischemic events, report researchers who found the outcome is greatly influenced by their initial presentation.

Soft drinks may make only boys overweight Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Most children who drink mainly sweetened beverages such as fruit-flavored and soft drinks do not seem to be at an increased risk for overweight and obesity, show findings from a Canadian study.

Oral hygiene linked with cancer mortality Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Poor oral health is associated with cancer mortality, show study results from Sweden.

Double infection may raise atherosclerosis risk Posted: 18 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.

CD32 polymorphism protects against death from pneumococcal disease Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Carriers of the minor allele of a polymorphism in the FCGR2A gene, which encodes CD32, are substantially less likely to die from invasive pneumococcal disease than those with the major allele, French researchers report.

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