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• Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked
• Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked
• Flavocoxid liver damage reported
• Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked
• Pneumonia outpatients at risk for return to ED
• Combination regimens trump monotherapy in fight against HIV transmission
• Frozen sperm thaw with problems
• Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked
• Combination regimens trump monotherapy in fight against HIV transmission
• Skin patch treatment kills common skin cancer
• Pneumonia outpatients at risk for return to ED
• ‘Strong evidence’ for causal link between parental smoking, childhood asthma
• Intensive insulin may backfire in acute stroke
• Amygdala volume reduced in schizophrenia, not psychotic BD
• Too much salt can damage blood vessels and lead to hypertension
• Amygdala volume reduced in schizophrenia, not psychotic BD
• Superior temporal sulcus perfusion linked to QoL in schizophrenia
• Cognitive function worse in pediatric BD I than II
• CDSS best for assessing depression symptoms in schizophrenia
• Insight linked to gray matter volume in FEP patients
• Childhood viral CNS infections increase psychosis risk
• Sleep quality predicts mood outcomes in bipolar patients with SUDs
• Alarm raised over hypertension management in the ED
• Sexual dysfunction prevalent in psychosis patients

Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers are calling for cardiovascular biomarker profiling in pregnant women with preeclampsia and diabetes to help predict their future cardiovascular disease risk.

Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers are calling for cardiovascular biomarker profiling in pregnant women with preeclampsia and diabetes to help predict their future cardiovascular disease risk.

Flavocoxid liver damage reported Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A prescription medical food used to treat osteoarthritis may induce reversible liver damage in some users, suggests research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers are calling for cardiovascular biomarker profiling in pregnant women with preeclampsia and diabetes to help predict their future cardiovascular disease risk.

Pneumonia outpatients at risk for return to ED Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT One-quarter of individuals with community-acquired pneumonia who are treated on an outpatient basis return to the emergency department within 30 days, show study findings from Canada.

Combination regimens trump monotherapy in fight against HIV transmission Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A two- or three-drug combination is more effective at reducing intrapartum HIV acquisition than zidovudine monotherapy in babies who are at high risk for transmission, a study in The New England Journal of Medicine shows.

Frozen sperm thaw with problems Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa causes subtle, sub-lethal damage in sperm that may not easily be detected in clinical laboratories, report French researchers.

Pregnant women with preeclampsia, diabetes need biomarkers checked Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers are calling for cardiovascular biomarker profiling in pregnant women with preeclampsia and diabetes to help predict their future cardiovascular disease risk.

Combination regimens trump monotherapy in fight against HIV transmission Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A two- or three-drug combination is more effective at reducing intrapartum HIV acquisition than zidovudine monotherapy in babies who are at high risk for transmission, a study in The New England Journal of Medicine shows.

Skin patch treatment kills common skin cancer Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A skin patch treatment for basal cell carcinoma effectively destroys facial tumors in most patients without the need for surgery or major radiation, researchers report.

Pneumonia outpatients at risk for return to ED Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT One-quarter of individuals with community-acquired pneumonia who are treated on an outpatient basis return to the emergency department within 30 days, show study findings from Canada.

‘Strong evidence’ for causal link between parental smoking, childhood asthma Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Parental smoking is associated with symptoms of asthma in exposed children, report researchers who found the more parents smoked, the greater the risk to their children.

Intensive insulin may backfire in acute stroke Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Intensive control of glucose levels in patients with hyperacute stroke may do more harm than good, results of the randomized INSULINFARCT trial suggest.

Amygdala volume reduced in schizophrenia, not psychotic BD Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Amygdala volume is reduced in patients with schizophrenia compared with those who have psychotic bipolar disorder, researchers report.

Too much salt can damage blood vessels and lead to hypertension Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT A high sodium intake over a prolonged period of time is associated with increased vascular dysfunction, which may lead to hypertension, researchers report.

Amygdala volume reduced in schizophrenia, not psychotic BD Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Amygdala volume is reduced in patients with schizophrenia compared with those who have psychotic bipolar disorder, researchers report.

Superior temporal sulcus perfusion linked to QoL in schizophrenia Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Schizophrenia patients with a relatively high quality of life show hypoperfusion in the superior temporal sulcus compared with those with a relatively low quality of life.

Cognitive function worse in pediatric BD I than II Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Children with bipolar I disorder have significantly poorer cognitive functioning than those with bipolar II disorder, research shows.

CDSS best for assessing depression symptoms in schizophrenia Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review of published studies suggests that the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia is the most reliable and valid instrument for assessing depression symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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