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• Lipid treatment absolved of hemorrhagic transformation guilt
• Deficit form of bipolar disorder supported
• Schizophrenia brain changes 'due to disease rather than genes’
• Lipid treatment absolved of hemorrhagic transformation guilt
• Working outside 9-5 shifts vascular risk
• Smoking poses less risk for dyslipidemia in very elderly
• Fifth link to complete chain for cardiac arrest care?
• Smoking poses less risk for dyslipidemia in very elderly
• Insurance type does not affect cesarean rate
• Sleep problems linked to binge eating in women
• Allergy and asthma linked to the air pupils breathe
• Working outside 9-5 shifts vascular risk

Lipid treatment absolved of hemorrhagic transformation guilt Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The lipid profiles of patients undergoing thrombolysis for acute stroke predict their mortality risk but not their risk for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, shows a large study.

Deficit form of bipolar disorder supported Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Japanese study support the existence of a bipolar disorder subtype characterized by pervasive negative symptoms.

Schizophrenia brain changes 'due to disease rather than genes’ Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The brain abnormalities observed in patients with schizophrenia are primarily due to processes associated with the disease itself or its treatment, as opposed to being caused by genetic factors, the results of a Dutch study indicate.

Lipid treatment absolved of hemorrhagic transformation guilt Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The lipid profiles of patients undergoing thrombolysis for acute stroke predict their mortality risk but not their risk for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, shows a large study.

Working outside 9-5 shifts vascular risk Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT People who undertake shift work may be at a higher risk for vascular events than those who do not, researchers say in the BMJ.

Smoking poses less risk for dyslipidemia in very elderly Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Smoking does not have a detrimental effect on lipid profiles in individuals aged 90 years or more, report Chinese researchers.

Fifth link to complete chain for cardiac arrest care? Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Adding a fifth link to the "Chain of Survival" concept for management of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest significantly improves their survival and positive neurologic outcome chances, a study suggests.

Smoking poses less risk for dyslipidemia in very elderly Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Smoking does not have a detrimental effect on lipid profiles in individuals aged 90 years or more, report Chinese researchers.

Insurance type does not affect cesarean rate Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT There is no significant disparity in the odds for US women undergoing cesarean section delivery rather than vaginal delivery according to whether they are privately or publicly Medicaid-insured patients, show study results from Michigan, USA.

Sleep problems linked to binge eating in women Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Sleep problems are significantly associated with binge eating in women, study results show.

Allergy and asthma linked to the air pupils breathe Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Poor air quality inside classrooms could play a role in the development of asthma and allergies in children, the results of a French study show.

Working outside 9-5 shifts vascular risk Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT People who undertake shift work may be at a higher risk for vascular events than those who do not, researchers say in the BMJ.

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• Elation and irritability increase BD risk
• Increased cortical thinning in schizophrenia patients
• Walking speed could explain high BP and mortality link in elderly
• Strategies to reduce readmission are lacking in US hospitals
• Enoxaparin prevents PVT in advanced cirrhosis
• Enoxaparin prevents PVT in advanced cirrhosis

Elation and irritability increase BD risk Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Symptoms of elation and irritability are significantly associated with an increased likelihood for developing bipolar disorder, researchers report.

Increased cortical thinning in schizophrenia patients Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia show greater cortical thinning in selected subregions of both the frontal and temporal lobes over a 2-year period than mentally healthy individuals, study results show.

Walking speed could explain high BP and mortality link in elderly Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Elderly individuals with high systolic blood pressure who walk quickly have a higher mortality rate than their counterparts who walk more slowly, show US study results.

Strategies to reduce readmission are lacking in US hospitals Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT A review of US hospitals indicates a lack of implementation of important practices to reduce readmission rates among patients with heart failure and acute myocardial infarction, report researchers.

Enoxaparin prevents PVT in advanced cirrhosis Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Enoxaparin significantly reduces portal vein thrombosis and increases overall survival in patients with advanced cirrhosis, the results of an Italian study show.

Enoxaparin prevents PVT in advanced cirrhosis Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Enoxaparin significantly reduces portal vein thrombosis and increases overall survival in patients with advanced cirrhosis, the results of an Italian study show.

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• Screening checks in adolescents with hypertension diverge from guidelines
• Do not shy away from sexual function discussion, doctors told
• Sleep related diabetes risk needs attention
• Do not shy away from sexual function discussion, doctors told
• Screening checks in adolescents with hypertension diverge from guidelines
• Healthcare-associated pneumonia management could be improved
• Early CT ‘definitive’ for subarachnoid hemorrhage diagnosis
• SCIT may benefit affective disorder patients
• Altered default network connectivity in FEP patients
• PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients
• PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients
• Illiteracy linked to schizophrenia risk
• Brain response to emotion altered in BD youth
• Reduced white matter integrity in schizophrenia patients
• BD youth show altered frontal lobe bioenergetic metabolism
• Latest polypill trial yields largest improvements yet
• <i>T. gondii</i> link to schizophrenia supported

Screening checks in adolescents with hypertension diverge from guidelines Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Guideline-recommended diagnostic tests for hypertension complications, such as echocardiograms and renal ultrasonography, are being poorly used in adolescents, a study suggests.

Do not shy away from sexual function discussion, doctors told Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Physicians must enquire about erectile dysfunction symptoms in all men who are older than 30 years or have cardiovascular risk factors to ascertain their future cardiac risk, say researchers in the American Heart Journal.

Sleep related diabetes risk needs attention Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Strategies aimed at improving sleep quality among individuals without Type 2 diabetes may act as an additional tool in diabetes prevention, report researchers.

Do not shy away from sexual function discussion, doctors told Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Physicians must enquire about erectile dysfunction symptoms in all men who are older than 30 years or have cardiovascular risk factors to ascertain their future cardiac risk, say researchers in the American Heart Journal.

Screening checks in adolescents with hypertension diverge from guidelines Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Guideline-recommended diagnostic tests for hypertension complications, such as echocardiograms and renal ultrasonography, are being poorly used in adolescents, a study suggests.

Healthcare-associated pneumonia management could be improved Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Although healthcare-associated pneumonia is common among patients treated in internal medicine departments and linked to poor outcomes, rates of testing and adherence to therapeutic guidelines are low, say Spanish investigators.

Early CT ‘definitive’ for subarachnoid hemorrhage diagnosis Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Cerebrospinal fluid analysis is only necessary for patients with thunderclap headache and a negative computed tomography scan if they undergo imaging more than 6 hours after headache onset, research suggests.

SCIT may benefit affective disorder patients Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Social cognition and interaction training may improve certain aspects of social cognition and functioning in patients with affective disorders, results from a preliminary study suggest.

Altered default network connectivity in FEP patients Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with a first episode of psychosis show altered functional connectivity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex default network subsystem, researchers report.

PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among patients with serious mental illnesses, and is associated with an increased risk for suicide attempts, Spanish researchers report.

PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among patients with serious mental illnesses, and is associated with an increased risk for suicide attempts, Spanish researchers report.

Illiteracy linked to schizophrenia risk Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The risk for schizophrenia is significantly higher among illiterate than literate individuals in China, particularly among younger age groups, results from a population-based study show.

Brain response to emotion altered in BD youth Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study show that adolescents with bipolar disorder (BD) have altered activation in certain brain regions in response to facial expressions of emotion.

Reduced white matter integrity in schizophrenia patients Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia show widespread reductions in white matter integrity, particularly in fronto-temporal regions, researchers report.

BD youth show altered frontal lobe bioenergetic metabolism Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study suggest that depressed unmedicated adolescents with bipolar disorder (BD) have altered frontal lobe mitochondrial function.

Latest polypill trial yields largest improvements yet Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The results of the first trial to administer the polypill on the basis of age alone has shown the largest reductions in blood pressure and cholesterol level of any polypill trial to date, researchers report.

<i>T. gondii</i> link to schizophrenia supported Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Study results support an associated between maternal infection with Toxoplasma gondii and an increased risk for schizophrenia in offspring.

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• Increased risk for AMI following hip- and knee-replacement surgery
• Anticancer benefit to giving birth after 30
• Anticancer benefit to giving birth after 30
• Sirolimus has anti-skin cancer effect in kidney transplant patients
• Rehab benefit for meth abuse not crystal clear
• SCIT may benefit affective disorder patients
• Altered default network connectivity in FEP patients
• Steak and ticks: A potentially life-threatening experience
• Vitamin D link to lung function in smokers
• Oximetry detects sleep disorder in stroke patients

Increased risk for AMI following hip- and knee-replacement surgery Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Elderly patients are at a significantly increased risk for acute myocardial infarction in the 2 weeks following total hip- or knee-replacement surgery, research shows.

Anticancer benefit to giving birth after 30 Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Women who last give birth after the age of 30 years have a decreased risk for endometrial cancer, researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Anticancer benefit to giving birth after 30 Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Women who last give birth after the age of 30 years have a decreased risk for endometrial cancer, researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Sirolimus has anti-skin cancer effect in kidney transplant patients Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Switching from calcineurin inhibitors to a sirolimus-containing immunosuppression regimen may help reduce the incidence of secondary skin cancer after kidney transplantation, suggests research published in TheNew England Journal of Medicine.

Rehab benefit for meth abuse not crystal clear Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Community-based residential rehabilitation significantly reduces methamphetamine use compared with detoxification, but the effect only lasts for up to a year, researchers report.

SCIT may benefit affective disorder patients Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Social cognition and interaction training may improve certain aspects of social cognition and functioning in patients with affective disorders, results from a preliminary study suggest.

Altered default network connectivity in FEP patients Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with a first episode of psychosis show altered functional connectivity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex default network subsystem, researchers report.

Steak and ticks: A potentially life-threatening experience Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Tick bites can trigger a severe, delayed allergic reaction to red meat, suggest findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Vitamin D link to lung function in smokers Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Vitamin D levels seem to determine the rate of lung function decline among smokers, the results of an American study show.

Oximetry detects sleep disorder in stroke patients Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Nocturnal oximetry is an accurate instrument for detecting and diagnosing sleep apnea syndrome in patients with stroke, research indicates.

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• Congenital long QT syndrome guidelines ‘too restrictive’
• LPL deficiency treatment poised to be first gene therapy in Europe
• Vitamin A insufficiency linked to hand, foot and mouth disease
• Fatty acids normalize without help in girls with eating disorders
• Brown fat fuels fight against obesity
• Short-course palliative RT shows promise
• PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients
• Illiteracy linked to schizophrenia risk
• Constant pain after breast cancer surgery ‘more taxing’

Congenital long QT syndrome guidelines ‘too restrictive’ Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Athletes who choose to continue competing after being diagnosed with long QT syndrome have a low rate of LQTS-triggered cardiac events, US researchers report.

LPL deficiency treatment poised to be first gene therapy in Europe Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT For the first time, the European Medicines Agency has recommended gene therapy for approval in Europe.

Vitamin A insufficiency linked to hand, foot and mouth disease Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Vitamin A status is associated with immunity to, and pathogenic condition of, hand, foot, and mouth disease in children, say researchers whose study results show that the majority of those with the infectious disease also had vitamin A insufficiency.

Fatty acids normalize without help in girls with eating disorders Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Omega-3 essential fatty acid supplementation is unnecessary for adolescent girls with eating disorders and weight-loss eating disorder, as levels normalize once they return to normal weight, say researchers.

Brown fat fuels fight against obesity Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Experts may have found a new method for assessing adipose tissue function that could be used in the fight against obesity.

Short-course palliative RT shows promise Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT A 2-day course of three-dimensional radiotherapy delivered in twice-daily fractions up to 18 Gy resulted in no dose-limiting toxicities, and high rates of symptom relief in patient with pelvic cancer, especially those with bleeding, report researchers.

PTSD prevalent in serious mental illness patients Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among patients with serious mental illnesses, and is associated with an increased risk for suicide attempts, Spanish researchers report.

Illiteracy linked to schizophrenia risk Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The risk for schizophrenia is significantly higher among illiterate than literate individuals in China, particularly among younger age groups, results from a population-based study show.

Constant pain after breast cancer surgery ‘more taxing’ Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Women who experience chronic pain after treatment for breast cancer are not significantly more anxious or depressed than women without pain, find researchers.

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