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• Adding functional skills training to CRT improves schizophrenia functioning
• Key risk features predictive for suicide in bipolar disorder identified
• Disappointing result for acadesine
• Early surgery best for infective endocarditis
• US hospitals fail to meet critical esophagectomy benchmark
• Better diet before pregnancy lowers GDM risk
• US hospitals fail to meet critical esophagectomy benchmark
• Family physicians’ continuity of care pivotal in depressed terminally ill patients

Adding functional skills training to CRT improves schizophrenia functioning Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Adding functional skills training to cognitive remediation therapy significantly improves functional competence and real-world behavior in patients with schizophrenia, show study findings.

Key risk features predictive for suicide in bipolar disorder identified Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Study findings suggest that patients with bipolar disorder who present with mixed-states, melancholic depressive features, or have multiple antidepressant treatment episodes are at increased risk for suicide.

Disappointing result for acadesine Posted: 11 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The adenosine-regulating agent acadesine does not reduce the occurrence of adverse outcomes in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, researchers say.

Early surgery best for infective endocarditis Posted: 11 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Compared with conventional treatment, early surgery for patients with infective endocarditis and large vegetations significantly reduces the risk for death or embolic events by reducing the risk for systemic embolism, show results from a randomized trial.

US hospitals fail to meet critical esophagectomy benchmark Posted: 11 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT A study has shown that most US hospitals fail to ensure that surgeons examine at least 15 lymph nodes during esophagectomy for cancer, and are therefore failing to meet guideline recommendations for detecting metastases.

Better diet before pregnancy lowers GDM risk Posted: 11 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Adhering to a healthy diet before pregnancy can significantly reduce a woman's likelihood for developing gestational diabetes mellitus, show study findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

US hospitals fail to meet critical esophagectomy benchmark Posted: 11 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT A study has shown that most US hospitals fail to ensure that surgeons examine at least 15 lymph nodes during esophagectomy for cancer, and are therefore failing to meet guideline recommendations for detecting metastases.

Family physicians’ continuity of care pivotal in depressed terminally ill patients Posted: 11 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The long-standing relationship between a family physician and his/her terminally ill patient is pivotal in the management of depression during palliative care, show Dutch study results.

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