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• Obsessive compulsive symptoms impair life quality in psychosis patients
• First-episode schizophrenia patients show frontal white matter deficits
• Research reveals how metformin reduces HCC risk
• Better diet before pregnancy lowers GDM risk
• Research reveals how metformin reduces HCC risk
• More reason to restrict hormone therapy during menopause
• Rheumatoid arthritis patients take-up cancer screening
• Prostate cancer treatment regrets linked to comorbidity
• Physician-targeted intervention could reduce depression in elderly
• High cost of ‘weekend effect’ in stroke care

Obsessive compulsive symptoms impair life quality in psychosis patients Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The presence of obsessive compulsive symptoms is associated with reduced subjective wellbeing and quality of life in patients with a first episode of psychosis, Dutch researchers report.

First-episode schizophrenia patients show frontal white matter deficits Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Brazilian study suggest that patients with a first episode of schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder show significant white matter deficits in the middle frontal gyrus region of the brain.

Research reveals how metformin reduces HCC risk Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT For every year that a patient with diabetes takes metformin, their risk for hepatocellular carcinoma reduces, say the authors of a study that also sheds light on the cellular pathway it uses.

Better diet before pregnancy lowers GDM risk Posted: 15 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.

Research reveals how metformin reduces HCC risk Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT For every year that a patient with diabetes takes metformin, their risk for hepatocellular carcinoma reduces, say the authors of a study that also sheds light on the cellular pathway it uses.

More reason to restrict hormone therapy during menopause Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers have found further evidence to show that menopausal hormone therapy increases the risk for high blood pressure in postmenopausal women.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients take-up cancer screening Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Insurance records for rheumatoid arthritis patients in the USA indicate that patients are receiving their recommended cervical, breast, and colon cancer screening tests.

Prostate cancer treatment regrets linked to comorbidity Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Men with cardiovascular disease are significantly more likely to regret their prostate cancer treatment choice than men without this comorbidity and have an increased risk for adverse effects, US researchers warn.

Physician-targeted intervention could reduce depression in elderly Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Older patients whose physicians take part in a practice audit and education-based intervention have reduced odds of depression and self-harm at 24 months – significantly so in the case of self-harm, show results of an Australian trial.

High cost of ‘weekend effect’ in stroke care Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Weekend admission adversely affects a range of quality and safety indicators of acute stroke care, report UK researchers.

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