Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


BD II patients show altered brain activity during emotion processing

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Depressed patients with bipolar II disorder show reduced activation and altered connectivity in brain regions associated with working memory and emotional learning, US researchers report.

Schizophrenia patients, psychiatrists differ in remission definitions

Posted: 17 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Schizophrenia patients, their families, and psychiatrists differ significantly in their perception of remission, study results show.

Elderly may be undertreated for cardiac disease

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Not enough elderly people are being prescribed statins, argue researchers in the BMJ.

Ticagrelor ‘now on equal footing’ with other antiplatelets

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The platelet aggregation inhibitor ticagrelor is now considered of equal effectiveness to clopidogrel and prasugrel for patients who have experienced a heart attack or have unstable angina, a report states.

Weighing up the gains for smokers who quit

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

People seem to gain more weight after giving up smoking than has previously been estimated, report researchers.

Arrhythmia finding could enhance COPD management

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Arrhythmias could precede exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, raising the possibility of a new target for management and treatment, say researchers.

Ticagrelor ‘now on equal footing’ with other antiplatelets

Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The platelet aggregation inhibitor ticagrelor is now considered of equal effectiveness to clopidogrel and prasugrel for patients who have experienced a heart attack or have unstable angina, a report states.

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