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• Gout independent risk factor for myocardial infarction
• CHD risk needs separating by glycemic status
• Walking speeds the way to understanding elderly blood pressure
• Pneumococcal revaccination needed in kidney transplant patients
• Endovascular stroke therapy may prove beneficial in octogenarians
• Injury risk increased in patients with serious mental illnesses
• Cannabis use linked to cognitive performance in bipolar patients
• Injury risk increased in patients with serious mental illnesses
• Impulsivity increased in siblings of BD I patients
• Cognitive function linked to suicidality in schizophrenia
• BD II patients show altered brain activity during emotion processing
• Schizophrenia patients, psychiatrists differ in remission definitions
• Elderly may be undertreated for cardiac disease
• Obsessive compulsive symptoms impair life quality in psychosis patients
• First-episode schizophrenia patients show frontal white matter deficits

Gout independent risk factor for myocardial infarction Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Gout is a significant and independent risk factor for the development of myocardial infarction, even in younger patients and those with no other cardiovascular risk factors, researchers report in Rheumatology.

CHD risk needs separating by glycemic status Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with diabetes not only have a higher incidence of coronary heart disease events compared with people without diabetes, but they differ in the type of risk factors they have for such events, report US researchers.

Walking speeds the way to understanding elderly blood pressure Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT The first study to examine walking speed, mortality, and blood pressure has shown that frail, elderly adults who have high blood pressure may actually be at a decreased risk for mortality, write researchers in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Pneumococcal revaccination needed in kidney transplant patients Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Kidney transplant patients vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae appear to be protected against pneumococcal infection for at least 15 months, research shows.

Endovascular stroke therapy may prove beneficial in octogenarians Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Use of intra-arterial therapy in octogenarian patients with stroke does not appear to increase their risk for dying in hospital above that seen with use of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, a large study suggests.

Injury risk increased in patients with serious mental illnesses Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with serious mental illnesses are significantly more likely to experience injuries than the general population, US study results show.

Cannabis use linked to cognitive performance in bipolar patients Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study suggest that bipolar I disorder patients with a history of cannabis use have better neurocognitive function than those who have not used cannabis.

Injury risk increased in patients with serious mental illnesses Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with serious mental illnesses are significantly more likely to experience injuries than the general population, US study results show.

Impulsivity increased in siblings of BD I patients Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar I disorder and their unaffected siblings show increased levels of impulsivity, researchers report.

Cognitive function linked to suicidality in schizophrenia Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with schizophrenia who have contemplated suicide or made one suicide attempt have better cognitive functioning than those who have not, research shows.

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.

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.

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