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• Happiness undiminished in FES patients
• Specific episode triggers in young adults with BD identified
• Rivaroxaban effective in children
• Excessive cleanliness may be bad for your health
• Low HDL cholesterol ADVANCEs nephropathy risk in diabetes
• Palliative care on Scottish surgical wards needs improving
• Pouch surgery has long-term costs for young patients
• Nurse-led HIV care benefits patients
• Palliative care on Scottish surgical wards needs improving
• Older father, US-born Hispanic mother, increases childhood retinoblastoma risk
• Pediatric imatinib for Philadelphia-chromosome ALL fights relapse

Happiness undiminished in FES patients Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Canadian study suggest that patients who have experienced a first episode of schizophrenia are just as happy as mentally healthy individuals, despite significant functional impairment.

Specific episode triggers in young adults with BD identified Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Falling in love has the highest specificity for triggering manic/hypomanic episodes in young adults with bipolar disorder, while stressful life events has the highest specificity for triggering depressive episodes, researchers report.

Rivaroxaban effective in children Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Laboratory tests show no significant differences in rivaroxaban efficacy across children aged from 28 days to 16 years, researchers report.

Excessive cleanliness may be bad for your health Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Research suggests that the antibacterial chemical triclosan, commonly used in personal-care products and antibacterial soaps, may impair the function of cardiac and skeletal muscle.

Low HDL cholesterol ADVANCEs nephropathy risk in diabetes Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT People with diabetes are at a greater risk for the development or progression of diabetic nephropathy if they have low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, report researchers.

Palliative care on Scottish surgical wards needs improving Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT More than half of individuals with terminal gastrointestinal cancer on general surgical wards in Scotland do not undergo operative intervention on their final admission, show study results published in The Surgeon.

Pouch surgery has long-term costs for young patients Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is associated with high complication rates and poor body image in patients who undergo the procedure at a young age, research shows, with women at additional risk for sexual dysfunction.

Nurse-led HIV care benefits patients Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Expansion of the role of primary care nurses to allow them to initiate and represcribe antiretroviral therapy to HIV patients improves health outcomes and quality of patient care, write researchers in The Lancet.

Palliative care on Scottish surgical wards needs improving Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT More than half of individuals with terminal gastrointestinal cancer on general surgical wards in Scotland do not undergo operative intervention on their final admission, show study results published in The Surgeon.

Older father, US-born Hispanic mother, increases childhood retinoblastoma risk Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The risk for retinoblastoma in children under 6 years of age is associated with paternal age and maternal birthplace and ethnicity, show US study results.

Pediatric imatinib for Philadelphia-chromosome ALL fights relapse Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Trial findings confirm the benefits of imatinib therapy in children with Philadelphia-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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