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• Adolescent hypomania does not predict bipolar disorder
• Shorter DUP linked to better long-term schizophrenia outcomes
• Late heart rejection is in decline in children, mortality the same
• Blood typifies coronary risk
• Tofacitinib shows promise in active ulcerative colitis
• Food preferences influence sleep patterns, metabolic health
• Targets to improve palliative patients’ wellbeing identified

Adolescent hypomania does not predict bipolar disorder Posted: 16 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a Swedish study show that only a small proportion of depressed adolescents with hypomania spectrum episodes will develop bipolar disorder in adulthood.

Shorter DUP linked to better long-term schizophrenia outcomes Posted: 16 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT A shorter duration of untreated psychosis is associated with improved long-term outcomes in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

Late heart rejection is in decline in children, mortality the same Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The rate of heart transplant rejection after 1 year has decreased in pediatric patients in recent years compared with the early 1990s, report researchers who add that, despite this, mortality rates in these patients have stayed the same.

Blood typifies coronary risk Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Individuals with an A, B, or AB blood type have a significantly higher risk for coronary heart disease than those with an O blood type, say experts.

Tofacitinib shows promise in active ulcerative colitis Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Tofacitinib can induce a clinical response in the majority of patients with moderate to severe, active ulcerative colitis, a placebo-controlled trial has shown.

Food preferences influence sleep patterns, metabolic health Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The relationship between short sleep duration and the development of metabolic abnormalities may be partly influenced by food preferences, show study findings.

Targets to improve palliative patients’ wellbeing identified Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Pain, depression, drowsiness, fatigue, and appetite loss are the symptoms that most affect the wellbeing of cancer patients being treated palliatively, report Canadian researchers.

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