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• Garlic creates a stink for blood pressure study
• Garlic creates a stink for blood pressure study
• Age stratification improves pneumonia risk assessment
• Age stratification improves pneumonia risk assessment
• Vigorous exercise associated with mental illness vulnerability
• Incidence of early-onset schizophrenia ‘increasing’
• Nicotine dependence risk increased in bipolar disorder
• Poor affect recognition may not predict psychosis in high-risk patients
• Non-righthandedness increased in BD patients
• Downward trend for heart failure in Canada
• Schizophrenia patients benefit from text message reminders
• Impulsiveness linked to bipolar disorder severity
• Interhemispheric coordination reduced in schizophrenia

Garlic creates a stink for blood pressure study Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Garlic is widely used by patients for its blood pressure-lowering effects, but it is unclear whether or not it is beneficial in terms of cardiovascular outcomes, researchers say.

Garlic creates a stink for blood pressure study Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Garlic is widely used by patients for its blood pressure-lowering effects, but it is unclear whether or not it is beneficial in terms of cardiovascular outcomes, researchers say.

Age stratification improves pneumonia risk assessment Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Age and residential status should be used to select the most appropriate measure to assess community-acquired pneumonia severity in hospitalized patients, advise German researchers.

Age stratification improves pneumonia risk assessment Posted: 26 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Age and residential status should be used to select the most appropriate measure to assess community-acquired pneumonia severity in hospitalized patients, advise German researchers.

Vigorous exercise associated with mental illness vulnerability Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Contrary to expectations, engagement in vigorous exercise is positively associated with the incidence and prevalence of psychiatric disorders, particularly bipolar II disorder and alcohol dependence, US researchers report.

Incidence of early-onset schizophrenia ‘increasing’ Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The incidence of diagnosed early-onset schizophrenia has increased in recent years, study results show.

Nicotine dependence risk increased in bipolar disorder Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Adults with mood and anxiety disorders are significantly more likely to be smokers than the general population, a US study of data from the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions shows.

Poor affect recognition may not predict psychosis in high-risk patients Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Decreased affect recognition is associated with psychosis vulnerability, but it is not a marker of conversion to psychosis in high-risk individuals, researchers report.

Non-righthandedness increased in BD patients Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Patients with bipolar disorder are around twice as likely to be non-righthanded as mentally healthy individuals, study results show.

Downward trend for heart failure in Canada Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The incidence of heart failure in Ontario, Canada, substantially decreased between 1997 and 2008, a study suggests.

Schizophrenia patients benefit from text message reminders Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT A text message-based service may help improve medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

Impulsiveness linked to bipolar disorder severity Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Trait impulsiveness is associated with a severe course of bipolar disorder, researchers report.

Interhemispheric coordination reduced in schizophrenia Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Results from a US study show that patients with schizophrenia have significantly decreased interhemispheric coordination compared with mentally healthy individuals.

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