Monday, August 6, 2012

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Medical News

Cushing’s patients must be screened for heart disease

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Individuals who use glucocorticoids and exhibit iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome should be "aggressively" targeted for early screening of cardiovascular risk factors, say researchers.

Early maladaptive schemas play role in bipolar disorder functionality

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Results from a Danish study suggest that seven early maladaptive schemas play a significant role in functional impairment among patients with bipolar disorder.

Borderline personality disorder ‘not linked to psychosis transition’

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The presence of borderline personality disorder is not associated with an increased risk for transition to full-blown psychosis in ultra-high risk patients, research shows.

Assumptions about liver transplant wait-list mortality challenged

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The majority of liver patients who die on, or are removed from, the transplant wait-list have declined an offer of transplant, show the findings of an American study.

Adiposity linked to cognitive decline in elderly

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

High levels of adiposity increase rates of cognitive decline in the "young elderly" aged between 60 and 70 years, report Korean researchers.

Adiposity linked to cognitive decline in elderly

Posted: 05 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT

High levels of adiposity increase rates of cognitive decline in the "young elderly" aged between 60 and 70 years, report Korean researchers.
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