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• Old cardiac drug performs new tricks
• Prenatal antipsychotic exposure linked to reduced neuromotor performance
• A third of depression patients convert to bipolar disorder
• Prenatal antipsychotic exposure linked to reduced neuromotor performance
• Ischemic lesions signal preventive needs in ICH patients
• Gut microbiota drive metabolic changes in pregnancy
• Children with negative TB skin test at high risk for mortality
• Leptin polymorphism combinations influence BMI in Chinese
• Gut microbiota drive metabolic changes in pregnancy
• Pets may trigger ‘prosocial’ behavior in autistic children
• Study signals biomarker hope for monitoring COPD
• Time to carotid stenosis treatment ‘can be shortened’
• Time to carotid stenosis treatment ‘can be shortened’

Old cardiac drug performs new tricks Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT An animal study has shown that the anti-angina drug ranolazine could significantly reduce the number of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Prenatal antipsychotic exposure linked to reduced neuromotor performance Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Infants with prenatal exposure to antipsychotics show significant reductions in neuromotor performance compared with other children, US researchers report.

A third of depression patients convert to bipolar disorder Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Around a third of patients initially diagnosed with major depressive disorder have their diagnosis changed to bipolar disorder, Polish researchers report.

Prenatal antipsychotic exposure linked to reduced neuromotor performance Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Infants with prenatal exposure to antipsychotics show significant reductions in neuromotor performance compared with other children, US researchers report.

Ischemic lesions signal preventive needs in ICH patients Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The finding of new ischemic lesions in patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage identifies patients at the greatest need of preventive therapy, research published in Neurology suggests.

Gut microbiota drive metabolic changes in pregnancy Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Changes in gut microbiota during pregnancy result in unfavorable metabolic changes that are actually beneficial to a pregnant woman and her developing baby, shows research published in Cell.

Children with negative TB skin test at high risk for mortality Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Children with clinical signs of tuberculosis but with a negative tuberculin skin test result should not have treatment delayed, suggest study findings showing that false-negatives are common and associated with high mortality.

Leptin polymorphism combinations influence BMI in Chinese Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The presence of genetic variants in both the leptin gene and the gene for its receptor may predispose Chinese individuals to obesity, report researchers.

Gut microbiota drive metabolic changes in pregnancy Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Changes in gut microbiota during pregnancy result in unfavorable metabolic changes that are actually beneficial to a pregnant woman and her developing baby, shows research published in Cell.

Pets may trigger ‘prosocial’ behavior in autistic children Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Autistic children show improvements in certain aspects of prosocial behavior after the introduction of pets into the family home, researchers report.

Study signals biomarker hope for monitoring COPD Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT The biomarkers desmosines and C-reactive protein could be used to assess disease severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, show the results of a Swedish study.

Time to carotid stenosis treatment ‘can be shortened’ Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers say it is possible to surgically treat carotid stenosis patients within 2 weeks of their index symptom.

Time to carotid stenosis treatment ‘can be shortened’ Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:00 PM PDT Researchers say it is possible to surgically treat carotid stenosis patients within 2 weeks of their index symptom.

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