Thursday, September 13, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


Social cognition reduced in FEP, UHR patients

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

First-episode psychosis patients show widespread impairments in social cognition, and such impairments are also evident, albeit to a lesser extent, in those at ultra-high risk for psychosis, researchers report.

Intermittent hormone therapy effective for prostate cancer patients

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Intermittent androgen deprivation is as effective as continuous therapy for men with rising prostate-specific antigen levels after primary or salvage radiotherapy, say researchers who believe the break from treatment improves quality of life.

'No malignancy risk' with biologic response modifiers

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic response modifiers for at least 6 months do not have a greater risk for malignancy than those given other disease-modifying drugs or placebo, conclude US and Spanish researchers.

Plasma biomarker predicts rheumatoid arthritis onset

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Healthy individuals with high levels of immunoglobulin G rheumatoid factor have a significantly increased risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, suggests population-based research published in the BMJ.

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