Thursday, September 20, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


Bipolar patients show poor HRQoL regardless of treatment setting

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder who present for treatment in primary care settings and those who present at community mental health clinics have equally poor health-related quality of life, US research shows.

Bipolar patients show poor HRQoL regardless of treatment setting

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder who present for treatment in primary care settings and those who present at community mental health clinics have equally poor health-related quality of life, US research shows.

Prevalence of sexual violence against mental health patients ‘alarming’

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Around a fifth of patients with mental illnesses report being the victims of sexual violence, results from a Brazilian study show.

Prevalence of sexual violence against mental health patients ‘alarming’

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Around a fifth of patients with mental illnesses report being the victims of sexual violence, results from a Brazilian study show.

Tight glycemic control does not reduce infection rate after pediatric cardiac surgery

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Implementing tight glycemic control after surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass does not reduce the rate of healthcare-associated infections among pediatric patients, compared with standard care in the intensive care unit, show US study results.

Statin effect on thrombosis not so positive

Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Statins may not prevent venous thromboembolic events despite previous research suggesting otherwise, say researchers.

Ionizing radiation imaging raises breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 carriers

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Exposure to ionizing radiation at an early age increases the risk for breast cancer among women with BRCA1/2 mutations, reveals research published in the BMJ.

Mitochondrial variations unlikely cause of osteoarthritis

Posted: 16 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have been unable to confirm a link between the development of osteoarthritis and maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA variants.

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