Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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Peer support benefits psychoeducation for bipolar patients

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Peer support for patients with bipolar disorder may help improve adherence to online psychoeducation programs, study findings suggest.

Cannabis withdrawal clinically significant in schizophrenia

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Cannabis withdrawal symptoms are clinically significant in schizophrenia patients as they are often associated with behavioral change, say researchers.

Peer support benefits psychoeducation for bipolar patients

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Peer support for patients with bipolar disorder may help improve adherence to online psychoeducation programs, study findings suggest.

Cannabis withdrawal clinically significant in schizophrenia

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Cannabis withdrawal symptoms are clinically significant in schizophrenia patients as they are often associated with behavioral change, say researchers.

Anesthetic choice may not be critical in noncardiac surgery

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The choice of general anesthetic does not appear to influence the risk for myocardial infarction in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, report researchers.

Anesthetic choice may not be critical in noncardiac surgery

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The choice of general anesthetic does not appear to influence the risk for myocardial infarction in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, report researchers.

Surgeon volume influences patient outcomes following rectal resection

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The volume of operations a surgeon performs affects both short- and long-term patient outcomes following resection for rectal carcinoma, show data from a German hospital.

Polio vaccination refusal in Nigeria continues to thwart eradication efforts

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The number of reported cases of wild poliovirus infection in northern Nigeria has risen significantly in the last few years, which researchers say is largely due to vaccine refusals and problems with healthcare infrastructure in the country.

Metalloacid surfaces may be answer to hospital-acquired infections

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Coating surfaces in metalloacids may help control the spread of hospital-acquired infections, suggest study findings.

Adding bortezomib ‘boosts acute myeloid leukemia chemotherapy response’

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Older patients with untreated acute myeloid leukemia may benefit from having bortezomib added to daunorubicin and cytarabine during induction therapy and to consolidation intermediate-dose cytarabine, the results of a US study indicate.

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