Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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Bipolar patients oblivious to medication non-adherence risks

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

European psychiatrists' survey findings suggest that over half of all patients with bipolar disorder on prescribed medication show compliance issues, with most unable to attribute their deteriorating condition to this behavior.

Bipolar patients oblivious to medication non-adherence risks

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

European psychiatrists' survey findings suggest that over half of all patients with bipolar disorder on prescribed medication show compliance issues, with most unable to attribute their deteriorating condition to this behavior.

Factors linked to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia identified

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The cognitive dysfunction regularly seen in schizophrenia patients may be associated with negative symptoms and medication-induced extrapyramidal symptoms, show study findings.

Factors linked to cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia identified

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The cognitive dysfunction regularly seen in schizophrenia patients may be associated with negative symptoms and medication-induced extrapyramidal symptoms, show study findings.

Improved bipolar screening with combined scales

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Research findings suggest combining the Mood Disorder Questionnaire and Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale provides better diagnostic screening than using each in isolation.

Psychiatric disorders reduce patient fecundity, especially in men

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Findings published in the Archives of General Psychiatry show that patients with schizophrenia, autism, and anorexia nervosa have significantly fewer children compared with the general population, suggesting these conditions are under strong selection to be removed from the population.

Glycoprotein gene flags up heart disease

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

The glycosylphosphotidylinositol-anchored membrane glycoprotein CD14 gene significantly predicts cardiovascular mortality in adults aged 65 years or over, research shows.

Developmental key to overactive sympathetic system

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Being small for gestational age may be accompanied by an exaggerated sympathetic response to physical exercise, an animal study suggests.

More to fetal alcohol exposure than previously thought

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Children who have certain variants in alcohol metabolizing genes and whose mothers drank while pregnant may have a lower IQ than those whose mothers did not drink during pregnancy, researchers report.

Improved bipolar screening with combined scales

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Research findings suggest combining the Mood Disorder Questionnaire and Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale provides better diagnostic screening than using each in isolation.

Psychiatric disorders reduce patient fecundity, especially in men

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Findings published in the Archives of General Psychiatry show that patients with schizophrenia, autism, and anorexia nervosa have significantly fewer children compared with the general population, suggesting these conditions are under strong selection to be removed from the population.

Acute cough should raise asthma alarm

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Around one-fifth of patients consulting their primary care physician for acute cough could have undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, show the results of a pan-European study.

Psychiatric disorders reduce patient fecundity, especially in men

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Findings published in the Archives of General Psychiatry show that patients with schizophrenia, autism, and anorexia nervosa have significantly fewer children compared with the general population, suggesting these conditions are under strong selection to be removed from the population.

Treatment-related heart failure risk for rheumatoid arthritis patients revealed

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Rheumatoid arthritis patients have no greater risk for heart failure with tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy than with nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, research suggests.

Bevacizumab ruled out for stage III colorectal cancer

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Findings from the AVANT trial do not support the use of bevacizumab in patients receiving oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for resected stage III or high-risk stage II colon carcinoma.

Immunologic diseases linked to poorer survival in PSC

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Primary sclerosing cholangitis patients with concomitant immunologic disorders, have reduced transplantation-free survival compared with patients without, say the authors of a German study.

<i>AGTR2</i> gene variant predicts risk for preeclampsia

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Carriers of a variant of the angiotensin II receptor, type 2 gene have increased risk for preeclampsia during pregnancy if they are also overweight or obese, show study results published in Placenta.

Bevacizumab ruled out for stage III colorectal cancer

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Findings from the AVANT trial do not support the use of bevacizumab in patients receiving oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for resected stage III or high-risk stage II colon carcinoma.

Geriatric health, lungs adversely affected by air pollution

Posted: 18 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST

Elderly individuals living in highly polluted areas of the USA have higher levels of inflammatory markers in their blood compared with their counterparts who live in less-polluted regions, indicate the results of a study.

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